There are six major categories of implement measures in this project, including: participating in international events under Montreal protocol as a NGO member, planning strategy approaches under Montreal protocol in Taiwan, promoting ODS management to local government agencies, reviewing existing equipments with ODS contained and proposing management strategies, assisting government agencies in education training for seizing ODS, and promoting ozone layer protection in propagation as well as education aspects. This project kept pace with up-to-date international regulations; meanwhile, confidence was demonstrated in participation of multilateral environmental protection to international friendlies. This year, ITRI representatives participated in Montreal Protocol OEWG-29 in July; EPA representatives with ITRI representatives’ assistance participated in MOP-21 in November. This annual project conducted the revision of the ‘HCFC Consumption Management Act’. Highlight in this draft, the permissive use of rigid PU foams in low temperature insulation and window-type air conditioners (including split-type) that operate within power less than 7.1kw will both be suspended from 1st of Jan 2010. The first draft of ‘Methyl Bromide Management Act’ was also accomplished in this project. In this draft, qualified purposes of phytosanitary or fumigation as well as operators were clearly limited, in order to avoid the un-identified use of Methyl Bromide other than QPS. The consumption of ODS in 2008 was reported to Ozone Secretariat, UNEP. The HCFC annual consumption was 377.3 ODP tonnes in 2008, which equals to 59.1% of 638.156 ODP tonnes baseline in our country. It is lower than the amounts of 380.38 ODP tonnes in 2007. About the ODS allocation, the allocated processes were conducted for qualified operators in year-round of 2009 and the first half year of 2010; the annual use amounts of HCFC consumption in 2008 were analyzed. For methyl bromide allocation, the allocated amounts of methyl bromide in QPS purposes were conducted in year-round of 2009 and the first half year of 2010. In order to seize the illegal smuggling of the restrained ODS and assist anti-smuggling personnel who need advanced handling skills, this year, two training courses were held for the customs and Coast Guard Administration with an assisting DVD as a part of training materials. In addition, assisting government agencies with approaches of destruction smuggling ODS operator selection was conducted. For the public awareness of the ozone layer protection, two issues of e-papers (both in English and Traditional Chinese versions) were published. This project also spread two sets of propaganda: “What Taiwan is Doing” as well as “Methyl Bromide Management in Taiwan” in English version during the international events participation. The website ‘Ozone Layer Protection in Taiwan’ (http://www.saveoursky.org.tw/) is updated regularly for the latest actions and news.

Montreal Protocol, Ozone Depleting Substances, HCFC