## Functions & Responsibilities - Policy planning, drafting of laws and regulations, promotion, implementation, and supervision of environmental impact assessments. - Reviewing development activities through environmental impact assessments and soliciting opinions concerning government policy opinions on environmental impact assessments. - Policy planning, drafting of laws and regulations, promotion, and supervision of integrated management for pollution prevention permits. - Planning, drafting, promotion, implementation, and supervision of environmental education policies, laws and regulations, and programs. - Policy planning, drafting of laws and regulations, implementation, and supervision of environmental NGOs. - Planning, review, implementation, and supervision of the balance, custody, and utilization of environmental education funds. ## Highlights of Reorganization - Environmental Impact Assessment: Through the implementation of environmental impact assessments as required by the Environmental Impact Assessment Act for development activities, the ministry aims to balance environmental protection and economic growth for the goal of sustainable development. - Environmental Education: Establishing environmental education and exploration centers and integrating environmental education resources and achievements of the Ministry of Environment so as to expand the promotion of key policies of the Ministry of Environment. - Environmental NGOs: Promoting the establishment of environmental protection foundations and public benefit trust funds, and expanding the guidance and supervision of their business scope and financial status. ## Summary of Services - Environmental Impact Assessment: This involves the amendment of environmental impact assessment regulations, the review of environmental impact assessment cases, and soliciting government policy opinions on environmental impact assessments. - Environmental Education: This involves consultation on environmental education policies, regulations, and solutions. ## Contact Numbers - Please contact during office hours at (02)2311-7722.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination of implementation, and supervision related to air quality protection and compliance with international atmospheric environmental protection conventions. - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination of implementation, and supervision related to the management of air pollution from stationary sources. - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination of implementation, and supervision related to the management of air pollution from mobile sources. - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination of implementation, and supervision related to the management of air pollution from diffuse sources and construction machinery. - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination of implementation, and supervision related to the management of indoor air quality. - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination of implementation, and supervision related to noise and vibration management. - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination of implementation, and supervision related to the management of non-ionizing radiation pollution and light pollution in the environment. - Review, implementation, and supervision of the balance, planning, custody, and utilization of air pollution control funds. ## Highlights of Reorganization - Formulating the Air Pollution Control Plan (2024-2027) with eight major strategies to continuously improve PM2.5 concentrations in the air and specifically address ozone concentrations by promoting region-specific reduction strategies. - In response to the 2050 net-zero emissions goal and resource recycling policies, the department will promote the electrification of public buses, installation of charging facilities, facilitation of the replacement of old vehicles with electric ones, adoption of shore power for ships, control of renewable fuels and alternative fuels at the source to achieve the dual benefits of reducing air pollution and carbon emissions. - The focus has shifted from end-of-pipe control to source reduction, with the implementation of economic incentives to encourage businesses to voluntarily reduce emissions. These incentives include systems for rewarding or offsetting air pollution fees, exchange mechanisms for air pollution increments resulting from development activities, and periodic review of air pollution fee rates based on environmental and prevention costs. ## Summary of Services - Atmospheric Environment, Air Quality, and Air Pollution Preventi

## Functions & Responsibilities - Development, promotion, supervision, and evaluation of policies, programs, and plans for water quality protection. - Promotion, coordination, and supervision of measures to improve water quality pollution. - Development, promotion, supervision, and evaluation of policies, programs, and plans for drinking water management. - Planning, drafting, promotion, and supervision of policies for industrial wastewater pollution prevention. - Policy planning, plan drafting, promotion, and supervision of sewage pollution source control in public, industrial, community, and designated areas or locations. ## Highlights of Reorganization - R&D and application of innovative technologies to mitigate water pollutant impacts on water quality. - Investigation of emerging pollutants in drinking water. - Policy planning, regulatory development, promotion, coordination, implementation, and supervision of innovative treatment technologies and resource utilization for industrial wastewater. - Management and supervision of the installation and smart management of automated water quality (quantity) monitoring facilities. ## Summary of Services - Issuing tax exemption certificates for imported water pollution control equipment. - Consultation on water quality, wastewater, and drinking water-related regulations.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Policy planning, coordination, implementation, and supervision of atmospheric monitoring and air quality forecasting. - Policy planning, coordination, implementation, and supervision of terrestrial water body quality monitoring. - Policy planning, development, integration, coordination, review, and management of overall environmental data and information applications for the ministry and its affiliated agencies. - Policy planning, promotion, and management of information security and shared resources in co-location server rooms for the ministry and its affiliated agencies. - Policy planning, integration, coordination, and support for shared administrative information systems for the ministry and its affiliated agencies.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Regulation and assessment of matters related to environmental protection. - Planning and promotion of policy actions for environmental protection. - Compilation of annual administrative plans and reports on environmental protection, and compilation of the environmental white paper. - Management and evaluation of governance performance. - Handling of public hazard disputes and identification of the hazards under dispute. - Evaluation and presentation of the National Enterprise Environmental Protection Awards. - Promotion of eco-friendly products and green consumption. - Facilitating the transition to a zero-waste lifestyle. - Pre-screening and performance management of technology projects. - Matters related to the “Green Working Environment” of the National Council for Sustainable Development, Executive Yuan. - Environmental sustainability and international cooperation. ##Summary of Services - Annual policy directions, medium-term and annual policy plans, preliminary operations, and the formulation, planning, coordination, and evaluation of medium to long-term case plans; planning, promotion, supervision, and assessment of administrative efficiency and public service initiatives.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Document processing and dispatch, and file management - Administrative and procurement affairs - Property management and treasury affairs ## Summary of Services - Handling documents, general affairs, and properties of the ministry

## Functions & Responsibilities - Handling personnel-related affairs for affiliated agencies. - Formulating, amending, interpreting, and promoting personnel regulations. - Handling matters related to the appointment, transfer, examination and review, and temporary aspects of personnel. - Handling matters related to staff salary, benefits, retirement, severance, compensation, civil servant insurance, and national health insurance. - Handling matters related to staff performance evaluation, rewards and penalties, leave, and attendance management. - Handling matters related to staff training, continuing education, talent pooling, and human resources planning. - Handling matters related to personnel data registration, custody, analysis, and utilization. - Handling other personnel management matters. ## Highlights of Reorganization - To avoid causing disruptions, the department is tasked with establishing guidelines for personnel management and staff transfer during the restructuring of the Ministry of Environment to ensure smooth implementation of staff relocation and placement. - Improving the preparation of personnel regulations for the Ministry of Environment and its affiliated agencies, and ensuring smooth personnel operations and clear guidance for business operations upon the establishment of the agencies. - Developing personnel regulations, and planning the schedule for salary disbursement and subsidy applications to safeguard the rights and benefits of personnel. - Formulating guidelines for implementing major incentive projects, boosting employee morale, and encouraging them to take on important tasks. ## Summary of Services - Handling personnel affairs of the ministry.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Promotion of the ministry's ethical governance and solicitation for public participation. - Drafting, promoting, and enforcing the ministry's anti-corruption laws and regulations and preventive measures. - Drafting, coordinating, and promoting the ministry's integrity reform proposals. - Property declaration, avoidance of conflict of interest, and integrity-related affairs of staff of the ministry. - Handling of corruption and unlawful activities related to the ministry. - Investigation of activities with risks of corruption and malfeasance. - Handling and coordinating the maintenance of official secrets of the ministry. - Handling and coordinating the ministry's security maintenance. - Other matters related to government integrity. ## Highlights of Reorganization - Integrity is the core value of the government, and corruption can undermine the government's reputation. In line with the reorganization, we will continue to promote ethical governance efforts in the future, embodying the values of environmental protection, integrity, and care for the Earth. ## Summary of Services - The department is in charge of integrity-related affairs in the ministry. ## Contact Numbers - For general inquiries, please contact us at (02)2311-7722, ext 2221. - To report a violation of integrity, please call 02-23118232.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Planning and allocation of budgetary revenues and expenditures. - Implementation and control of the public budgets and the fund budgets. - Handling of accounting matters, preparation of financial reports and annual financial statements. - Review and supervision of procurement cases. - Digitization of accounting vouchers. - Appointment, transfer, training, performance appraisal, rewards and punishment of accounting personnel of the ministry and its affiliated agencies. - Other matters related to budgeting and accounting. ## Highlights of Reorganization - In response to the reorganization and the promotion of major policies, the department will adjust funding, ensure smooth budget implementation, and assist in the preparation of related budgets. - The department is tasked with comprehensively reviewing the accounting regulations and streamlining fund expenditure and reimbursement requirements so as to reduce the administrative processes for local environmental protection agencies, the Ministry of Environment and its affiliated agencies. - In line with the paperless policy, the department will carry out a full-scale digitization of verification processes. - Through process re-engineering and the use of information technology, various functions will be incorporated into the BAF system to help improve administrative efficiency. ## Summary of Services - Budgeting and accounting of the ministry.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Formulation and implementation of environmental protection statistical development plan, statistical scope division plan, and statistical standards. - Design and implementation of statistics for public business that involves environmental protection. - Formulation and implementation of statistical survey plans that involve environmental protection. - Development and implementation of environmental economic plans. - Compilation and publication (printing) of environmental protection statistical publications. - Collection, management, publication, and provision of environmental protection statistical data. - Establishment, management, updating, and maintenance of environmental protection statistical information systems and websites. - Appointment, transfer, assessment, and rewards/punishment of statistical personnel in the ministry and its affiliated agencies. ## Summary of Services - Environmental protection statistics. ## Contact Numbers - Please contact during office hours at (02)2311-7722, ext 2101.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Review of regulatory cases. - Organization and review of regulations. - Study and discussion of legal interpretations. - Discussion and drawing up of petitions. - Other legal and appellate matters.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Planning, drafting, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to climate change. - Planning, promotion, implementation, and coordination of policies related to net-zero emissions pathway and national staged goals of control. - Planning, drafting, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to GHG reduction. - Planning, promotion, implementation, and coordination of climate change adaptation policies. - Planning, drafting, promotion, and implementation of GHG inventory, carbon pricing and trading system policies and regulations. - Participation, coordination, and promotion of international conventions and affairs related to climate change. - Planning and promotion of climate change mitigation and application of adaptation technologies. - Handling the revenues and expenditures, safekeeping, and utilization of the Greenhouse Gas Management Fund. - Other matters related to climate change.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to resource circulation. - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to general waste reduction at the source and the recycling and reuse of resources. - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to the disposal, treatment, and reuse of industrial waste. - Planning, coordination, promotion, implementation, and supervision of strategies related to recycling and industrial management of resources. - Planning, establishment, promotion, management, and supervision of resource recovery and treatment facilities. - Planning, management, coordination, implementation, and supervision of general waste treatment facilities. - Planning, implementation, management, and supervision of tracking the flow of circulated resources and industrial waste. - Handling the revenues and expenditures, safekeeping, and utilization of the funds collected to promote circulation and recycling of resources. - Other matters related to resource circulation. ## Highlights of Reorganization - Promoting resource circulation of plastics and aligning with global plastics treaties. - Promoting circular procurement to extend product lifetime. - Establishing a digital product passport system to promote the disclosure of a product’s environmental information. - Promoting the use of solid recovered fuel (SRF) from waste in place of coal or petroleum products. - Establishing a resource circulation network to enhance resource circulation efficiency. - Removal and disposal of construction waste containing asbestos, and proper treatment of asbestos waste. - Formulating the Waste Resource Circulation Promotion Act to shift the paradigm in waste management. ## Summary of Services - Policy Planning: Resource circulation policy planning, policy promotion, comprehensive management, and the promotion of key strategies towards resource circulation and zero waste. - Sustainable Consumption and Recycling: Sustainable consumption management, waste reduction at the source, planning of recycling strategies and recycling system, and planning and management of recycling fund operations. - Promotion of Reuse: Sustainable production, source management, license management, reuse management, waste flow tracking, and resource circulation network. - Circular Treatment: circulation of biomass, organic chemicals, inorganic resources, metal, and chemical substances; management of institutions; and establishment of treating facilities. - Fund Management: Registration, declaration, and collection of fees from responsible entities, reviewing and certifying subsidies, conducting inspection, and sending payment reminders.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to the management of chemical substances. - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to the management of environmental agents. - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of strategies for assessing and managing the hazards, spread, and exposure risks of chemical substances. - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies related to integrating, analyzing, and utilizing information on chemical substances. - Formulation, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to the prevention of and response to disasters caused by chemical substances. - Planning, coordination, and promotion of international cooperation and technological development related to chemical substances and environmental agents. - Handling the revenues and expenditures, safekeeping, and utilization of funds for the management of chemical substances. - Other matters related to the management of chemical substances. ## Highlights of Reorganization - Establishing a national database of chemical substances to expand the management of chemicals and address data discontinuity. - Developing an assessment mechanism for chemical hazards and exposure risks, and establishing a management framework on the basis of risk prevention. - Enhancing the hazard prevention and emergency response system for chemical incidents through collaboration between the industry, government, academia, and research community. - Creating a sustainable network for the promotion of green chemicals and aligning with the international objectives of an environment free of toxins. ## Contact Numbers - Please contact during office hours at (02)2325-7399, and you will be redirected to the department responsible for your inquiries.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Planning, coordination, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to environmental management. - Planning, coordination, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to general waste disposal. - Planning, coordination, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to environmental hygiene and environmental enhancement. - Planning, coordination, promotion, implementation, and supervision of policies, laws, and regulations related to soil and groundwater pollution control. - Formulation, coordination, promotion, implementation, and supervision of strategies related to environmental law enforcement. - Planning, management, coordination, implementation, and supervision of general waste treatment facilities. - Planning, coordination, promotion, implementation, and supervision of emergency response to environmental pollution and environmental recovery of natural disasters. - Promotion and supervision of environmental impact assessment documents and assessment conclusions. - Handling the revenues and expenditures, safekeeping, and utilization of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fund. - Other matters related to environmental management. ## Highlights of Reorganization - The Environmental Management Administration is in charge of introducing the concept of regional environmental governance, promoting smart management of digital technology, enhancing proper waste disposal, integrating authorities of policy and legal enforcement, helping to build high-quality habitable cities, implements human-centered hygiene and health care, and ensuring sustainable management of soil and water resources. ## Summary of Services - Supervising the implementation of environmental protection in special municipalities, counties, and county-administered cities. ## Contact Numbers - Please contact during office hours at (04)2252-1718, and you will be redirected to the department responsible for your inquiries.

## Functions & Responsibilities - Setting up the "Climate Change Research Center" to integrate and connect with global climate change research and build a climate-resilient, adaptive living environment. - Setting up the "Environmental Governance Research Center" to develop environmental risk assessment and governance technologies and enhance science-based policy implementation to improve environmental quality. - Expanding the accreditation of GHG inspection institutions, actively participating in international multilateral recognition arrangement, and aligning with international GHG verification mechanisms. - Developing detection methods for emerging pollutants, utilizing spectrograms to develop AI toxicity prediction technologies, and providing reference information on environmental hazards. - Developing net-zero emissions and resource circulation technologies, establishing assessment methods for carbon reduction efficiency, and assisting in the gradual implementation of sustainable resource circulation policies. - Setting up an environmental technology verification (ETV) system, providing function-testing services, accelerating the industry-academia collaboration in new technology, and facilitating international cooperation. - Linking environmental education certification with net-zero strategies, cultivating a workforce for net-zero emissions in the public and private sectors, and enhancing the certification and quality of environmental education ## Summary of Services - Management of testing and certification, environmental research and application, development of testing technologies, management of environmental education certification, and environmental testing and inspection nationwide. ## Contact Numbers - Please contact during office hours at (03)491-5918, and you will be redirected to the department responsible for your inquiries.