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12 articles jointly promulgated by Environmental Protection Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Taiwan Provincial Government orders on August 12, 1998
12 articles revised and promulgated by Environmental Protection Administration and Ministry of Economic Affairs orders on October 24,2001
Article 1 revised and promulgated by Environmental Protection Administration and Ministry of Economic Affairs orders on July 10, 2006 |
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These Standards are determined pursuant to Article 13 of the Environmental Agents Control Act
(herein referred to as “this Act”).
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The establishment of an environmental agent factory must comply with the following regulations.
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I. Those environmental agent factories manufacturing internal pressure aerosols shall have
a surrounding
wall or natural barrier, and may not obstruct environmental sanitation and safety.
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II. The manufacturing and storage areas of those factories engaged in the synthesis of highly
flammable,
highly explosive, or highly toxic technical grade environmental agents shall be a distance of at least 8
meters from the factory's outer wall. Necessary facilities shall be employed to separate manufacturing
and storage areas from each other and from other working areas.
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III. Plant and warehouse structures shall be sturdy and clean. Walls and floors shall be
made of concrete,
terrazzo, or other easily washable materials.
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IV. Operating areas shall possess good ventilation and may not generate dust. Dustproof
equipment shall
be required in operating areas containing dust agents.
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V. The floors of those factories engaged in the synthesis of technical grade environmental
agents and of
operating areas where emulsions, liquid, suspensions, oils, and ultra-low capacity agents are
manufactured (or processed) shall be made of impermeable material, may not allow puddling to occur,
and shall be equipped with channels and pipes specifically for collecting wastewater and conveying it
to a wastewater treatment facility.
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VI. Manufacturing and administrative areas within a factory shall be clearly delineated.
All operating areas
shall be clearly distinguished, and separation facilities shall be employed to prevent mutual
contamination.
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VII. Environmental agent storage areas shall be clearly marked. Those factories storing
technical grade
environmental agents shall establish special storage areas subject to locking control and separated from
other materials. Those environmental agent finished products and semi-finished products in storage
must be clearly segregated from other materials.
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Those factories manufacturing microbial preparations used as environmental agents shall possess the
following equipment.
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I. Microbial fermentation, culture, or preparation equipment
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IV. Sterilization and disinfection equipment
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Structural equipment in operating areas containing microbial preparations used as environmental
agents, including indoor ceilings, walls, doors and windows, and floors, etc., shall be
convenient to wash and
disinfect; areas where such agents are manufactured or processed shall be equipped with
independent air
conditioning systems.
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Areas where emulsions, liquid, suspensions, oils, and ultra-low capacity environmental sanitation
agents are manufactured or processed shall posses the following equipment.
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Those factories manufacturing internal pressure aerosols shall possess pressurized filling equipment and
leak testing and inspection equipment.
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Those factories manufacturing and processing dust environmental sanitation agents shall possess the
following equipment.
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I. Grinding machines or sifting equipment
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II. Mixing or smelting equipment
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Those factories manufacturing and processing environmental sanitation agents in the form of granules,
tablets, chunks, flakes, or gels shall possess the following equipment.
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I. Mixing or smelting equipment
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II. Molding, shaping, or filling equipment
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Equipment used for the production of rodenticide environmental agents may not be used
interchangeably with equipment used to produce other environmental sanitation agents.
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Except in the case of rodenticides and microbial preparations, the manufacturing, processing, and
packaging equipment of those environmental sanitation agent manufacturing enterprises that
concurrently
produce pesticides must be used exclusively for specific purposes.
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Environmental agent factories shall possess testing equipment or testing laboratories to test the quality
of environmental agent finished products. However, if the environmental agent finished products
at a
factory are entirely identical with technical grade environmental agents in composition
and contents, that
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factory shall not be subject to this restriction.
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Article 10
Those environmental agent manufacturing enterprises that wish to apply for an environmental agent
manufacturing permit shall first obtain a factory registration certificate in accordance
with the law.
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When an environmental agent factory wishes to apply for an environmental agent manufacturing
permit, the dosage form equipment of the agent in question shall comply with these Standards.
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Article 12
These Standards shall take effect on the date of promulgation.
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