The project period was from Jan 9, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012. The tasks included auditing the air pollution control fee for non-stationary pollution sources based on the “Air Pollution Control Fee Collection Regulations”, inspecting the data and testing the quality of gasoline and diesel fuels in producers/importers’ refineries, storages, depots, retails and other distribution places based on the “Selling and Importing Permit Management of Automobile Gasoline and Diesel Fuels” and the “Standards for the Composition of Automobile Gasoline and Diesel Fuels”, and collecting and analyzing the foreign and domestic regulations of fuels(including bio-fuel). From January to December, the air pollution control fee of both gasoline and diesel collected was 2.892 billion NT dollars. It decreased about 0.84％comparing to last year. The monthly average reporting volumes of gasoline and diesel also changed but within a minor range. About the web reporting system of air pollution control fees, the scanning results of 4 quarters showed no vulnerabilities. The average sulfur contents of gasoline produced by domestic refineries were between 2.21～8.54 mg/kg from January to December. The results already reached the 2012’s new standard. The average sulfur contents of diesel were between 2～7.65 mg/kg which also complied with the standard. For the field inspection, the sampling number of gasoline and diesel fuels was 143 for refineries, 144 for depots, and 123 for gas stations. All the testing results complied with the “Standards for the Composition of Automobile Gasoline and Diesel Fuels”. Besides, the field inspections of 7 bio-diesel entities had been finished during April to May. In the aspect of foreign fuel regulations, the main purposes of the fuel quality regulations in European Union were unleaded gasoline and low sulfur content. US Environmental Protection Agency promulgated fuel regulations based on the various evaluation projects including Reformulated Gasoline project, Tier 2 project, and Mobile Source Air Toxics project. Asian countries like Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan are following the fuel regulation of European Union mostly. The project concluded the global tendency for the fuel regulation, that is, low sulfur, low benzene and low additives. It also provided the suggestions for the regulation standards. 2 fuel inspection tasks and achievements forums had been hold in Taipei on 4th July and in Taichung on 4th December respectively. According to the fuel inspection experiences of municipalities, inspecting at night was more effective. For raising the rate of successful inspection, the transportation truck running frequently during night time should be the target. The unqualified rate of domestic illegal fuels from January to December was 0.14%. The municipalities provided 30 illegal fuel samples for testing during the project time. All the samples had been analyzed by GC/FID and GC/MS equipment, there found 6 abnormal samples which confirmed as fishing vessels fuels by the spectrum comparison.
