The project was mainly categorized into the following 4 parts: 1. to establish an emergency response team that assisted government in handling the incidents of soil and groundwater pollution; 2. to revise the original “Soil and Groundwater Contamination Emergency Response Manual (SGCERM)”; 3. to investigate the item of chemicals and it’s potential on pollution that currently used by hi-tech industry. Then suggested what item is suitable for incorporating into the “Groundwater Pollution Standards (GWPS)”, the “Soil Pollution Standards (SPS), and the “Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fund (SGPRF)”; and 4. to evaluate the cases of soil and groundwater contamination in Taiwan and other countries, then propose a investigation strategy to EPA. The emergency response team has completed a total of 22 pollution incidents, which fitted the entire request on the contract. It was also in compliance with the demands of the EPA by effectively assisting to resolve unanticipated pollution incidents. Upon fully studying the contents of the original SGCERM, it was revised following the current regulation and handling procedures of the real cases. The major amendment included: To reformat as ISO document that let government officials could use and comprehension easily. To set 4 levels of emergency response actions, which were separated according to the influence degrees and what administrative unit would involve in, etc. After validating the revised SGCERM with real cases, the revised SGCERM was practicable. After investigated the chemicals that was used by hi-tech industry, and the relevant regulations and standards both in Taiwan and foreign, additional items were proposed as follows: GWPS is proposed to add 5 items such as cyanide. The SPS is suggested to add 4 more items, such as acetone. And 14 types of chemicals, such as methyl alcohol, are proposed to add in SGPRF. Lastly, in evaluating the cases of soil and groundwater contamination both on Taiwan and foreign, this report proposed a long-term monitoring or pollution investigating plan for each of the site classifications. The execution of such plan would cost an estimated annual budget of approximately 62,500,000 NTD.

Soil,Groundwater,Emergency Response