Environmental Management Administration

To supervise implementation agencies' proper operation and management of public landfills, ensure the work division of Article 5 of the "Waste Disposal Act," and easily manage individual landfill's information, the Environmental Mangement Administration built the "Public Landfill and Waste Transfer Facility Operation Management Information System" in 2011. The system effectively manages Taiwan's public landfill and waste transfer facility operation management status, including basic information, management status, waste treatment capacity, and live images. Landfill management units regularly report operational information, allowing for effective supervision and management of Taiwan's public landfill operation management performance, thus enhancing the efficiency of administrative management. This is also used as a reference for policymaking, facilitating the planning of waste dispatch and facility improvement.

Due to the need for interdepartmental work and consolidation and the dispersion of relevant historical reporting or key data in various information management systems, household waste management information tracking and consolidation became increasingly difficult, adding to implementation agencies' data reporting burdens. Aside from continuously reviewing, studying, and reinforcing consolidated management yearly with focus on garbage sorting and source reduction, the planning and building of the Household Waste Management System structure is now completed. Regulations for supporting management works have been formulated while works such as negotiation, coordination, and education are conducted to consolidate the management of various works as well as build a single reporting portal and information publishing channel.

To reinforce control on and ensure the implementation of the overall incineration recycled aggregate flow management policy, the Ministry of Environment established the “Recycled-Aggregate Management System” (RAMS) in 2017. The system keeps a strict control on incineration recycled aggregate quality, usage, and usage location, transforming incineration bottom ash from waste that was simply disposed in landfills in the past into the valuable circular economic product of incineration recycled aggregate.Currently, it is widely used in various road infrastructure projects, and cement products such as bricks and Jersey barriers, cement raw meal, and harbor area reclamation. Through the resource recycling of incineration recycled aggregate, it can replace natural gravel as a construction material, providing economic benefits.

The "Solid Waste Incinerator Management System" (SWIMS) is established to effectively monitor and manage the monthly operations of Taiwan's large-scale incineration plants. These facilities are required to submit regular operational data, which serves as a key reference for formulating national waste management policies.In alignment with the ministry's auditing and evaluation framework for waste treatment facilities and their associated environmental protection agencies, SWIMS provides operational guidance to improve efficiency, stabilize the nation's waste treatment capacity, and facilitate the flexible allocation and proper disposal of waste across municipalities. These measures are instrumental in advancing the vision of a comprehensive circular economy.

To enable units within the Ministry of the Environment to quickly search for information related to engineering projects, this system has been established. The audit website primarily provides data and video download functions, and is designed in a traditional layout focused on web browsing, with both Chinese and English versions available. The homepage of the audit website offers the latest news and an introduction. The website has eight main sections, namely: execution results, related templates, common deficiencies, ecological audits, energy conservation and carbon reduction actions, engineering quality workshops, pre-construction training, and links to related websites.

To provide the public with information related to their lives and the environment, the "Environmental Sanitation Management System" offers four main sections: public restrooms, disease vector mosquitoes, environmentally friendly stores, and coastal clean-up. These sections provide functions and services such as restroom inquiries, mosquito information searches, coastal clean-up applications, and environmentally friendly store registrations, aiming to promote and implement a high-quality environmental lifestyle.

This platform allows engineers to register and report certifications online as well as access information on common construction deficiencies, engineering quality workshops, and others. It also allows environmental protection agencies to submit engineer certification and registration verification results, as well as query historical audit results. The system offers three main services for engineers including engineer certification reporting, engineer certification filing, and engineer practice management. Engineer certification reporting allows engineers to report certification cases in compliance with regulations; engineer certification filing allows environmental protection agencies to file engineer certification case review results and engineer auditing status. Additionally, the public may query engineer practice status and relevant regulations on the website.

To enhance case data management and effectively consolidate the capacities of environmental protection agencies at all levels, the original "Waste Illegal Disposal Site Query and Reporting System" has been restructured into the "Waste Dumping Management System" (WDMS). Additionally, regulations such as the "Reference Procedures for Clearing Waste on National or Public Land" and "Procedures for Clearing Waste Dumped on Private Land" have been issued, while procedures are established for managing sites with unidentified waste dumping, which includes critical steps like site registration and listing, site investigation, site patrol, and waste cleanup tracking. This improves the efficiency of managing waste disposal site cases, facilitating the query of cases for various units to keep track of site details and case progress, thus enabling the Environmental Management Administration to comprehensively monitor all illegal dumping cases.

In daily life, in the face of environmental pollution issues such as water pollution, air pollution, noise, odors, or waste, reports can be made to the Environmental Reporting Center through this system. Local environmental protection agencies will respond promptly, and processing results can be checked at any time.

The Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Website (Soil and Groundwater Website) is the official public platform of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fund Management Board, under the Environmental Management Administration. It serves as a key resource for public education on soil and groundwater issues, offering a wealth of information related to soil and groundwater affairs. This includes an introduction to the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fund Management Board, Environmental Management Administration, relevant laws and regulations, events, achievements, projects, and performance highlights. Additionally, the website functions as a centralized portal for regulated businesses to fulfill reporting requirements mandated by the authorities.

The Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fee Online Declaration and Inquiry System provides relevant information, announcements, and online payer filing services (including remediation fee filing, export refund application, project and insurance refund application, exemption ratio application, reporting progress, historical reporting data inquiry, and supporting document upload).

This website serves as an integrated platform for risk assessment information, providing introduction to environmental and health risk assessments for soil and groundwater pollution sites. It offers a parameter database and related domestic and international reference information websites, and also functions as a public disclosure platform for information regarding to risk related cases, allowing the general public to search and understand the details. Additionally, an online assessment calculation tool is provided to local environmental agencies or pollution remediation practitioners with specific authorized access for site assessment purposes.

The Environmental Management Administration (EMA) monitors the soil and groundwater quality in industrial zones by requiring relevant competent authorities to regularly submit soil and groundwater testing data. Environmental protection authorities review the submitted data and assess the quality of the soil and groundwater and in every January and June, publish the corresponding light signal classification for the soil and groundwater quality management of each industrial zone, reflecting the pollution management status of the zones, and enhancing soil and groundwater pollution control and preventive management in industrial areas. Through the EMA's " Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Website," the public can access the "Industrial Zone Light Signal Warning Management System" to query basic information and the current light signal classification status of industrial zones, understanding the environmental background and the soil and groundwater quality status in these areas.

This system has been established to handle the declaration and management of soil pollution assessment surveys and testing data for business land as required by Articles 8 and 9 of the "Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act" (hereafter referred to as the "Soil Pollution Act"). It provides an online declaration platform for industrial land to submit soil pollution assessment surveys and testing data before land transfer, establishment, modification, or cessation of business operations. This platform simplifies the declaration process for businesses, improves the review efficiency of local competent authorities, and offers online declaration, progress tracking, regulatory clarifications, and the latest news.