Environmental Management Administration

The Northern Center of Environmental Management's jurisdiction includes Taipei City, New Taipei City, Keelung City, Taoyuan City, Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Yilan County, Hualien County, and Lienchiang County. Its main environmental management tasks include regional environmental quality planning, regional environmental health emergency response, inter regional environmental law enforcement, and regional facility operations management.

On June 18, 2025, the Northern Center of Environmental Management held the first Northern Region Environmental Management Liaison Meeting of 2025 in the Ministry of Environment conference room, with 43 participants from northern environmental protection departments and bureaus, the Seventh Special Police Corps of the National Police Agency, and relevant units of the administration. Topics included dengue fever breeding source inspection priorities and items requiring cooperation from environmental protection departments and bureaus; the status of dengue inspections in northern cities and counties; use of technological tools for air pollution inspections at Dayuan and Guanyin industrial parks; case studies on cracking down on illegal dumping and interdicting illegal waste exports; and guidance on public restroom construction inspections and common deficiencies.

On November 12, 2025, the Northern Center of Environmental Management held the second Northern Region Environmental Management Liaison Meeting of 2025 in the Ministry of Environment conference room, inviting offices including northern district prosecutors’ offices, environmental protection departments and bureaus, the Seventh Special Police Corps of the Ministry of the Interior, the National Land Management Agency, and the Resource Circulation Administration. Ten prosecutors attended, with a total of about fifty participants. Meeting topics included “Illegal Waste Oil Dumping Case in Northern Taiwan,” “Experience Sharing on the Use of AI-Based Interpretation in Air Pollution Inspections in Northern Taiwan,” and “Regulations and Policy Explanations on Construction Surplus Soil and Rock and Construction Waste Management.”

Through the Northern Region Environmental Management Liaison Meeting, the Northern Center of Environmental Management, local environmental protection departments and bureaus, district prosecutors’ offices, Seventh Special Police Corps, and relevant units of the administration engaged in thorough communication and experience exchange, jointly advancing environmental management and law enforcement with substantial results.

The Northern Center of Environmental Management will continue holding regular communication and reporting meetings with northern cities' and counties' environmental protection agencies, prosecutors, and police. Through these efforts, regional environmental law enforcement and management will be advanced in a shared commitment to northern Taiwan's environmental governance.