This annual project reviewed and supervised the approved environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports of six development projects, including the 1st nuclear power plant, the 4th nuclear power plant, the 3rd phase of Central Taiwan Science Park development project (Houli Science Park), the Tree Valley Park development modification project, the 6th Naphtha Cracker Project of Formosa Plastics Corporation, and the 3rd Naphtha Cracker Renovation and Expansion Project of CPC Corporation, Taiwan in the contract period. The contracted team assisted the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to implement the “Environmental Impact Assessment Act” and to monitor the commitments concluded in environmental impact assessment reports during each development stage in the construction and operation period. In order to monitor the effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment and to examine EIA commitments, the project conducted quarterly on-site investigation and environmental monitoring. The surveillance committee meeting was held regularly every three months to review and enhance administrative performance. In addition, the project team assisted the administration of the implementation arrangement under the Agreement between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States for technical cooperation in the field of environmental protection, and the management of the related documents of the environmental impact assessment. This project team proposed the following four recommendations to the committee: 1. The continuous project should acquire timely information of the six supervised projects and the related environmental issues. Important information should be collected and provided to the EPA to clarify issues and to assist on-site supervision operation. 2. The EPA should continue its joint environmental supervision operation irregularly to ensure the sampling operation standards performed by the development inspector are conformant to the officially proclaimed testing methods and data quality requirements. 3. Public participation and opinions should be received and responded through official communication platform. The developers should take the public opinions into consideration and reply as soon as possible. 4. During the annual EIA regulation seminar, the EPA should explain appropriately to the developers how to fill out the form of the EIA examination conclusions fulfillment and commitment, so the developers are able to provide correct information of the development status. Correct development information is important for the EPA to continue its supervision and management of development projects, and to ensure the developers’ commitment to the EIA examination.

Environmental impact assessment;Environmental supervision committee;Environmental monitoring