The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Executive Yuan, has preliminarily established the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for interpretation of aviation noise monitoring data and check-up of the aviation noise monitoring station through the “2005 Aviation Noise Control Project”. However, after implementation of the 2005 Project, only those Environmental Protection Bureaus (EPBs) of the counties (or cities) where a military airport is located have established capabilities to interpret written aviation noise monitoring data and check up the aviation noise monitoring station. EPBs of the counties (or cities) where a civilian airport or military-civilian airport is located are expected to establish the same capabilities in 2006, in order to ensure the quality and accuracy of aviation noise monitoring, which has long been a major concern of local residents. The “Aviation Noise Control Subsidy Databases” had been established in 2005, including those for civilian airports and the military-civilian airports under the control of civilian control towers. It was hoped that this project would update these “Aviation Noise Control Subsidy Databases”, as well as establish new databases for pure military airports and the military-civilian airports under the control of military control towers in order to make the information on noise control subsidies transparent to the public. The objectives of this project include building up capabilities for the EPBs of the counties (or cities) where an airport is located to interpret aviation noise monitoring data and check up the aviation noise monitoring station, in order to ensure the quality and accuracy of aviation noise monitoring, establishing auxiliary tools for aviation noise data interpretation to effectively check up aviation noise monitoring data, and updating the “Aviation Noise Control Subsidy Databases” in order to provide a complete set of aviation noise control subsidy data for reference by local EPBs and the public. The work of this project is divided into 3 parts: 1) conducting aviation noise monitoring data interpretation and aviation noise monitoring stations check-up in conjunction with local EPBs of the counties (or cities) where the 18 airports are located respectively; 2) establishing and providing auxiliary tools for aviation noise data interpretation; 3) updating aviation noise control subsidy databases and uploading the updated data onto the Noise Control System section of EPA’s website. After implementation, this project has achieved the following objectives: 1) explaining the SOPs for aviation noise monitoring data interpretation and aviation noise monitoring stations check-up to local EPBs of the counties (or cities) where an airport is located; 2) conducting aviation noise monitoring data interpretation and aviation noise monitoring stations check-up (at least 4 stations) for two airports each month in conjunction with local EPBs of the counties (or cities) where an airport is located (After all 18 airports had been completed with the process, results were compiled, suggestions provided, and improvements followed up); 3) holding national noise control performance review meetings; 4) establishing and providing auxiliary tools for aviation noise monitoring data interpretation; 5) conducting aviation noise monitoring data transmission for 2 airports and test and emulation for auxiliary tools; 6) updating aviation noise control subsidy databases and uploading the updated data onto the Noise Control System section of EPA’s website, including establishing new databases for pure military airports and the military-civilian airports under the control of military control towers and updating the existing databases for civilian airports and the military-civilian airports under the control of civilian control towers.

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