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2005 Tainan County stable air pollution source permission control project

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This project was empowered by a contract issued by the Bureau of Environmental Protection, Tainan county, which started on 13th, May, 2005, and ended on 12th, May, 2006. Most of work items on the contract were finished.The emission inventory database of 364 stationary pollution sources have been updated, including the top 45th plants. The percentage fo performance reached 104%. The reducted emission rate of the plants that their emission of Particulate matter, Nitrogen Oxides and VOCs are the top 30th have been estimated.In permit system, 416 permits which comprise installation permit and operating permit have been issued. Those that apply for the extension of a permit have been reviewed and 86 permits have been renewed during this period project. 36 modification application of dedicated air pollution control personnel have been approved. Inspection for operating permit has been performed on 732 permits. Among them, 127 permits were found failure to meet permit contents. There was 17.3% of discrepancy that mainly caused by exceeded the permit value of raw material and fuel. 536 stationary pollution sources were required to pay the air pollution control fees in Tainan county. Around 17 million dollars were collected on a seasonal base in Tainan county. Check was performed on 220 plants for reporting of air pollution control fees. Total of 121 plants that fail to make payments by the deadline have been officially notified by EPB, and 161 plants were called by phone to track the payment. The percentage of reporting is 99.1%. Those public and private premises possessing stationary pollution sources designated and officially announced by the central competent authority shall report the annual air pollutant emissions quantities of their stationary pollution sources for the previous year to the local competent authority before the end of January each year. 253 stationary pollution sources were required to report the emissions quantities in Tainan county (batch I and batch II). Total of 253 reports have been reviewed, the percentage of reporting is 100%. Inspection was performed on 198 plants for air pollutant emissions quantities with qualified percentage of 35%.Five conferences were held for the purpose of regulation announcement, with the topic of the report for air pollutant emissions quantities, permit regulations, training for dedicated personnel and regulations of dioxin. The attendance percentage for all conferences exceeded 70%. Presses that attach to the conference were publicly announced, and 1000 guidance handbooks were finished. Two discussion forum sessions were also held to pass on the experiences to EPB.The assistance to submit the priority list for investigation has been done including 20 investigations of proposal, 10 tests for discharge pipes, 25 tests for surfur content of fuel during this project period. Total of 34 times patrol on huge piling sites were performed on a seasonal base in Tainan county. Total of 37 cases were notified during the project period and patrol staffs were then sent out to check on 148 public or private premises.This project complied with the quality assurance and audit plan, and performed the best among all projects by the committee of audition conducted by the Bureau of Environmental Protection, Tainan county. Therefore it can enhance the quality of this project.
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staionary resource, permitting system, air pollution, database
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