In response to serious air pollution incidents, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (Taiwan EPA) promulgated the SOP for Response of Major Air Pollution Incidents in 2009. However, the SOP is still deficient in some areas in terms of the prevention of and response to air pollution incidents and therefore needs further improvement. The environmental agencies should complete resources of emergency response to enhance the industrial area emergency response mechanisms, including sensitive receptors location and contact information, the distance and time required to reach the destination of supporting systems, the potential affected areas of an air pollution incident. This report was conducted to strengthen the response processes for serious air pollution incidents. The response inventory, including contact information of environmental agencies and other executive office, certificated inspection laboratories, consultant companies, was created. Five large industrial parks, i.e. Taichung, Mailiao, Renda, Dafa, and Linyuan, have been chosen as the prioritized target to establish the supporting information inventory, such as sensitive population and shelter locations, were also collected. In addition, we evaluated air pollution sampling equipment (such as Hi-volume PM sampler, cartridges, gas detector tube set) demand for the Environment Incident Response Team while the air pollution incidents have occurred, and submitted to EPA for reviewing. The guidance of high potential air pollution sources screening under natural disasters were also established in this report. Top 10 potential sources which may result in serious air pollution incidents for serious flood and earthquake, respectively, have been screened out according the guideline and were listed. The SOP for Response to Major Air Pollution Incidents for industrial parks and a sample modeling system of air pollution dispersion zone were established in this project. Furthermore, one drill of air pollution emergency incident and four expert consultations were held on June, October, November, and December respectively.
