The purpose of this project was to 1. Promote a stable land reclamation and plan a small test mode field, to solve the problem of inadequate final landfill facilities, and create more territory, 2. Handle the strategic environmental assessment, gather national consensus. To solve the shortage in remaining capacity of our existing onshore landfill, and the dilemma of difficulty in opening new landfills, in coordination with the construction (expansion) of major national commercial ports or seaside industrial zones development plans, the EPA provided stable, non-flammable waste resources, clean silt from water reservoirs, debris and mud from typhoon and surplus materials from construction sites, and others, as material sources for islands reclamation. In this way, not only resources could be recycled and re-utilized, solving the gap caused by lack of final disposal sites, but it could also prevent secondary pollution to the adjacent sea caused by gravel extraction to be used in the original island reclamation plan, and it can also generate newborn land, which should have a positive effect on the environment. This plan had already collected an estimate of the landfill demand for our final landfill material, and was screening and planning the construction method for small-scale test mode fields at their potential locations, and assessing bottom sea water infiltration, seepage location tests and funding requirements. Also, according to the contents included in the strategic assessment items from the “Government Strategic Assessment Manual Operating Standards”, this plan intended to promote assessed items, indicators and practices in regards to the stable landfill island reclamation policy, and one subcategorization defining meeting had already convened on March 29 of this year; according to the resolution passed during the aforementioned subcategorization defining meeting, assessment items will be a total of 5 major categories and 14 small categories. Also, to broaden populace participation, to solicit and listen to the public opinion, for the first time combining Strategic Environmental Assessment and Consensus Conference, organizing a consensus conference on “Promoting a stable landfill island reclamation project” from Aug. 4-5 and 18-19, reaching a consensus about “Staging phased execution of island (land) reclamation”. Also, according to the opinions of the second executive advising committee and consensus conference in August, this plan had finished to amend the draft of the strategic assessment manual, and had also convened a consultation meeting about “Strategic environmental assessment manual on industrial waste disposal” on Aug. 31.

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