The project period was from Feb 9, 2013 to Dec 31, 2013. The tasks included prior 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 fees of gasoline and diesel collected were 1.92 billion and 0.91 billion NT dollars, respectively. The total was 2.83 billion NT dollars. The monthly average volumes of gasoline and diesel were declined comparing to 2012. According to the average fuel prices, the price of 95 unleaded gasoline had raised from 31.80 NT/liter in 2011 to 34.89 NT/liter in 2013, the price of diesel had raised from 29.12 NT/liter in 2011 to 32.25 NT/liter in 2013. The reason for the air pollution control fee declined may result in people switching to the mass transportation or hybrid cars, electrical motorcycle and electrical bicycle because of the fuel price rising. About the web reporting system of air pollution control fees, excepting the routine update from the Microsoft, the vulnerability scanning results showed no existing risk. From January to November, The average sulfur contents of gasoline and diesel produced by domestic refineries were between 2～9 mg/kg and 4～9 mg/kg respectively. For the field inspection, the sampling number of gasoline and diesel fuels was 108 for refineries, 182 for depots, and 120 for gas stations. There were 2 samples’ sulfur contents exceeding the standard. One was sampled from the fuel depot and the other was sampled from the gas station. The samples’ testing results and quality assurance data had been sent to EPA. All the other testing results complied with the “Standards for the Composition of Automobile Gasoline and Diesel Fuels”. Besides, the field inspections of 6 bio-diesel entities had been finished during June to July. Only 4 bio-diesel entities were in operation. 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 sulfur content in gasoline and diesel had been restricted to 10 mg/kg.
2 fuel inspection tasks and achievements forum had been hold on 17th June and 12th November. Even though the unqualified rate of automobile diesel had been decreased in recent years, the diesel vehicle emission testing station and curbside inspections should keep operating to stop the illegal activities. There were 76,363 inspections for illegal fuel from first quarter to third quarter in 2013. 51 samples were found unqualified. The unqualified rate was 0.07%. The illegal fuel inspection systems of EPA and municipal EPB had achieved the effective result. The municipalities provided 6 illegal fuel samples for testing during the project time. All the samples’ sulfur contents exceeded the standard 10mg/kg but PAH contents complied with the standard 11%. Those samples had been analyzed by GC/FID and GC/MS equipment, and there found 2 abnormal samples which were confirmed as fishing vessels fuel and waste solvent added fuel by the spectrum comparison.
