The Environmental Law Standardized English Translation and Bilingual Law Website Search and Software Project was implemented as part of Taiwan's effort to create an English living environment and address the need for enhanced international communication on environmental topics. Conducted in accordance with national English translation standards for laws and regulations as well as accessibility and bilinguality standards for web development as established by the Research, Evaluation and Development Commission, the project greatly increased the number of ROC environmental laws and regulations available in English and further added to the corpus of standardized terminology. The original Chinese laws, English translations and corresponding lexical data was also put into a database and made available online in a convenient bilingual format. The resulting website is expected to provide an effective channel and information-rich interactive platform for local and international communication on Taiwan's environmental laws.

Laws and regulations translated for this year’s project are as follows: 1.Official Announcement of Enterprises in Article 8, Paragraph 1 of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act 1 (translation based on revised regulations issued on November 21, 2007) 2. Types of Industrial Waste Required as Materials for Industrial Use (translation based on revised regulations issued on March 5, 2008) 3.Regulations Governing the Employment of Environmental Agent Professional Technicians (translation based on revised regulations issued on July 26, 2006) 4.Official Announcement of "Restriction of the Import and Sale of Mercury Thermometers” (translation based on March 26, 2008 announcement) 5.Toxic Chemical Substances Hazard Prevention and Response Plan Regulations (translation based on regulations issued on November 5, 2007) 6.Articles 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, and 56 revised and amended Article 66-1 of the Water Pollution Control Act (translation based on revised regulations issued on December 1, 2007) 7.Regulations for Environmental Agent Vendor and Pest Control Operator Permit Application and Issuance (translation based on regulations issued on July 26, 2006) 8.Standards for the Composition and Properties of Automobile Gasoline and Diesel Fuels (translation based on revised regulations issued on December 15, 2004) 9.Dioxin Emission Standards for Stationary Pollution Sources (translation based on regulations issued on January 2, 2006) 10.Organic Act of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan (translation based on revised regulations issued on January 30, 2002) 11.Organic Act of the National Institute of Environmental Analysis, Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan (translation based on revised regulations issued on January 13, 1995) 12.Organic Act of the Environmental Protection Personnel Training Institute, Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan (translation based on revised regulations issued on January 18, 1995) 13.Air Pollution Control and Emission Standards for the Optoelectronic Material and Element Manufacturing Industry (translation based on standards issued on January 5, 2006) 14.Air Pollution Control and Emissions Standards for the Semiconductor Industry (translation based on revised regulations issued on October 16, 2002) 15.Official Announcement of Enterprises in Article 9 of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (translation based on revised regulations issued on June 28, 2007) 16.Article 6 Appended Table of the Vehicular Air Pollutant Emission Standards (translation based on revised regulations issued on June 28, 2007) 17.Effluent Standards (translation based on revised regulations issued on September 3, 2007) 18.Article 3 Appended Tables 1 & 2 of the Standards for Defining Hazardous Industrial Waste (translation based on revised regulations issued on July 4, 2007) 19.Articles 1 and 24 of the Management Regulations for Recycling Enterprises Handling Recyclable Waste (translation based on revised regulations issued June 8, 2007) 20.Article 1 of the Analysis Permit Application Fee Collection Standards (translation based on revised regulations issued on August 22, 2007) 21.Noise Control Standards (translation based on revised regulations issued on February 25, 2008) 22.Regulations Governing General Waste Recycling, Clearance and Disposal (translation based on revised regulations issued on May 28, 2007) 23.Item 6 of the Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Dry Cell Batteries (translation based on revised restrictions announced on July 16, 2008) 24.Water Pollution Control Measures and Test Reporting Management Regulations (translation based on regulations issued on October 16, 2006) 25.General Waste Clearance and Disposal Fee Collection Regulations (translation based on revised regulations issued on September 25, 2002) 26.Permit Management Regulations for Public or Private Waste Clearance and Disposal Organizations (translation based on regulations issued on November 23, 2001) 27.Toxic Chemical Substances Handling Application Fee Standards (translation based on revised regulations issued on August 22, 2005) 28.Toxic Chemical Substances Accident Investigation and Disposal Report Operating Standards (translation based on revised standards issued on July 26, 2007) 29.Pest Control Operators Management Regulations (translation based on revised regulations issued on July 24, 2008) 30.Working Standards for Environmental Agent Permit Application and Issuance (translation based on working standards issued on July 21, 2006) 31.Toxic Chemical Substance Handling Liability Insurance Regulations (translation based on regulations issued on July 26, 2007) 32.Drinking Water Quality Standards (translation based on revised standards issued on January 2, 2008) 33.Public Nuisance Dispute Mediation Fee Collection Regulations (translation based on revised regulations issued on April 19, 2000) 34.Regulations Governing Signature by Professional Environmental Engineers (translation based on revised regulations issued on August 15, 2006) 35.Regulations Governing Takeover of Operation of Environmental Pollution Control Facility Infrastructure Projects with Private Participation (translation based on regulations issued on May 18, 2007)

This year new functions were added to the R.O.C. Environmental Law Library website administration system. Apart from showing a list of the most recently published laws and regulations on the homepage and adding a new field for "latest revision date" to each law record, a link field was also added for the source Chinese law or regulation on http://ivy3.epa.gov.tw/epalaw/index.aspx,which is displayed on each law or regulation page. These new link functions enable users to easily connect to the source Chinese legal text and to obtain more complete data on the relevant laws and regulations.

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