The total amount of NT$ 4,500,000,000 soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee has been collected since November, 2001. Since the execution of this project started, a total of 5,204 soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee report had been reviewed, approved and notified to the fee payers. The review and approval is quarterly fulfilled and it would be audited by the accountant regarding the collected remediation fees and fee reporting information. Then the quarterly audit reports were submitted to EPA by the accountant. In respect of the on-site inspections’ part, there are totally 320 on-site inspections taken during the execution period of this project. It was found that lubricants, the chemical substances, were the major subject that required to be confirmed for its quantity and appearance. By the follow-up on-site inspections, a total of NT$ 3,618,685 evaded fees had been pursued. About 73.47% of the respective evaded fees are effects from the failing declaration of Lead, Di-chloro ethane, Organic solvents, Butane and Butanol. The Internet Application system of soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee reporting has increased from 32.6% to 76.6% during 2004 to 2007. The percentage of Internet Application has increased from 8.22% to 85.26% in the soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee reporting. The Internet Application system related to those export chemical substances has also been set up in Jan. 2007. The usage rate of this newly set-up internet filing system was 29% in the beginning. As referred to the regulation revision part, information about the most updated U.S. Superfund situation had been collected. And the potential influence of collecting soil and groundwater pollution remediation fees would build up the collection of environmental tax, and energy tax policy had also been emended through this project. Besides, expanding the criteria of remediation fees collection had been recommended on basis of the revised Soil Pollution Regulation. And the consulting meeting had been held with experts, scholars and fee payers to discuss the drafted alternatives. This project also assists EPA to establish CCC code for those chemical substances currently free of the CCC code and it will provide a reference basis for the Bureau of Foreign Trade if adding those chemical substances to the CCC code list. We offer technical services include two telephone lines and web system for related consultation and information to fee payers. Three convening meetings regarding as the soil and groundwater pollution remediation fees filing system were held with the fee payers and these comments of the fee payers would be summarized and be provided for EPA as a reference basis.

Soil and groundwater, Remediation Fees, Internet Application