There are four major aspects in the implementation of this year’s Plan: System planning: The project investigated and analyzed the management of toxic chemical substances. This year, to establish the sound review system of the registration and approval of permits for toxic chemical substances, as well as to satisfy the demands on the basis of the practical management of various local competent authorities, the project proposed three items pertaining to the adjustment of the format of permit document applications and the amendment of the checklists for documents attached for submission, in order to comply with the current regulations and management practices, and meet users’ needs. In addition, the project assisted in investigating and analyzing the amendment of the “Toxic Chemical Substances Transportation Management Regulations” by suggesting several amendment items, such as the addition of reporting the transportation of small amounts of toxic chemical substances, modification of the duplicate form format and specifications for transporting personnel, so as to strengthen the toxic chemical substance transportation management. Value-added maintenance of the system: This project mainly maintained and updated “the management system of permits for toxic chemical substances” and “the registration and reporting system of toxic chemical substances.” This year, the newly added or amended items included over 10 contract-based functions and extra services, such as strengthening the licensing operation system for custom clearance, improving on-line applications for certificates, digitalizing the report of cross-checks, examinations and audits, and developing customized reports. In addition, the project exchanged information in cooperation with the Department of Water Quality Protection, Department of Air Quality Protection ＆ Noise Control and local environment protection agencies. To achieve effective management, we regularly tested the information security of the two systems, and assisted in monitoring and relevant correction of the website of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Executive Yuan. After the system was upgraded, the number of customer service calls has remained around 600, and the satisfaction level of environment protection agencies regarding the system advancement has reached 90% or higher. Flow inspection and personnel management: Twenty staffers were assigned to station locally to assist various environment protection agencies; through internal auditing, the average scores reached 90% or higher. The National Toxic Chemical Substances Cross-Checking Team was established at EPA. The number of completed system cross-checking cases was 2,613, of which two were punished. This year, special projects were announced for four toxic substances, including bisphenol A, lead compounds, methyl isobutyl ketone and 4,4’-metylenebis(2’-chloroaniline). Among them, there were 107 enterprises with 161 records of bisphenol A, meaning the completion rate of inspection by environmental protection agencies was 100%; there were 8 enterprises with 18 records of lead compounds, meaning the completion rate of inspection by the agencies was 100%; there were 152 enterprises with 1,010 records of methyl isobutyl ketone, meaning the completion rate of inspection by the agencies was 66.3%; there were 18 enterprises with 22 records of 4,4’-metylenebis(2’-chloroaniline), meaning the completion rate of inspection by the agencies was 100%. The results show that the cross-checking team could truly carry out massive cross-checking tasks among the environment protection agencies nationwide. Promotion and counseling: The project held 13 related instructional seminars to assist the undertakers, and dispatched personnel of the environmental protection agencies and enterprises in promoting the relevant regulations and methods of the system operation, which received an over 80% satisfaction level from participants. The project also actively assisted local environment protection agencies in holding 17 instructional seminars, which received over 90% satisfaction level. The participants’ suggestions were submitted to the EPA, serving as its reference and direction for improvements.

Flowing Audit、Toxic Chemical Substance Operation Record and Data、Transport Manifes