The analysis of air quality protection outcomes of Local EPB's
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The scope of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of local
Environmental Protection Bureaus (EPBs) in air pollution control, to
propose control strategies, and to improve the utilization of the air
pollution fee in local SIP projects. After review, the between-project time
for conducting common projects was less than 3 months for most
counties and cities, which showed positively in improving efficiency and
project continuation. The cost of emission reduction is 34 NT/kg from
motorcycle’s regular inspections; the cost for roadside inspection is 2,721
NT/kg of emission. After review of other EPA’s projects, it showed that
the compliance of the air regulations, motorcycle inspection and
enforcement, ratio of passing in sampled diesels, and the accurate permit
approval ratio, were all improved in this year. However, the compliance
at the construction sites and completion rates for reporting emissions
were lower than those of 2009’s and need further improvement.
In order to audit the performance of local EPB’s State
Implementation Plan, 1111 petition cases from 21 counties or cities were
screened and the inspection results were analyzed. 178 roads were
inspected for their cleanness conditions. These roads were classified as
clean or moderate, and the result is better than that of year 2009. Dust
loading of 120 county roads were sampled and analyzed. Most of the
roads can be maintained in a clean or acceptable level. The average street
dust load is 3.97g/m2 which are less than that of 2009. 20,139 copies of
“Questionnaire for the satisfaction of air quality improvement” were
surveyed. The ratio of satisfaction increased from 53.2% for year 2009 to
65.0% for year 2010. The auditing conferences and demonstration
party/meeting were held for comments exchange between local EPBs and
EPA, and to receive recommendations from air pollution control
consultant committee.
“Auditing Rules for Effects of Local EPBs’ State Implementation
Plan in 2011” is revised by rating 5 upgraded municipalities, the main
island county/city, and the island county/city separately. Considering the
combined counties and cities have more resources, therefore, the higher
proportion of air pollution control fees should be made available to
enhance the control effectiveness. In order to assist the maintenance of
“SIP Audit Information System”, a subsystem of EPA "Integrated
Management Information System for Stationary Source Control",
comments and suggestions from the Auditing Committees and local EPBs
about the operation and data transfer were discussed, summarized and
proposed through this project.
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