This project is defined as an upper management project that is in charge of the revision of the management and plan of the other fingerprint-related projects contracted by Taiwan EPA. The goal of this project is to assist the effective management and synergism of the accomplishments of the other fingerprint-related projects contracted by Taiwan EPA. The content of this project is to help Environmental Analysis Laboratory (EAL) of Taiwan EPA to establish (1) the operation procedure of the fingerprint establishment and application for Environmental Pollutants of different industrial sectors; (2) the data review, collection and classification of the projects contracted by EAL of Taiwan EPA from 2004 to 2006; (3) the data review, collection and classification of the projects contracted by Taiwan EPA from 2002 to 2003; (4) to assist the use, maintenance, and software revision of the fingerprinting database; (5) to assist the environmental agencies how to use this fingerprinting database to identify the origin of the illegal dumping of the wastes. The accomplishments of this project include: (1) revision and establishment of the fingerprints of the related operation procedures and guidelines includes the project plans of the fingerprint’s establishment and application, the principle for grading the fingerprints, the evaluation of the project plan,etc; (2) to collect and classify the fingerprint’s information of 144 samples of the contracted projects of Taiwan EPA from 2002 t0 2003; (3) to review and evaluate the establishment and application of the fingerprinting information of the 7 industrial sectors of 2004; (4) to audit the fingerprinting information of the wastes of 6 industrial sectors of fingerprint-related projects contracted by Taiwan EPA of 2005; (5) to assist EAL of Taiwan EPA to use the fingerprinting technology and this established fingerprinting database to identify the origin of two real case studies of the illegal dumping of wastes.

Fingerprints,Data-,baseEnvironmental forensics Techniques