For the program in this year, there were three executive aspects: international regulation studying, system operation and maintenance, and public education. On the aspect of international regulation studying, regulatory policies on treated articles, pollution controlling agents, and microbial agents in the U.S., EU, U.K., and Japan have been collected, analyzed, and compared with relevant regulations in R.O.C. A summary report, along with 3 suggestions, has been proposed according to the study. Furthermore, the appropriateness of relevant R.O.C. laws and regulations, including the Environmental Agents Control Act as well as its Enforcement Rules, and Pest Control Operator Management Regulation, have been comprehensively inspected in the views of industry, government, as well as academia. As a conclusion, 8 suggestions on law amendment have been proposed. On the aspect of system operation and maintenance, for more efficient customs clearance, certification of usage of technical grade products, and on-line application of non-mandatory environmental agents have been constructed. The optimization of existed environmental agent sample permit application function is another accomplishment in this year. For effective management on the amount of environment agent manufactured, sold, and used, environment agent operation report form, pest control operation report form and pest control operation plan have been constructed. Meanwhile, the visual improvements on statistics functions are complete, which include list of inferior environmental agents, diagram of distribution of all environmental agent-related authorization holding enterprises, and contemporary comparison on the amount environmental agent manufactured or imported. These enhancements make the Environmental Agents Manage System more practical and comprehensive on environmental agent management by Taiwan EPA. The publicity activities are held for different types of audience. For environmental agent-related authorization holding enterprises, there is a conference (Cross-Strait Conference, 287 attended, with satisfaction rate up to 96.4%), a computer-based workshop for Environmental Agents Manage System in Taipei and Kaohsiung, respectively (overall attendance: 121, with 90.55% satisfied). Several adjustments to the system have been made based on the audiences’ opinions. For citizen, in addition to a periodically updated educational website for environmental agents, there is a microfilm for correct usage of electronic mosquito repelling agents. In response to the dengue fever epidemic, there are 5 light box ads (in Kaohsiung MRT system) along with 1000 copies of promotional materials. All publicity activities serve as reminders in daily lives for buying and using environmental agents safely to safeguard human health.

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