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Project for the Improvement of Emergency Actions on Preventing Air Quality Deterioration and the Review of Air Quality Standards

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In response to the problem of seasonal air quality deterioration, this project established reporting system for authorities and related organizations to report their emergency response in accordance with the Emergency Management of Preventing Air Quality Deterioration Regulation and administrative demands. Information platform was also established to assemble data and information relating to emergency response, including real-time air quality information, air quality forecast, data of continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) and electric power generation in order to provide integrated information access for competent authorities to implement emergency control measurements. In accordance with the Suspended Particles Disaster Prevention and Protection Act, this project has amended 3 related administrative directions and 4 related regulations, and has drawn up guidelines for local authorities to plan their regulating projects. Besides solving the seasonal air quality deterioration problems, air quality standards are goals for sketching the air pollution improvement strategies. Referring to the World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines (AQG) and the trend of international air quality standards, this project gave suggestion on amending air quality standards on the basis of Taiwan’s monitoring data, feasible technologies, and practical situations of Taiwan air quality. The content of this proposal draft included: strengthening the standard on pollutants that have met the current regulations, including PM10, SO2, NO2 and lead. In addition, following the goal of New Southbound Policy and scientific research plans, this project has thrown 1 international conference of air quality management policy, 2 academic conferences and 3 scientific research wrap-up presentation conferences, and has visited governments or research institution of 3 Asian countries. Also, this project has examined the revision of air quality improvement and sustainment website according to the requirements under the rules of “2018 operating performance of government websites”.
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Air Quality Standards, Emergency Management System, International Exchange
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