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 Environmental protection in and around the Port of Taichung
Environmental appearance and forestation
Pollution Prevention and Containment
Cleaning Maintenance Management
Fines and regulation on environmental pollution
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Environmental protection in and around the Port of Taichung |
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(For more information, please call 886-4-26642307,26642351,26642352 Environmental Protection Division.)
 Taichung Harbor is a man-made harbor in the central part of the west coast of Taiwan. Due to environmental effects, during the monsoon season there is continuous sandy wind. At the beginning of the construction of the port, windbreak foliage was required and the implementation of forestation was very important. - Due to the special rectangular shape of the harbor (length 7 ~ 8 km, width 0.5km), it resembles a bag and is a blocked-off sea area. The sea water exchange situation is not good from either the inside or outside of the harbor. The pollution is not easy to dilute or expend, and with the 12 large and middle sized discharging rivers in the neighboring towns, the industrial waste water and foul water from the residences all goes into the harbor without treatment for a long period. This has caused the quality of the water in the harbor to be poor.
- The primary responsibilities of the Bureau’s Environment Protection Division is to prevent damages to the harbor brought by natural wind and sand, to create a comfortable working environment and to prevent any unlawful man-made environmental damages.
- The Environmental Protection Center was set up on July 1, 1994 to implement all environmental protection activities. According to the organization charter of the Taichung Harbor Bureau promulgated under the Presidential Office document number 09100018990, dated on January 21, 2001, the agency was renamed Environmental Protection Division, where the chief responsibilities include:
● Environment planning and greenery beautification of the harbor area.
● Pollution prevention and containment in the harbor area.
● Cleaning and maintenance of the harbor area.
- After years of efforts in forestation, cleaning and maintenance, pollution containment and prevention, the current harbor area is filled with beautiful greenery and the harbor water quality has improved to attain Category B of Water Quality Standards.
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Environmental appearance and forestation |
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(For more information, please call 886-4-26642307 Environmental Protection Office.)
Environmental appearance plan and forestation
- Planting of trees and forestation in Harbor area
- Conservation education
- Environmental protection education, promotion and testing
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Pollution Prevention and Containment |
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（For more information, please contact (04)26642351Environmental Protection Division - Pollution Control Section）
- Pollution management in harbor sea area.
- Pollution management in harbor land area.
- Counter-measures for major oil spills.
- Air and noise pollution management in harbor area.
- Inspection of pollution source in harbor area.
- Supervision of environmental assessment report
pertaining to major development projects in harbor area.
- Environmental standards monitoring and analysis of harbor area.
- Toxic chemicals supervision and emergency crisis management.
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| Clean unpolluted open water |
Pollution prevention drills |
Pollution prevention drills |
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Cleaning Maintenance Management |
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（For more information, please contact (04)26642352 Environmental Protection Division – Cleaning Team )
- Cleaning Maintenance of the Harbor Area Environment：
Cleaning squads, garbage trucks and road sweepers are deployed daily to clean the public roads and toilets; Collect daily garbage and galley waste in the harbor area; Upkeep the overall cleanliness of the environment and perform disinfections; Disposal of unknown waste in the harbor area; Cleaning management of toilets in harbor area；The arbitration and handling of abandoned unregistered vehicles; Affairs pertaining to the clearing of pollution and waste in the water area
- Prevention, Promotion & Cooperation ：
In cooperation with agencies of the Executive Yuan (Environmental Protection Administration, Department of Health, Council of Agriculture) to implement various related policies.
Environmental Protection Division waste disposal services:
The garbage and recycling trucks of the cleaning squad will collect the waste from public, private sectors and galley waste from the ship vessels.
 Collection times (except for public holidays)：Garbage will be collected daily 08:30-16:00；
Recyclables (recycled trash ) will be collected every Monday, Wednesday, Friday 08:30-11:30。
Vessels that are berthed after the designated times of collection (North Terminal 8:30-9:00 North Pier 9:00-9:30，Central Pier 9:30-10:30) can contact the Environmental Protection Division Cleaning Team if they have garbage to dispose of.
If there is a need to dispose garbage from the ships on holidays, kindly inform the Environmental Protection Division Cleaning Team on the day before the holiday by 3 pm. The garbage truck will be arranged to make the collection on the spot. Currently, there are no night collections due to manpower and safety concerns.
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Fines and regulation on environmental pollution |
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（For more information, please contact (04)26642351 Environmental Protection Division – Pollution Prevention Section）
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Within the commercial port area, it is prohibited to conduct activities that compromise the safety of the area or pollute the environment. Offenders will be fined from NT$ 90,000 to NT$ 900,000, and be ordered to stop construction work or business operations. (In accordance with Commercial Port Law Article 18 and 46)
- In the event that a vessel is shipwrecked or met with other incident and ran aground, sank or malfunctioned within the harbor area, the captain of the vessel must execute emergency safety measures immediately. It is also a priority to alert the port authorities of the distress so that aid can be extended promptly, and preventive measures taken to counter oil spills or other hazardous waste from polluting and damaging the shoreline and the surrounding sea area. Offenders who are in breach of the above will be facing jail sentence and fined from NT $300,000 to NT$ 3 million, in addition to paying for the damages caused. (In accordance with Commercial Port Law Article 32, 33 and 44)
- Ships that release opacity of particulars exceeding the “Standard of Emissions by Transportation” under the “Air Pollution Control Law”will be fined from NT $90,000 to NT 900,000. (In Accordance with Commercial Port Law Article 18 and 46)
- Ships that leak toxic chemicals and waste oil under serious circumstances will be subjected to Marine Pollution Control Act Article 29 and 53 and fined from NT $300,000 to NT $1.5 million. Offenders will be ordered to improve and rectify the problem within a stipulated time period. Failure to comply within the given time period will incur extra fine by per day basis.
- All fines subjected by the Commercial Port Law must be paid within the deadline. Failure to pay fines by the deadline will result in the case going to court. (In accordance with Commercial Port Law Article 48)
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