The main goal of the second year of a two-year program for the Performance Evaluation and Consultation of the Soil Pollution Inspection on Publicly Designated Industrial Land, was to assist the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) in promoting activities related to Articles 8 and 9 of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (hereinafter called as “Soil Pollution Act”). The following work items were implemented in this year: 1. Compiled the soil pollution inspection cases reported to the EPA in this year and the previous years (350 cases and 957 cases respectively), and evaluated and analyzed the performance on the execution of soil pollution inspection activities. In addition, the companies that breached Article 9 of the Soil Pollution Act by not reporting to the EPA were examined. The practical management methods for abiding by Articles 8 and 9 of the Soil Pollution Act were also collected from relevant agencies. 2. Conducted questionnaires investigation to the publicly designated industries, assessment and inspection organizations, financial entities, land administrators, real estate dealers and appraisers, and among these, twenty typical companies or organizations were selected for further interview and visitation. 3. Inspected twenty publicly designated industrial land sites and conducted soil sampling and verification of eight sites among them. 4. Improved the functions of maintenance, management, inquiry and analysis of the Information Management System for Soil Pollution Inspection for Publicly Designated Industries, and amended the report formats and contents of the system. 5. Assisted 23 local environmental protection departments of city and county governments in promoting activities related to Articles 8 and 9 of the Soil Pollution Act, amendment of the current management methods and planning the follow up management strategy, and implementing 3 training courses 6. Held 3 meetings on the promotion and discussing of activities related to Articles 8 and 9 of the Soil Pollution Act, assisted in implementing 2 public hearings to study relevant laws and regulations, edited and published 500 propagation brochures, and provided professional and technical consultation to the EPA.

Soil Pollution Inspection Information, Designated and Publicized Industries, Verification