This plan was drafted in response to the 2010-2013 "Promotion of Toxic Chemical Safety Management and Incident Response—Stage II," and meets the functional needs of the existing toxic chemical accident response system. The plan provides for constant 24-hour consulting and monitoring services, and the central toxic incident response center conducts operations both routinely and during emergencies, helps hold conferences connected with the Stockholm Convention, produces toxic chemical accident text messages, organizes domestic environmental training and refresher classes, and updates accident prevention and relief data. The plan's chief tasks during 2012 and 2013 include the establishment of a domestic toxic chemical accident response personnel certification system, drafting of joint prevention organization assessment standards, compilation of evacuate and escape plans, and implementation of plant assistance mechanisms. Other important tasks intended to strengthen Taiwan's environmental incident handling capabilities include holding of international interchange training, reviewing of joint prevention organization documents and on-site testing of response capabilities, provision of assistance to toxic chemical substance handling sites, implementation of accident assessment, and drafting of evacuation and escape plans for high-risk industrial areas. With regard to 24-hour year-round professional accident consulting service related to chemical products and accident notification tasks: At the time of accidents, the center performed environmental incident response, consulting, and monitoring services on 65 occasions, provided 296 recommendations to on-site disaster relief units, and achieved a text message delivery rate of 100% within 30 minutes of issuing each message (the contractual requirement is 90%). During ordinary periods, the center completed 1,153 media monitoring cases (including 323 domestic monitoring cases and 830 foreign monitoring cases) and 378 general consulting cases, for a total of 1,531 cases (the contractual requirement is at least 900). The center further notified EPA service units a total of 414 times (the EPA Public Relations received the most notifications—73); held five discussion and review meetings involving experts and participating units in response to the "Sixth Naphtha Cracker Major Environmental Accident Response Exercise" and provided response operation analysis data for chlorine, 1,3-butadiene, and acrylonitrile; and issued four volumes (a total of 19,143 copies) of this year's environmental toxic incident text message e-bulletin (volumes 42-45), which were browsed 337,084 times. To ensure that the system is functioning normally and information security is effective, apart from daily point inspections and testing, the toxic incident system's "sign-up verification code for online sign-up," functions were revised, added, or strengthened. With regard to the promotion of international toxic chemical substance prevention and response interchange services, this organization participated in the 8th conference of the UN Stockholm Convention persistent organic pollutant review committee from 10/12 to 10/21, submitted a results report, and helped hold the "3rd Task Force Conference for the Taiwan Persistent Organic Pollutant Stockholm Convention National Implementation Plan (NIP) 2012"; personnel were sent to participate in the "United States Symposium on Emergency Response Readiness and Hazardous Substance Leakage" from 5/16 to 5/25 and submitted a results report; a four-day international toxic chemical accident prevention and response training session was held from 7/9 to 7/13 and provided training on the topics "tank righting and tank transfer" and "pipeline leak stoppage technologies, attracting 220 participants; the first "Foreign Toxic Incident Response On-site Commanding Officer Training Workshop" was held, attracting 30 participants and providing an American five-grade toxic chemical accident responder training certification class. With regard to strengthening domestic toxic incident prevention, response, and readiness capabilities, this organization assisted with the review and approval of 9 joint prevention organizations and follow-up review of 11 joint prevention organizations, assisted with data updating for 2 joint prevention organizations, and helped match 30 firms with joint prevention organizations; a total of 86 joint prevention working groups have been organized to date, and 672 firms have joined these groups thus far; one joint prevention working group presentation meeting was conducted drawing 87 participants; selection of a no early warning testing and on-site operating exercise joint prevention working group list was completed, and 20 joint prevention response training sessions were held for 41 joint prevention organizations; 10 joint prevention organizations participated in 10 joint prevention response tests; documentary review was performed for joint prevention organizations, national toxic incident joint prevention system information was reviewed, and assessment standards and scoring principles were drafted for the no early warning testing and on-site exercise testing three-stage assessment process. Three routine training sessions were held during April and May and were attended by 224 people. Seven resident high-level equipment training and scenario planning sessions were held and were attended by 158 people. With regard to environmental incident analysis and testing value audits and assistance, a total of 1,612 monitoring values were analyzed in 25 sessions. One national toxic chemical substance accident case conference was held attracting 340 participants. One toxic incident operation review conference was held and was attended by 134 people. With regard to high-risk toxic chemical substance and industrial area operating accident assessment, evacuation and escape principles, and operating safety management, building on the methods formulated at the high-risk toxic chemical substance selection principle conference held on March 25, 2010, this organization confirmed a list of ten high-risk toxic chemical substances for this year, and employing GIS to provide relevant zone control recommendations for toxic chemical substances. Hazard simulations and evacuation and escape analysis was performed for 8 high-risk industrial areas in Taiwan, and one technical data explanatory meeting was held concerning the completed technology. Seven high-risk toxic chemical substance handling industrial area training classes were held for teams, and were attended by 158 people. Selection and confirmation of plants to receive assistance and visits in conjunction with toxic chemical substance handling safety management was completed, and 30 on-site visits were performed.

Emergency Response;Toxic Chemical;Mutual Aid