Overview of Environmental Agent ManagementToxics Substance Management
「Overview of Environmental Agent ManagementToxics Substance Management」於資料集「Environmental Policy Monthly」由單位「行政院環境保護署」的楊先生所提供，聯繫電話是(02)23117722#2217,(02)23117722#2216，最近更新時間為：2022-01-15 01:13:03。 欄位編號的內容是917 ， 欄位標題的內容是Overview of Environmental Agent Management ， 欄位摘要的內容是Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system.
Regulations and Systems
Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies.
Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997.
So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms.
Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system:
Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business.
Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc.
Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples.
Effective Management
Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area.
Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table).
Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management
Administrative services (NT$)
Technology projects (NT$)
Local Government Subsidies (NT$)
Total (NT$)
Jul ’97-Jun ‘98
4,025,000
0
800,000
4,825,000
Jul ’98-Jun ‘99
4,025,000
550,000
3,000,000
7,575,000
Jul ’99-Dec ‘00
5,558,000
1,412,000
3,612,000
10,582,000
Jan ’01- Dec ‘01
3,120,000
1,440,000
0
4,560,000
Jan ’02- Dec ‘02
4,210,000
2,000,000
0
6,210,000
Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001.
As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses.
Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline.
The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units.
Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors.
Simplifying Procedures
Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents.
The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include:
Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service.
In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire.
An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/.
The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely.
Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate.
The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders.
Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection.
For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865.
[CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.] ， 欄位全文的內容是Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system.
Regulations and Systems
Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies.
Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997.
So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms.
Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system:
Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business.
Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc.
Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples.
Effective Management
Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area.
Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table).
Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management
Administrative services (NT$)
Technology projects (NT$)
Local Government Subsidies (NT$)
Total (NT$)
Jul ’97-Jun ‘98
4,025,000
0
800,000
4,825,000
Jul ’98-Jun ‘99
4,025,000
550,000
3,000,000
7,575,000
Jul ’99-Dec ‘00
5,558,000
1,412,000
3,612,000
10,582,000
Jan ’01- Dec ‘01
3,120,000
1,440,000
0
4,560,000
Jan ’02- Dec ‘02
4,210,000
2,000,000
0
6,210,000
Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001.
As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses.
Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline.
The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units.
Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors.
Simplifying Procedures
Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents.
The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include:
Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service.
In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire.
An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/.
The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely.
Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate.
The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders.
Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection.
For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865.
[CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.] ， 欄位年度的內容是2002 ， 欄位月份的內容是5 ， 欄位卷的內容是5 ， 欄位期的內容是4 ， 欄位順序的內容是1 ， 欄位倒序的內容是2 ， 欄位分類的內容是Toxics Substance Management ， 欄位標題2的內容是Overview of Environmental Agent Management ， 欄位檔案位置的內容是print/V5/V5-04 。
編號
917
標題
Overview of Environmental Agent Management
摘要
Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system. Regulations and Systems Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies. Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997. So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms. Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system: Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business. Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc. Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples. Effective Management Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area. Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table). Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management Administrative services (NT$) Technology projects (NT$) Local Government Subsidies (NT$) Total (NT$) Jul ’97-Jun ‘98 4,025,000 0 800,000 4,825,000 Jul ’98-Jun ‘99 4,025,000 550,000 3,000,000 7,575,000 Jul ’99-Dec ‘00 5,558,000 1,412,000 3,612,000 10,582,000 Jan ’01- Dec ‘01 3,120,000 1,440,000 0 4,560,000 Jan ’02- Dec ‘02 4,210,000 2,000,000 0 6,210,000 Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001. As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses. Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline. The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units. Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors. Simplifying Procedures Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents. The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include: Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service. In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire. An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/. The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely. Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate. The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders. Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection. For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865. [CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.]
全文
Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system. Regulations and Systems Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies. Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997. So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms. Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system: Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business. Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc. Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples. Effective Management Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area. Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table). Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management Administrative services (NT$) Technology projects (NT$) Local Government Subsidies (NT$) Total (NT$) Jul ’97-Jun ‘98 4,025,000 0 800,000 4,825,000 Jul ’98-Jun ‘99 4,025,000 550,000 3,000,000 7,575,000 Jul ’99-Dec ‘00 5,558,000 1,412,000 3,612,000 10,582,000 Jan ’01- Dec ‘01 3,120,000 1,440,000 0 4,560,000 Jan ’02- Dec ‘02 4,210,000 2,000,000 0 6,210,000 Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001. As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses. Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline. The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units. Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors. Simplifying Procedures Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents. The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include: Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service. In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire. An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/. The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely. Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate. The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders. Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection. For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865. [CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.]
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2002
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Toxics Substance Management
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Overview of Environmental Agent Management
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「Overview of Environmental Agent ManagementToxics Substance Management」所屬的資料集：「Environmental Policy Monthly」的其他資料
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741
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Administrator Asserts Authority to Back Construction of Environmental Facilities
摘要：
The prevalence of not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) thinking in Taiwan virtually ensures a local protest wi
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947
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Administrator Hau Presides at Inaugural Ceremony for Putzu River Constructed Wetlands Project
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Administrator Hau personally presided at a ceremony held on May 21 to inaugurate use of the Putzu Ri
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8
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IDB Promotes Environmental Management Guidance
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Others Taiwan's primary Chinese-language source of in formation on IS014000 has been the IS014000 U
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702
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Feature Article: Sustainable Development of Green Silicon Island Main Theme of Premier Chang's Admi
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Executive Yuan Premier Chang Chun-hsiung's administrative report of June 20 contained the heading "T
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Executive Yuan Premier Chang Chun-hsiung's administrative report of June 20 contained the heading "T
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669
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Recycling of Industrial Styrofoam to Begin in 2002
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Styrofoam. It can't be incinerated doesn't biodegrade, and is generally a government's waste dispos
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831
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Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Enforcement Rules Announced
摘要：
The Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Enforcement Rules (土壤及地下水污染整治法施行細則) were promulga
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583
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Remote Sensing Technology for Marine Oil Pollution Developed
摘要：
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487
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869
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Old Motorbike Replacement Subsidies Aim to Reduce Air Pollution
摘要：
The EPA as part of its efforts to reduce air pollution, announced the most up-to-date Old Motorbike
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The EPA as part of its efforts to reduce air pollution, announced the most up-to-date Old Motorbike
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458
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EPA Moves Forward On Comprehensive Battery Recycling
摘要：
After a long deliberation on how to lower heavy metal content in batteries and encourage their recyc
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980
標題：
Workshop for the 2002 Air Quality Improvement and Protection Plan
摘要：
To encourage the sharing of experience between local bureaus of environmental protection the EPA hel
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To encourage the sharing of experience between local bureaus of environmental protection the EPA hel
編號：
174
標題：
Air Pollution Permitting Regulations to be Streamlined
摘要：
The EPA is preparing to amend current air pollution permitting regulations that will loosen air perm
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The EPA is preparing to amend current air pollution permitting regulations that will loosen air perm
編號：
446
標題：
R.O.C. – U.S. Energy Star Program Exchange Passed by the Executive Yuan
摘要：
On September 20 the Executive Yuan passed the R.O.C. - U.S Energy Star Program Exchange proposed by
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On September 20 the Executive Yuan passed the R.O.C. - U.S Energy Star Program Exchange proposed by
編號：
830
標題：
“Re-enactment” of Noise Added to Noise Control Measures
摘要：
Satisfaction with the response to noise complaints has always been very low. The main reason for thi
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Satisfaction with the response to noise complaints has always been very low. The main reason for thi
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696
標題：
A Shining New Refuse Incinerator Comes on Line
摘要：
Designed by world-renowned Taiwanese American architect I. M. Pei the Hsinchu incinerator came on li
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Designed by world-renowned Taiwanese American architect I. M. Pei the Hsinchu incinerator came on li
編號：
930
標題：
EPA Announces Technical Criteria for Plant Ecology Assessment
摘要：
To prompt developers to pay more attention to ecological assessments while conducting EIA the EPA an
全文：
To prompt developers to pay more attention to ecological assessments while conducting EIA the EPA an
編號：
391
標題：
Dioxin Emissions Standards to be Set for Small Incinerators
摘要：
Due to domestic concerns over incinerator dioxin emissions the EPA decided to set dioxin emissions s
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Due to domestic concerns over incinerator dioxin emissions the EPA decided to set dioxin emissions s
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203
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A Look Inside the EPA The Bureau of Water Quality Protection
摘要：
According to the Environmental Protection Administration Organization Statutes the EPAs Bureau of Wa
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48
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Regulations Governing Incinerator Privatization Amended
摘要：
Waste Management To provide county and city level governments in Taiwan with the legal guidelines f
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Waste Management To provide county and city level governments in Taiwan with the legal guidelines f
編號：
475
標題：
Interim Effluent Standards Expire
摘要：
After the 1998 interim effluent standards expire industries using the interim standards will need to
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After the 1998 interim effluent standards expire industries using the interim standards will need to
編號：
840
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Chemical Attack Drills to be Expanded to Local Governments
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Taiwan’s first chemical attack civil defense drill was completed at the end of October. The EPA noti
全文：
Taiwan’s first chemical attack civil defense drill was completed at the end of October. The EPA noti
編號：
324
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Leaded Gas to be Phased Out Next Year
摘要：
In a public announcement issued on 2 March high-grade gasoline containing 0.026g/l or more of lead i
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編號：
838
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Air Pollution Permit Procedures Simplified
摘要：
The EPA formally announced revisions to Permit Regulations for the Installation Modification and Ope
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The EPA formally announced revisions to Permit Regulations for the Installation Modification and Ope
編號：
565
標題：
River Basin and Area Management Plan Submitted to EY for Approval
摘要：
The EPA recently completed draft measures to manage and control potentially polluting activities wit
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The EPA recently completed draft measures to manage and control potentially polluting activities wit
編號：
3278
標題：
Draft of Operating Principles for Greenhouse Gas Analysis and Auditing Organizations Formulated
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Draft of Operating Principles for Greenhouse Gas Analysis and Auditing Organizations Formulated
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Draft of Operating Principles for Greenhouse Gas Analysis and Auditing Organizations Formulated
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419
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2nd Round List of Industries Required for Continuous Emissions Monitoring Requirements to be Announc
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The EPA plans to announce the second round of stationary pollution sources required to install conti
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The EPA plans to announce the second round of stationary pollution sources required to install conti
編號：
658
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European Officials Visit EPA to Discuss Renewable Energy
摘要：
On the morning of November 14 members of the Luxembourg National Parliament paid a visit to EPA Admi
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939
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Post-WTO Seminar for the Environmental Services Industry
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The EPA Council of Economic Planning and Development, and Board of Foreign Trade jointly conducted a
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The EPA Council of Economic Planning and Development, and Board of Foreign Trade jointly conducted a
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486
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8th Annual Green Business Awards Announced
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Results for the 8th Annual Green Business Awards were announced recently where China Motor Corp. and
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129
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EPA Readies Targets and Schedule for Controls on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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