In response to the need of seasonal and regional air quality improvement, this project comprehensively reviewed the practical air quality and implementation status in Taiwan, collected control strategies of different countries, and amended draft of the "Regulations of Emergency Prevention Measures for Serious Deterioration in Air Quality", introducing early-stage response, including to start notification mechanism according to the future 3-days air quality forecast, add mandatory control measures in the warning stage of air quality Deterioration. In addition, this project also plans to introduce incentive strategy, which is specific reduction on air pollution fee for voluntary emission reduction, and suggested to adopted “Regulations for Approval Procedure of Electricity Generation Enterprises to Adopt Emergency Control Measures and Adjust Gaseous Fuel Usage during the Period of Air Quality Serious Deterioration” which allow electricity generation enterprises to exceed original permit limitation on the air emission of natural gas fuel power generation under the commitment of decreasing air emission of coal power generation relatively. This project reviewed the air quality deterioration prevention measures planed and approved by local governments, and complied on-site inspection through 6 Cities and 20 factories. The related situation and problems are collected and fed back to the revision of related regulations and 2 guidelines. Besides, to enhance central-local and local-local cooperation, this project assisted in the establishment of the "Air Pollution Trans-District Cooperation Prevention Response Team" in the North, Central and Southern Regions. In addition, this project assisted the members of Central Air Quality Control Command Center, related ministries and central government’s sectors, to practice on their emergency actions and tasks while the air quality serious decorations happened through the establishment of the operational processes, rehearsal scripts, and templates, and conduct 2 pre- rehearsal workshop and meetings.

Air Quality, Emergency Control Measures, Prevention of Air Quality Deterioration