The collection of the air pollution control fees for stationary sources has been changed from the source’s consumption of fuel to the air pollutant emissions since 1998. The stipulation for collecting the fees of particulate pollutants has been further effective since 1st, July 2018. The rates and collection measures has been also amended several times to accurately estimate the emissions and provide economic incentive for the premises to take proactive measures to reduce their emissions. This project has conducted matters related to the improvement of incentive-based strategies, guidance of audit and review, and development of local emission factors. For strengthening incentive measures, the amendment of "Rates of Air Pollution Control Fee of Stationary Sources" was promulgated on June 29th, 2018 after considerable internal discussion and public hearings. To study the collection of the fees of particulate pollutants, several tasks were implemented, including the investigation of current estimation method of air pollutant emissions of a stationary pollution source, categorization of emission factors of domestic processes based on "Compilation of Air Emissions Factors (AP-42)" published by the US EPA, estimation of local emission factors by analyzing test results determined by reference methods, drafting the incentive-based mechanisms for emission reduction, supervising the on-site testing works, and confirming the emissions by on-site review. The impacts of seasonal rates on the emissions and fees were analyzed for proposing the amendment of seasonal rates for SOx and NOx emissions. Furthermore, the incentive-based strategies for the usage of materials that cause less air pollution were also evaluated. For the guidance of audit and review, 10 premises received on-site guidance. In addition, 44 audit reports of 5 counties were reviewed. The "Questions and Answers for the collection of the fees of particulate pollutants" was compiled as well as holding the workshops to explain the details. Regarding the development of local emission factors, the emission factors of waste disposal including solid and liquid wastes, and external combustion boilers using process gas for process heating applications were investigated. Finally, the preliminary study to establish the short-term, mid-term, and long-term criteria for the development of the emission factors of volatile organic compounds was conducted. The focal point of air quality improvement is pollutant reduction. It is expected that the reduction of emissions from stationary sources can be achieved by amending collection measures, and providing on-site guidance and convenient services to the premises.

Air Pollution Control Fee, Particulate Pollutant, Auditing Management