There is a total of NT$ 3,800,000,000 soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee have been collected since November, 2001. During the project execution period, a total of 3,220 soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee report had been reviewed, approved and notified to the fee payers. As the quarterly review and approval is fulfilled, it was 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 321 on-site inspections had been taken during the project execution period. It was found that the lubricants were the major chemical substances that required to be confirmed for its quantity and appearance. Through 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 as results from failing declaration of Lead, Di-chloro ethane, Organic solvents, Butane and Butanol. The internet filing system of soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee reporting has increased from 32.6% in 2004 to 76.6% in 2007. The percentage of internet filing has increased from 8.22% to 87.9% regarding the soil and groundwater pollution remediation fee reporting. The internet filing system regarding those export chemical substances have also been set up in Jan. 2007. The usage rate of this newly set-up internet filing system was 29% in the beginning. In respect of regulation revision part, information regarding the most updated U.S. Superfund situation had been collected. And the potential impact of collecting soil and groundwater pollution remediation fees on the collection of environmental tax, energy tax policy had also been evaluated through this project. Besides, expanding the remediation fees collection criteria had been recommended based on 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 without the CCC code which will provide as a reference for the Bureau of Foreign Trade when adding those chemical substances to the CCC code list. The technical consultation services also include providing special telephone lines and web system and related consultation to fee payers. Three convening meetings were held with the fee payers regarding the soil and groundwater pollution remediation fees filing system and the comments from fee payers were summarized and provided to EPA as a reference.

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