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Article 2
Terms used in these Regulations are defined as follows:
I. Jointly established wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facilities: The facilities refer to wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities that are jointly invested in,
established by, and jointly used by two or more enterprises.
II. Commissioned operator: The operator refers to the party
commissioned by an enterprise or sewage system to operate and
manage the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facilities.
III. Soil treatment: It means the methods for the discharge of
wastewater or sewage via pipelines or ditches for irrigation
or percolation into the soil for the removal or reduction of
pollutants.
IV. Commissioning wastewater or sewage treatment: It means discharge
of wastewater or sewage via pipelines or ditches to be treated
by a commissioned party (hereinafter referred to as
“Commissioning Treatment”).
V. Commissioned wastewater or sewage treatment: It means the
acceptance of wastewater or sewage treatment commissioned by
another party at established wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities (hereinafter referred to as
“Commissioned Treatment”).
VI. Initial dilution ratio: It means the dilution multiples from
the mix of wastewater column or sewage column and the
surrounding seawater after the wastewater or sewage drains
from the pipeline into the sea and reaches a stable level in
the seawater.
VII. Discharging wastewater or sewage using a drainage pipe to
the sea (hereinafter referred to as a “Sea Drainage Pipe”):
It means the use of a pipeline to transport wastewater or
sewage to the sea; with an initial dilution ratio of 100:1
or greater.
VIII. Storing: It means delivery of wastewater or sewage to storage
facilities and then implementing reuse, Commissioning Treatment,
using containers, tank trucks or other non-pipelines or
ditches facilities to remove or transport wastewater or sewage
to the area outside the range of operations, or returning
water seepage in a landfill to the surface of the landfill.
IX. Recycling wastewater or sewage: It means collection of the
wastewater or sewage that has not been discharged into a water
body and has not undergone soil treatment to be reused for
other water resource purposes.
X. Non-continuous discharge: It means the effluent that is not
drained from a discharge point into the receiving water body
continuously for 24 hours every day, or that is not drained
from a discharge point approved by the sewage management
authority into a sewage system continuously for 24 hours every
day.
XI. Pure hot spring wastewater: It means wastewater from hot
spring baths with no other added substances.
XII. Plan for implementing liquor and fiber digestate as
fertilizer for farmlands: The liquor and fiber digestate
generated from livestock excrements after anaerobic
fermentation is used on farmlands for fertilization.
XIII. TUa: It means the reciprocal of LC50 (Lethal Concentration
50%) for bioacute toxicity test.
Article 10
Before proceeding to work at construction sites, the parties
concerned shall present a plan for the reduction of pollutants
from runoff wastewater (hereinafter referred to as “Reduction
Plan”) to the special municipality, county or city competent
authority for approval, and proceed as approved.
The Reduction Plan referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
contain the following requirements:
I. Basic information;
II. Measures for the mitigation of pollution as mentioned in the
previous article and the engineering plan; and
III. A photocopy of the certification documents issued by the
competent authority.
If there is any change in the Reduction Plan or a concern that
pollution is still possible as the competent authority reviews
and finds the Reduction Plan insufficient to protect the
quality of the water body and requires it to be improved within
a limited period, then the amended Reduction Plan shall be
submitted, before the change or within the limited period, to
the special municipality, county or city competent authority for
approval,and be implemented as approved.
Article 12
The entities engaging in recycling, dilution, Commissioned
Treatment or designated by a competent authority shall, in an
upstream position of the wastewater or sewage treatment
facilities, install independent and exclusive cumulative inflow
water measurement facilities.
Where wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities are
set up jointly for treatment of wastewater or sewage, it shall
be transported through pipes or ditches.
Article 14
Wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities shall
maintain normal operation and shall be maintained regularly and
repaired in time. Records shall be made and retained as a
reference for five years.
Article 15
Where the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities
of an enterprise or sewage system does not maintain normal
operation and a competent authority specifies a time frame for
improvement, the normal operation of the existing facilities
shall be maintained during the improvement period and measures
shall be taken for reduction or discontinuation of the projection
/service or improvement of the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities; such enterprises or sewage systems shall
not go beyond the operating parameters according to which the
competent authority gives a notice for improvement within a
specific period of time, and other operating parameters shall be
within the normal operation range. Otherwise, punishment will be
imposed on each violation.
Registration for change with the Issuing Authority is required
if the improvement referred to in the preceding paragraph may be
made only after demolition of existing facilities.
Article 16
For the independent and exclusive electricity meters and
operating parameter measuring facilities that are set up by the
enterprise or sewage system for the wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities and have a continuous automatic
recording function, the record shall be made based on the design
specification and frequency of the metering and measuring
facilities; otherwise, the cumulative electricity consumption
shall be recorded and the parameters shall be operated once a day.
The amount of agent used for the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities and the production, storage, and transport
volume of sludge shall be recorded each time and statistics shall
be prepared every month.
Where the Pollution Control Measures and permits (documents)
contain any operation and treatment process for special
circumstances, such as better quality of the original wastewater
or sewage, lower quantity of the original wastewater or sewage,
storm, or power outage, in their approval registration, the
contents, start and end times, and duration of such a
circumstance shall be recorded when it occurs; the parameters
referred to in the preceding paragraph shall also be recorded.
The photocopies of the records, vouchers or invoices referred to
in the preceding two paragraphs shall be retained as a reference
for five years.
Article 17
The independent and exclusive electricity meters that
enterprises or sewage systems set up for the wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities shall meet the following
requirements:
I. The specifications shall meet relevant requirements of
The Weights and Measures Act, and the entire electricity
consumed for the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities shall be measured.
II. A transparent window shall be available.
III. The electricity meters shall be sealed with lead sealing
by a competent authority or electric power company; the
seal shall be confirmed by the competent authority
and shall not be destroyed.
IV. The source and destination of incoming and outgoing
circuits shall be marked explicitly.
For maintenance or replacement of the electricity meters
referred to in the preceding paragraph, the seal may be torn
off only after informing the competent authority. The
electricity consumption shall be recorded during the
maintenance or replacement; the recording method shall be
subject to the consent of the competent authority. The
competent authority shall be informed within one week after
the maintenance or replacement.
In case no independent and exclusive electricity meters can be
set up for wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facilities, the facilities that have automatic control,
measurement, and recording functions may be used to measure and
record the consumption of electricity after being approved by
the competent authority.
Article 28
Enterprises or sewage systems that take soil treatment measures
shall set up sampling points before discharging wastewater or
sewage into the soil.
The sampling points referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
meet the following requirements:
I. A pathway that allows the personnel of the competent authority
to access to the sampling point;
II. Setup of independent and exclusive cumulative water
measurement facilities for measuring the volume of the
wastewater or sewage discharged into the soil;
III. Setup of a sign marked with coordinates;
IV. Direct sampling shall be allowed. No facilities that may
avoid, hinder or refuse the competent authority's direct
sampling shall be set up without approval from the municipal
or county (city) competent authority
In case the competent authority finds that an enterprises or
sewage system reroutes the discharge or conducts non-continuous
wastewater or sewage discharge designated by the competent
authority, the sampling point shall be set up at the collection
pool that follows the final treatment units of pretreatment.
Setup of the sign referred to in Subparagraph III of Paragraph 2
shall meet the following requirements:
I. The sign shall contain the name of the enterprise or sewage
system and its control number, sampling point number, and
maximum daily discharge volume based on the contents of the
approval.
II. The sign shall be more than 32cm in length and more than
15cm in width with a white background. The texts shall be
black with visible fonts of 15cm or more, and no other
graphics shall be added without approval. (See attached
Figure 1.)
III. The sign shall be conspicuously fixed beside the sampling
point at a distance between 50cm and 2m from the ground.
IV. The sign shall be made of robust material.
V. The sign shall be mounted steadily and shall not be moved
easily.
Article 37
Enterprises or sewage systems that may dilute wastewater or
sewage under permission shall mix and dilute such wastewater or
sewage using the blending facilities in the wastewater or sewage
treatment/pretreatment facilities.
Independent and exclusive cumulative inflow water measurement
facilities shall be set up for the blending facilities referred
to in the preceding paragraph.
In case dilution is made to rescue personnel or salvage major
treatment facilities recognized by the competent authority in
an emergency specified in Paragraph 3 of Article 18-1 of the
Act, the start and end times of the dilution, the reason for
the dilution, the volume of water, and the reporting time shall
be recorded, and a written report on the measures taken during
the dilution shall be submitted to the special municipality,
county or city competent authority and the Issuing Authority
within 20 days.
The written report referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
contain the following information:
I. Reasons for and time of the dilution;
II. The receiving party of the report and the reporting method
and time;
III. Measures taken during the dilution;
IV. Personnel involved in the measures and their tasks;
V. The water monitoring result as a measure to the dilution;
VI. Sequential measures and improvements;
VII. Others.
Article 47
To maintain normal supply of water, the water supply plant may
take emergency response measures and discharge wastewater
directly when the Central Weather Bureau issues a warning of
torrential rain or when a natural disaster occurs and the
concentration of the suspended solids in the raw water exceeds
2,000 mg/l or the turbidity exceeds 2,000 NTU and, as a result,
the wastewater treatment facilities cannot operate normally.
The water supply plan shall incorporate the emergency response
measures referred to in the preceding paragraph in the approval
documents or Permits (Documents) for Pollution Control Measures,
and take actions according to the following requirements:
I. The settling basin and sludge thickener shall be cleared first.
II. A notice shall be sent to the downstream water users and the
local competent authority shall be informed.
III. Daily inspection shall be conducted for the turbidity and
suspended solid concentration of the raw water and the
suspended solid concentration of the effluent, and a record
shall be made for such inspection; the record shall be
retained as a reference for five years.
Article 49-3
In the event that, during the construction, sludge deposits
clearly visible have been formed at the bottom of pipelines in
the surrounding ditches, the entry point of the water body, and
its surrounding areas at the construction site, the owner shall
remove the sludge deposits on its own initiative or within three
days pursuant to the order of the competent authority.
The owner shall use appropriate storage equipment to collect and
treat the waste oil, lubricant, and diesel fuel left or spilled
from construction machinery and vehicle servicing and/or
maintenance, and shall not discharge or have them spill over into
the place outside the work environment along with the wastewater
or sewage or runoff wastewater.
For the removal of sludge deposits and the collection and
treatment of waste fuel and oil referred to in the preceding two
paragraphs, the owner shall record the time and method for each
removal, collection and treatment, and the record as well as the
certificate of appropriate treatment shall be retained for
reference until the construction is completed and the control
under the Act is removed by the special municipality, county or
city competent authority.
Article 50
Enterprises or sewage systems that set up the following water
pollution control facilities and pipelines shall clearly and
correctly mark their names in addition to the name and flow
direction of the fluid in the pipe.
I. Pipelines and treatment units for collection, pretreatment,
treatment, backflow, discharge, and storage of water,
wastewater or sewage;
II. Rerouted pipelines for emergency response;
III. Pipelines and storage tank units for storage, dilution,
and recycle;
IV. Independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement
facilities and independent and exclusive electricity
meters for wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facilities;
V. Pipelines and treatment units for collection, treatment, and
storage of sludge.
Article 52
In case rerouted discharge is conducted to rescue personnel or
salvage major treatment facilities recognized by the competent
authority in an emergency specified in Paragraph 3 of Article
18-1 of the Act, the start and end times of the rerouted discharge,
the reason for the rerouted discharge, the volume of water, and
the reporting time shall be recorded, and a written report on the
measures taken during the rerouted discharge shall be submitted
to the special municipality, county or city competent authority
and the Issuing Authority within 20 days.
The written report referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
contain the following information:
I. Reasons for and time of the rerouted discharge;
II. The receiving party of the report and the reporting method
and time;
III. Measures taken during the rerouted discharge;
IV. Personnel involved in the measures and their tasks;
V. The water monitoring result as a measure to the rerouted
discharge;
VI. Sequential measures and improvements;
VII. Others.
Article 53
The discharge point of an enterprise or sewage system shall meet
the following requirements:
I. The discharge point shall be located outside the work
environment and on the ground that the discharge flows
through before entering the receiving water body.
II. There shall be a pathway outside the work environment for
the sampling personnel to access the discharge point, and a
sampling platform the size of which is at least 1 square
meter shall be set up.
III. Except for the case of a discharge point for wastewater
runoff, independent and exclusive cumulative water
measuring facilities shall be set up to measure the
discharge. However, this is not applicable to the
discharge point for runoff wastewater.
IV. A sign shall be erected at the discharge point and marked
with the coordinates of its location.
V. The discharge point shall be available for direct sampling.
Any facilities that prevent, hinder or deny the competent
authority from access to the discharge point for direct
sampling may not be installed without approval from the
competent authority.
VI. If the discharge point is established as a well, the well
water shall be adequately and equally mixed.
If the establishment of a discharge point has difficulty meeting
the requirements in Subparagraphs I and II of the preceding
paragraph, alternative solutions shall be taken as approved by
the competent authority. In the event that at least one of the
circumstances specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 56 applies, or
In case of non-continuous wastewater or sewage discharge with
the possibility of rerouted discharge, the discharge point shall
be established at a location outside the work environment and
designated by the competent authority.
Article 54
In the event that enterprises or sewage systems jointly discharge
wastewater or sewage into the ocean through a marine outfall, the
discharge point shall be set up at a proper location between the
joint wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities and
the marine outfall. In the absence of any joint wastewater or
sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities, the discharge point
shall be established at a proper location between the outside of
the peripheral boundaries of the enterprise or sewage system and
the marine outfall.
In the event that an enterprise or sewage system discharges
wastewater or sewage through an attached pipeline along an
irrigation or drainage channel, the discharge point shall be
established at the location which wastewater or sewage flows
through before entering the receiving water body. In the event
that wastewater or sewage is discharged through a joint pipeline,
a sampling point shall be established at a proper location
between the outer boundary of the work environment of an
enterprise or sewage system and the joint pipeline.
The provisions of Article 53 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
establishment of the sampling point referred to in the preceding
paragraph. The same punishment for rerouted discharge shall be
imposed on the discharge of wastewater or sewage from the
sampling point.
In all cases of joint discharge before the Regulations were
amended and promulgated, setup of sampling points and alteration
of water pollution control Permits (Documents) shall be
completed by March 31, 2016.
Article 56
If any of the following applies to the enterprise or sewage
system, it shall complete the installation of water capacity
automatic monitoring facilities, water quality automatic
monitoring facilities, video surveillance facilities, online
transmission facilities and independent electronic electric
meters for the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment
facility within a provided period. Except the independent
electronic electric meter for the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facility, the above facilities and meters shall
maintain normal online transmission functions with the special
municipality, county or city competent authority. The enterprise
or sewage system is not allowed to discharge wastewater or sewage
if it fails to completion the installation within the provided
period.
I. The competent authority discovers that the discharge is
rerouted.
II. It violates relevant provisions of the Regulations and is
ordered by the competent authority for discontinuation of
operation or business, or it declares discontinuation of
operation or business within the period of improvement
stipulated by the competent authority and then applies for
reinstatement of operation or business.
III. It discharges huge pollutants that the competent authority
deems critical in affecting the quality of the water body
in the surrounding area.
IV. The discharged wastewater or sewage contains the hazardous
substances to health announced under the Regulations and
there is a concern of the competent authority that these
substances are harmful to public health.
V. In the last year prior to the day on which the application
for the water pollution control plan or Permits (Documents)
is submitted, the enterprise located at the same address and
on the same location or land section has violated relevant
provisions of the Regulations and been ordered by the
competent authority to discontinue its operation or business,
or it has declared discontinuation of operation or business
within the period of improvement stipulated by the competent
authority, or has been found rerouting discharge.
VI. The function of the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facility is inadequate.
The enterprise or sewage system mentioned in the preceding
paragraph shall complete the installation within 180 days after
receiving the ruling of the special municipality, county or city
competent authority. However, if any of the following applies,
the applicable provisions shall be complied with.
I. Installation shall be completed before reinstatement of
operation is permitted as in the case of applying for
reinstatement of operation or business.
II. Installation shall be completed within 180 days from the day
of previous punitive action as in the case of administrative
remedy against the original ruling.
The enterprise or sewage system that fails to complete the
installation within the period provided in the preceding
paragraph may petition with the special municipality, county or
city competent authority for an extension of the deadline within
14 days prior to the expiration of the provided period except for
situations under Subparagraph I, and complete the installation by
the new deadline approved by the special municipality, county or
city competent authority. The extension granted by the special
municipality, county or city competent authority for the
completion of installation shall not exceed 180 days
accumulatively.
Article 57
Enterprises or sewage systems that install automatic water
quantity monitoring facilities, automatic water quality
monitoring facilities, video surveillance facilities, online
transmission facilities, and independent and exclusive
electricity meters for wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities in accordance with the preceding article
shall complete the installation pursuant to the following
requirements and maintain their normal operation.
I. Automatic water quantity monitoring facilities: Independent
and exclusive cumulative water measurement facilities shall
be installed at water sources, discharge points and the
outfalls included as an integral part of sewage systems in
the working area.
II. Automatic water quality monitoring facilities: Automatic
monitoring facilities that monitor water temperature,
hydrogen ion concentration index and conductivity shall be
installed at inflow points and outflow points of each water
pollution control measure facility unit, discharge points,
and the outfalls included as an integral part of sewage
systems. However, for those water quality items separately
designated by the central competent authority, the
regulations of the central competent authority shall be
followed.
III. Video surveillance facilities: Video surveillance facilities
that have functions of recording time and video footage
viewed clearly shall be installed at each water pollution
control measure facility unit and each discharge point and
shall be kept photographing and videotaping for 24 hours a
day.
IV. Online transmission facilities: The monitoring or
surveillance data referred to in the previous three
subparagraphs shall be transmitted to the special
municipality, county or city competent authority online
through transfer modules by Internet.
V. Independent and exclusive electricity meters for wastewater
or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities: Specifications
shall meet applicable requirements provided by national
standards. The measurable scope for the entire electricity
consumed shall cover 1.2 times the volume of the maximum
electricity consumed by the wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities. The meters shall be able to
automatically record the electricity resumed every 15 minutes
and store data for at least five years for further review.
Article 58
In case the competent authority finds, at discharge points
located in a working area, that an enterprise or sewage system
reroutes the discharge, the enterprise or sewage system shall
complete the installation of the signboard for the automatic
display of the capacity of flow discharge, water quality, water
temperature, hydrogen ion concentration index and conductivity by
the provided deadline.
The display signboard referred to in the preceding paragraph that
shows flow discharge capacity and water quality automatically
shall be installed at where can be easily seen on the external wall
of the front door, and maintain normal operation. It shall have
the function of real-time display of monitored data. In the event
of malfunction, the enterprise or sewage system shall immediately
report to the special municipality, county or city competent
authority by telephone or fax, and the time of malfunction, the
names and titles of the persons submitting and receiving the
report shall be recorded. During the period of malfunction,
calibration or maintenance, the alternative method approved by
the special municipality, county or city competent authority
shall be adopted to publish monitoring data.
If the malfunctioning display signboard referred to in the
preceding paragraph is unable to return to normal conditions
within 24 hours, the planned repair measures and the repair
completion date shall be reported to the special municipality,
county or city competent authority within two days from the
date of malfunction.
The provided deadline in Paragraph 1 refers to that provided in
Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 56.
Article 59
In the event that an enterprise or sewage system utilizes
wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities, a
functional test shall be conducted within the time frame
specified by the competent authority if at least one of the
following circumstances applies:
I. Circumstances described in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of
Article 56;
II. Abnormal operating parameters;
III. Abnormalities in the equilibrium of water quality or flow;
IV. A concern that dilution may have been performed without a
permit;
V. A concern that functions of wastewater or sewage treatment/
pretreatment facilities may be insufficient.
Upon completion of the functional test in the preceding
paragraph, the enterprise or sewage system shall submit a
functional test report. Alteration of the documents of
approval or Permits (Documents) for water pollution control
measure plans shall be in accordance with applicable
regulations. In the event a functional test report requires
the signature of a technician, the report shall be signed by
the technician who has jointly participated in the test.
If the result of a functional test indicates nonconformity to
the control standards specified in the Act, the enterprise or
sewage system shall reduce or terminate its production or
service, or take other response measures.
Article 60-1 (Deleted)
Article 65
An enterprise or sewage system shall calibrate and maintain its
cumulative water measurement facilities based on the frequency
indicated in the brand specifications. If the frequency of
calibration is not indicated in the brand specifications, the
measurement facilities shall be calibrated at least every year.
Regarding the specifications of the cumulative water measurement
facilities in the previous paragraph, the margin of error within
the range of measurable flow shall not exceed +/-5%. However,
non-contact cooling water not used for circulation whose flow is
calculated by motor rotation is not subject to this restriction.
When an enterprise or sewage system performs calibration and
maintenance of cumulative water measurement facilities, the date
of calibration and maintenance, water quantity during the
calibration and maintenance, and the results of calibration and
maintenance shall be recorded and kept for five years. The
recording of the water quantity during the calibration and
maintenance shall be performed in the way approved by the
competent authority
In case any of the following occurs during the audit on an
enterprise or sewage system, the competent authority may
estimate the quantity of wastewater or sewage discharge based on
actual measurements, certification of water resources or water
quantity equilibrium diagram:
I. The cumulative water measurement facilities are abnormal;
II. The wastewater or sewage discharge is far different from the
quantity shown on the permit; or
III. The cumulative water measurement facilities are not
calibrated or maintained as required in Paragraph 1.
Article 66
If an enterprise or sewage system has difficulty in installing
independent and exclusive cumulative water measurement facilities
in accordance with the Regulations, it may conduct measurement
using any other measuring facilities or methods that are able to
indicate the water quantity, subject to approval from the
competent authority.
If the facilities in the preceding paragraph generate records in
a continuous and automatic way, the enterprise or sewage system
shall record the water quantity based on the specifications and
frequencies of the facilities. If the facilities do not generate
records in such a way, the cumulative water quantity reading
shall be recorded daily and preserved for five years for
reference.
Article 67
In case of sewage produced from offices, staff dormitories, other
activity spaces and buildings within the work environment of an
enterprise, the management shall meet the following requirements:
I. In case of combined treatment of sewage and enterprise
wastewater, the methods for the management of enterprise
wastewater shall be used.
II. In case of separate treatment of sewage and enterprise
wastewater, the methods for the management of building sewage
treatment facilities shall be used, and a discharge point
shall be established.
The discharge point in Subparagraph II of the preceding paragraph
shall be established in accordance with Article 53.
Article 70-1
The liquor and fiber digestate generated from livestock
excrements after anaerobic fermentation and then used on
farmlands for fertilization shall meet the following requirements:
I. Animal excreta shall be discharged to anaerobic fermentation
facilities. A period of at least 10 days shall be allowed for
the anaerobic fermentation of livestock enterprises keeping
non-herbivore and at least 5 days for livestock enterprises
keeping herbivore, with routine tracking of the excretion of
liquor and fiber digestate. The anaerobic fermentation
facilities shall be able to accommodate methane.
II. The farmland where liquor and fiber digestate is used as
fertilizer (hereinafter referred to as Fertilized Farmland)
is not owned by the livestock enterprise. The livestock
enterprise shall enter into an agreement of a statement of
consent with the owner of the fertilized farmland, the
managers, or the users on the joint pursuit of the plan of
using liquor and fiber digestate as fertilizer for farmland.
III. The liquor and fiber digestate shall be fully diffused into
soil one hour after applying and no residual liquor shall
be left on the surface of farmland except the
aforementioned fertilizer is mixed with irrigation water
for furrow or flood irrigation.
IV. Liquor and fiber digestate generated after anaerobic
fermentation could be used for irrigation of farmland with
full quantity as fertilizer in which case a buffer quantity
shall be reserved in response to the period of suspended
irrigation of liquor and fiber digestate. The buffer quantity
shall be sufficient for at least 10 days of irrigation and
could be supplied from the anaerobic fermentation facilities
mentioned in Subparagraph I or other storage facilities. The
quantity from anaerobic fermentation that exceeds the limit
specified in Subparagraph 1 shall be included as buffer
quantity.
Livestock enterprises that meet the requirements listed in the
preceding paragraph shall file the application with the competent
agriculture authority and submit to it the plan of using liquor
and fiber digestate as fertilizer for farmland (hereinafter
referred to as the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate as
Fertilizer for Farmland). After the review and approval by the
competent agriculture authority, the competent environmental
protection authority of the special municipality, county or city
shall be reported for its record, and the livestock enterprise
shall operate based on the registered items.
In reviewing the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate as
Fertilizer for Farmland, the competent agriculture authority
mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall invite the competent
environmental protection authority of the special municipality,
county or city to take part in the review, and assess the total
quantity of liquor and fiber digestate for irrigation in unit
area based on the quality of liquor and fiber digestate. For the
review, an on-site inspection shall be conducted, and the
anaerobic fermentation facilities, storage facilities and the
design capacity hereof, frequency of the output of liquor and
fiber digestate, transportation or delivery methods, and
reasonableness of the site of Fertilized Farmland shall also be
confirmed.
Article 70-2
In reviewing the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate as
Fertilizer for Farmland mentioned in the preceding article, the
competent agriculture authority shall review the content of the
Plan and relevant documents, including:
I. A photocopy of livestock ranch registration certificate or
animal raising registration certificate;
II. Liquor and fiber digestate test report, which shall include
the data of hydrogen ion concentration index, electric
conductivity, total nitrogen, NH4+-N, total phosphorous,
copper, zinc, etc.;
III. Documents that prove the ownership of Fertilized Farmland;
as Fertilized Farmland is not owned by the livestock
enterprise, the livestock enterprise shall provide a
photocopy of the contract or agreement for jointly
implementing the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate
as Fertilizer for Farmland signed by and between the owner,
manager or user of the farmland;
IV. Land number of Fertilized Farmland, a photocopy of land
registration transcript, the size of planting, and the type
of crops planted;
V. The test report on the water quality background values of the
groundwater at the area of Fertilized Farmland, which shall
include hydrogen ion concentration index, electric
conductivity,ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N), nitrate nitrogen,
total phosphorous,copper, zinc, etc., and the coordinates of
any groundwater well;
VI. The test report on the soil quality background values of
Fertilized Farmland, which shall include hydrogen ion
concentration index, electric conductivity, total phosphorous,
copper, zinc, etc., and soil texture, and the locations where
samples are taken shall be marked on a map included in the
report;
VII. Methods and routes used for the transportation (shipping)
of liquor and fiber digestate;
VIII. Fertilization operation, which shall include quantity of
liquor and fiber digestate to be applied, the method and
frequency of application, purpose, format of fertilization
record and measure(s) to be taken in the event of suspended
application of liquor and fiber digestate for farmland
fertilization;
IX. Commitment to monitor the quality of groundwater and soil;
the items to be monitored are the same as those in the
groundwater and soil quality background value test reports
mentioned in Subparagraphs V and VI above, except the soil
texture; the frequency of monitoring shall be the frequency
reviewed and approved in the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber
Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland.
Livestock enterprises shall submit the groundwater and soil
quality test report to the competent agriculture authority and
the local competent environmental protection authority for
reference within one month after completing the report, and shall
keep the report for five years.
Article 70-3
The Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for
Farmland shall be valid for five years. In the event the use of
liquor and fiber digestate is expected to continue after the Plan
expires, an application for extension shall be submitted to the
competent agriculture authority within three months from the
starting date of the six months before the Plan expires. Each
extension shall not exceed five years.
The application for extension submitted in accordance with the
preceding paragraph shall include the documents and contents
specified in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article, excluding
those in Subparagraphs V and VI.
Article 70-4
The document of approval issued after review of the Plan of Using
Liquor and Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland shall
include the following:
I. Names and addresses of the livestock enterprise and the person
implementing fertilization/irrigation, and the person in
charge;
II. Land number and size of the fertilized/irrigated farmland,
amount of the liquor and fiber digestate used as well as the
quality of the liquor and fiber digestate and the methods,
frequency and purposes of the fertilization/irrigation;
III. Issuance and expiration dates of the Plan;
IV. Other required matters.
Article 70-5
In case of modification of the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber
Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland, the enterprise concerned
shall submit the document specifying the modification to the
competent agriculture authority while filing the application
for the modification with the competent agriculture authority.
After the review and approval by the competent agriculture
authority, the competent environmental protection authority of
the special municipality, county or city shall be reported for
its record, and the enterprise shall operate based on the
registered items.
In case the modification mentioned in the preceding paragraph
involves any of the following, the modification shall be made
within such time frame and by means of such method as provided.
I. For modification of the registered items stated in
Subparagraph I of the preceding article, the livestock
enterprise shall apply for modification within 15 days after
the day of occurrence of the concerned matter.
II. For modification of the registered items stated in
Subparagraph II of the preceding article, a new application
shall be filed.
III. For modification or termination of the agreement or statement
of consent in the joint pursuit of the Plan of Using Liquor
and Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland as specified
in Subparagraph III of Paragraph 1 of Article 70-2, a
photocopy of the modified agreement or statement of consent
or the termination agreement shall be submitted to the
competent agriculture authority for its reference within 15
days after the day following the modification or termination.
Article 70-6
In case the competent agriculture authority reviews the Plan of
Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland and
determines that the livestock enterprise is in any of the
following circumstances, the use of liquor and fiber digestate as
fertilizer for farmland shall be suspended.
I. It shall be suspended for a period from a warning of storm or
torrential rain issued by Central Weather Bureau to the third
day after the warning is lifted.
II. A substantial increase of pollutant indicators is found in
the groundwater quality monitoring result or the soil
quality testing result reaches the limits of the soil
pollution monitoring standards during the period in which
liquor and fiber digestate is used as fertilizer for
farmland.
The measures of suspending the use of liquor and fiber digestate
as fertilizer for farmlands referred to in the preceding
paragraph shall be incorporated in the Plan of Using Liquor and
Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland and reviewed.
Article 70-7
Where the competent environmental protection authority of the
special municipality, county or city finds any implementation
inconsistent with the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate
as Fertilizer for Farmland reviewed and approved by the competent
agriculture authority, the competent agriculture authority shall
be informed to request the enterprise to improve.
Article 70-8
Where any livestock enterprise that obtains the Plan of Using
Liquor and Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland is in any
of the following situations, the competent agriculture authority
shall abolish the Plan.
I. The content of the application is inconsistent with the fact.
II. Fertilization of the farmland is not implemented in
accordance with the Plan approved.
III. It fails to make modification in accordance with Paragraph 2
of Article 70-5 within the time frame, and still fails to
improve or correct within the period provided in the notice
sent by the competent agriculture authority.
IV. It commits other violations that the competent authority of
environmental protection or agriculture finds serious.
Article 70-9
Any of the following shall be deemed a violation of the
Regulations and the violator shall be punished pursuant to the
Regulations.
I. Violation of Paragraph 2 of Article 70-1 and Article 70-5 by
not operating based on the registered items specified in the
Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for
Farmland reviewed and approved by the competent agriculture
authority;
II. Violation of Article 70-6 by not suspending the use of liquor
and fiber digestate as fertilizer for farmland.
Those that violate the preceding paragraph and cause environmental
pollution during fertilization shall be punished in accordance
with applicable environmental protection regulations.
Those that use livestock excrement and urine, or liquor and fiber
digestate as fertilizer for farmland without obtaining the
approval by the competent authority for its Plan of Using Liquor
and Fiber Digestate as Fertilizer for Farmland shall be punished
for violation of the Act.
Where not all of the livestock excrement and urine are used for
fertilization of farmland and part of them are discharged into
surface water bodies or are discharged into soil or a surface
water body in violation of this chapter, the discharge into the
surface water body or soil shall be subject to the Act.
Article 70-10
The competent agriculture authority shall maintain and manage
the files of the Plan of Using Liquor and Fiber Digestate as
Fertilizer for Farmland approved, and the monitoring and testing
of the implementation of the Plan, and shall pass relevant
information to the competent environmental protection authority
of the special municipality, county or city.
Article 73
The enterprises or sewage system that treats wastewater or sewage
using wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities
shall have the following contents in their reports:
I. Process facilities and production or service scales related to
production of the wastewater or sewage and sludge on a monthly
basis;
II. Water quality of the original wastewater or sewage and after
the treatment/pretreatment, and the water quantity on the
testing day;
III. Source of water, consumption of water, production volume of
wastewater or sewage, and quantity of water treated using the
wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities on a
monthly basis; the production volume of wastewater or sewage
shall be respectively reported by process or source;
IV. Operation methods and monthly operation and maintenance costs
of the wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities;
V. Names of the agents used every month and their usage amount;
VI. Parameters and their maximum, minimum and average values under
normal operation of the major treatment units during the
reporting period;
VII. Maintenance, replacement date and monthly power consumption
of the independent and exclusive electricity meters for
wastewater or sewage treatment/pretreatment facilities;
VIII. Monthly production volume of sludge as well as its water
content and operating frequency;
IX. Date and method of calibration and maintenance of the
independent and exclusive cumulative inflow and outflow water
measurement facilities installed or measurement methods
adopted pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 12, and monthly
readings and measurement values.
Article 89
The water quality and quantity that an enterprise or sewage
system reports, except the water quality and quantity of rerouted
wastewater, shall be acquired by sampling and measuring on the
same day.
Article 89-1
The information that an enterprise or sewage system reports shall
meet the following requirements:
I. The format, scope, and frequency meet the requirements of the
central competent authority, and no items to be reported are
missed.
II. Testing of the water quality and quantity meets the
requirements of Articles 23 and 68 of the Act.
III. Reported information and data conform to the attached vouchers
or invoices, test reports, records, photos, and other
certification documents or materials that must be attached upon
request of the competent authority.
IV. Reported information and data conform to the on-site process
facilities, production or service scales, power consumption,
dosage of agents, water quantity measurement, and operating
parameter records.
V. Reported water quality items comply with Article 84.
VI. Reported methods for pollution control measures conform to
the actual setup conditions in the field.
VII. Reported information and documentation are made public on
the website that the central competent authority designates.
VIII. Other circumstances recognized approved by the competent
authority.
Where those that having the reporting obligations and having
received from the competent authority the notice requiring it to
report within a specified time frame do report within the time
frame but fail to meet the requirements provided in the
preceding paragraph, the reporting shall be deemed incomplete.
The competent authority shall impose a punishment in accordance
with Article 56 of the Act for the violation and send notice
again requiring it to make rectification within a specified time
frame. When finding the reported information not meeting the
requirements of the preceding paragraph, the competent authority
shall give a notice to make rectification within a specified
time frame, and shall deem the reporting incomplete if no
rectification is made or the rectified report does not meet the
requirements of the preceding paragraph after end of the time
frame. In such circumstances, the competent authority shall
impose a punishment according to Article 56 of the Act and give
another notice to make rectification again within a specified
time frame. For any incomplete reporting because no rectification
is made or the rectified report does not meet the requirements
of the preceding paragraph after end of the time frame,
punishment shall be imposed for each violation.
Where the rectification within a time frame referred to in the
preceding two paragraphs is involved in non-retrospective data
of water quality, a retest shall be conducted and the data
generated from such retest shall not be used concurrently for the
reporting in the current period of the test.
Reporting shall be deemed false if the reported information does
not comply with Paragraph 1 and is involved in any fraud or other
illegal methods such as forged data, false certificates, and fake
vouchers.
Article 92
The following records, data and documents reported by enterprises
or sewage systems shall be retained for five years for reference.
I. Photocopies of the bills or invoices for the cleanup of
wastewater or sewage by the enterprise or a third party firm
commissioned for such purpose;
II. Photocopies of the bills or invoices for the cleanup of sludge
by the enterprise or a third party firm commissioned for such
purpose;
III. Water quality and quantity testing report;
IV. Date of arrival and departure of the sampling staff to the
plant, the time of sample, the date and time for the beginning
and ending of sample, and personnel witnessing the sample, and
the photographs of the sample with clear labeling of the
locations of sampling with the date and time of photograph
specified;
V. Photocopies of the bills or invoices on the purchase of chemical
agents;
VI. In case of those that discharge wastewater or sewage into the
ocean through ocean outfall pipes, the monitored data of the
marine environment;
VII. Photocopies of the record and bills or invoices on the
calibration and maintenance of the measurement facility for
the measurement of water capacity on accumulative basis;
VIII. Photographs showing the components of water treatment
facility and the outfall with clear labeling of the name
and the date of photography, excluding the water treatment
facility components incorporated into the sewerage system
for sewage exclusively used in the industrial zone;
IX. Other matters designated by the competent authority.
Article 92-1
When an enterprise or sewage system reports to the competent
authority, the reported and corrected data and documents shall be
made available at the website designated by the central competent
authority with personal information and purchase price hidden.
Whenever an enterprise or sewage system reports, it shall upload
the reporting records and data documents required in the preceding
article to the website designated by the central competent
authority. However, an enterprise or the sewage system other than
that dedicated for an industrial park shall report and upload the
data documents stated in Subparagraph VIII of the preceding
article by the end of January every year, and the management
authority (agency) of the sewage system dedicated for an industrial
park shall report and upload by the end of February every year.
The personal information mentioned in Paragraph 1 includes name,
personal identification number or passport number, personal photo,
date of birth, telephone number, cell phone number, fax number,
email address, household registration address or any other
information that may directly or indirectly contributes to the
positive identification of the person.
In case that business confidentiality is involved in the information
and documents mentioned in Paragraph 1, such information may be
hidden from being made public provided that an application for
confidentiality is filed to and approved by the municipality, county
or city competent authority with the documents of proof for the
following elements:
I. Those which are unknown to those who are not generally
involved in such information;
II. Those that have physical or potential economic values for
the confidentiality; or
III. Those for which reasonable confidentiality measure(s) has
been taken by the owner.
An enterprise or sewage system shall publish the data and
documents of the latest reporting at the website designated by
the central competent authority in three months starting from
the day designated by the central competent authority for online
publishing.
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Article 93
Enterprises or sewage systems shall report the data for the
period from July to December in the previous year before the end
of January every year, and shall report the data for the period
from January to June in the current year before the end of July
every year. However, the following enterprises or sewage systems
shall observe the reporting period and data specified below:
I. The management authority (agency) of the dedicated sewage
systems in an industrial park referred to in Paragraph 2 of
Article 71 that is not subject to Subparagraph II of
Paragraph 1 of Article 86 shall report the data for the period
from July to December in the previous year before the end of
February every year, and shall report the data for the period
from January to June in the current year before the end of
August every year.
II. Enterprises and sewage systems other than the dedicated
sewage systems in an industrial park referred to in
Subparagraph II of Paragraph 1 of Article 86 shall report
the data for the previous quarter before the end of January,
April, July, and October, respectively, every year.
III. The management authority (agency) of the dedicated sewage
systems in an industrial park referred to in Subparagraph II
of Paragraph 1 of Article 86 shall report the data for the
period from October to December in the previous year before
the end of February every year, report the data for the
period from January to March in the current year before the
end of May, report the data for the period from April to
June in the current year before the end of August every
year, and report the data for the period from July to
December in the current year before the end of November.
IV. The dedicated sewage system of a community that is exempted
from designating responsible persons for treatment of
wastewater or sewage shall report the data for the period
from January to December in the previous year before the end
of January.
In case enterprises and sewage systems apply for permits
(documents) for Pollution Control Measures plans, the date on
which the Issuing Authority approves the approval documents or
permits (documents) for the Pollution Control Measures plans
shall be the start date of the reporting.
Article 94
Enterprises or sewage systems shall report
Enterprises and sewage systems shall report via the Internet
from January 1, 2017. However, the reporting may be sent in hard
copy at the consent of the special municipality, county or city
competent authority.
Those that have reported via the Internet prior to the
Regulations amended and promulgated on MM DD, 2015 shall still
report via the Internet after the amendment and promulgation of
the Regulations.
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Article 99
Sewage systems shall take into account the characteristics of the
wastewater or sewage of the sewer-connected users and the
capability of the sewage treatment plant to specify the quality
of the wastewater allowed to be discharged into the sewage system;
sewage systems shall also take samples on a regular basis to test
the wastewater of the sewer-connected users for its quality, and
take appropriate management measures based on the test result.
The test result shall be documented and retained as a reference
for five years. However, this paragraph is not applicable to the
water quality with respect to any sewer-connected user who only
produces domestic wastewater.
The sampling and testing referred to in the preceding paragraph
may be conducted in the internal water quality laboratory and
shall be performed using the methods announced by the central
competent authority.
The sampling and testing referred to in Paragraph 1 shall be
conducted item by item according to the water quantity of the
sewer-connected user and the characteristics of the water
quality. However, the instruction of the competent authority
shall apply when it order a sewage system to increase the
sampling and testing items or
frequencies for the sewer-connected users based on actual need.
Itemized testing referred to in the preceding paragraph is
prescribed below:
I. Sewage systems in science parks and specific petrochemical
areas: Reported water quality items shall be tested on a
regular basis and samples shall be taken and tested at least
once every
II. Dedicated sewage systems in an industrial park other than
those specified in the preceding subparagraph: Samples shall be
taken and tested at least once every quarter for hydrogen ion
concentration index, water temperature, chemical oxygen demand
and suspended solids; samples shall be taken and tested at least
once every six months for other water quality items to be tested
and reported on a regular basis.
For the water quality of the user connected to a sewage system,
all the items, except for hydrogen ion concentration index, water
temperature, chemical oxygen demand and suspended solids, whose
test results are lower than the effluent standard for two
consecutive tests are exempted from retests.
Sewage systems shall regularly guide and inspect sewer-connected
users to understand the function and operation of their
wastewater or sewage pretreatment facilities, and shall take
appropriate management measures based on the result of the
inspection. Records shall be made and retained as a reference
for five years.
Article 100
Sewage systems shall regularly take samples of wastewater or
sewage at appropriate confluence points and test such samples
for their water quality. Records shall be made and retained as
a reference for five years.
The sampling and testing for water quality referred to in the
preceding paragraph shall comply with Paragraph 2 of the
preceding article.
Where the water quality sampling and testing results referred to
in Paragraph 1 discovers incompliance with the water quality
requirements for the sewer-connected users specified in
Paragraph 1 of the preceding act, the sewage system shall find
out the cause and request the sewer-connected user concerned to
make improvement, and shall take inflow water quality/water
quantity buffering and blending measures to maintain the quality
of the inflow water within the normal treatment rage of the
wastewater or sewage treatment facilities.
Article 105
The following industrial or wastewater sewerage systems shall
complete the installation of automatic water quantity and quality
monitoring facilities, video surveillance facilities, online
transmission facilities and the signboard for automatic display
of flow discharge and water quality in accordance with this
chapter within a year from the date designated by the central
competent authority.
I. Exclusive sewerage systems of the industrial zone, with
permission of discharge capacity of more than 1,500 m3 daily;
II. Enterprises other than power plants, with permission of
discharge capacity of more than 1,500 m3 daily; the discharge
capacity is the total of wastewater from operation and from
release; however, household sewage and wastewater from
operation and release combined for treatment shall be summed
up as the totality for discharge;
III. Power plants, discharging uncontacted cooling water or
equipped with facilities of air pollution control through
seawater flue-gas desulfurization;
IV. Other requirements provided by the central competent
authority.
The facilities mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall
maintain normal operation and be connected to the special
municipality, county or city competent authority for online
transmission.
Article 106
The requirements for the types, installation positions and
automatically monitoring items with respect to the automatic
water quantity and quality monitoring facilities, video
surveillance facilities, online transmission facilities and the
signboard for automatic display of flow discharge and water
quality installed by industrial or wastewater sewerage systems in
accordance with the preceding article are stated as follows:
I. Industrial or wastewater sewerage systems rather than power
plants
(1) Automatic water quantity monitoring facilities: Independent
and exclusive cumulative water measurement facilities shall
be installed at the inflow positions for sewage treatment in
sewage systems and the discharge points of enterprises or
sewage systems to monitor wastewater or sewage and flow
discharge.
(2) Automatic water quality monitoring facilities: Automatic water
quality monitoring facilities shall be installed at discharge
points to monitor water temperature, hydrogen ion concentration
index, conductivity, COD limits, COD limits, suspended solids
and other water quality items designated by the competent
authority. For the enterprises with permission of wastewater or
sewage discharge capacity of less than 5,000 m3 daily, water
temperature, hydrogen ion concentration index and conductivity
shall only be monitored.
(3) Video surveillance facilities: Video surveillance facilities
that also record time shall be installed at wastewater or
sewage discharge points and the rain discharge points in the
exclusive sewerage system of the industrial zone designated by
the competent authority. The video surveillance facilities
shall be kept photographing and videotaping for 24 hours a day
continuously and video footage can be viewed clearly.
Enterprises with permission of wastewater or sewage discharge
capacity of less than 5,000 m3 daily are not required to
install video surveillance facilities.
(4) Online transmission facilities: The facilities shall be able to
transmit the monitoring (surveillance) data mentioned in the
preceding four items through transfer modules online via the
Internet to the special municipality, county or city competent
authority. Enterprises with permission of wastewater or sewage
discharge capacity of less than 5,000 m3 daily are not required
to the facilities.
(5) Signboard for automatic display of flow discharge and water
quality: The signboard shall be set up at where can be easily
seen on the external wall of the front door. The size of the
signboard shall be subject to the specifications approved by
the competent authority. The contents displayed on the
signboard shall include at least control number, name of
enterprise, date, data of flow discharge monitored, and public
nuisance complaint hotline. Those that have installed online
transmission facilities in accordance with the preceding item
are not required to set up the display signboard.
II. Power plants
(1) Automatic water quantity monitoring facilities: Independent
and exclusive cumulative water measurement facilities shall
be installed at discharge points of uncontacted cooling water
and wastewater from facilities of air pollution control
through seawater flue-gas desulfurization to monitor flow
discharge.
(2) Automatic water quality monitoring facilities: Automatic water
temperature monitoring facilities shall be installed at the
discharge point of uncontacted cooling water to monitor water
temperature, while automatic hydrogen ion concentration
monitoring facilities shall be installed at the discharge point
of wastewater from facilities of air pollution control through
seawater flue-gas desulfurization to monitor the hydrogen ion
concentration index.
(3) Video surveillance facilities: Video surveillance facilities
that also record time shall be installed at the discharge
point of wastewater from facilities of air pollution control
through seawater flue-gas desulfurization. The video
surveillance facilities shall be kept photographing and
videotaping for 24 hours a day continuously and video footage
can be viewed clearly.
(4) Online transmission facilities: The facilities shall be able
to transmit the monitoring (surveillance) data mentioned in
the preceding three items through transfer modules online
via the Internet to the special municipality, county or city
competent authority.
If, with regard to facilities in the previous paragraph, actual
installation would pose difficulties or the effluent wastewater
contains high-concentration halogen ions, alternative measures
may be implemented with the approval of the municipality, county
or city competent authority, and shall be implemented accordingly
as approved.
The signboard for automatic display of flow discharge and water
quality referred to in Item 5 of Subparagraph I of Paragraph 1
shall have the function of real-time display of monitored data
and maintain normal operation. In the event of malfunction, the
enterprise or sewage system shall immediately report to the
competent authority by telephone or fax, and the time of
malfunction, the names and titles of the persons submitting and
receiving the report shall be recorded. During the period of
malfunction, calibration or maintenance, the alternative method
approved by the competent authority shall be adopted to publish
monitored data. If the malfunctioning display signboard is unable
to return to normal conditions within 24 hours, the planned
repair measures and the repair completion date shall be reported
to the competent authority within two days from the date of
malfunction.
Article 106-1
Measure instructions of the automatic monitoring/surveillance
facilities shall be submitted to the special municipality, county
or city competent authority for approval before automatic water
quantity and quality monitoring facilities, video surveillance
facilities, online transmission facilities and the signboard
for automatic display of flow discharge and water quality are
installed according to the Regulations. After the installation,
a report on confirmation of automatic monitoring (surveillance)
and online transmission shall be submitted to the special
municipality, county or city competent authority for review,
and an application for alteration of Permits (Documents) shall
be filed with the Issuing Authority.
Where the competent authority imposes a punishment by ordering
suspension of work or business (no matter whether within the
specified improvement period or not) due to violation of any
requirements of the Act and an application is made for
restoration of the work or business according to Article 63 of
the Act, water pollution control measures and sludge treatment
and improvement plans, while prepared for trial run, shall be
submitted together with the Measure Instructions referred to in
the preceding paragraph to the special municipality, county or
city competent authority for approval. After the installation
and upon application for restoration of the work or business, a
confirmation report shall be submitted to the special
municipality, county or city competent authority for review, and
an application for alteration of Permits (Documents) shall be
filed with the Issuing Authority.
Measure Instructions and confirmation reports may be submitted
together if video surveillance facilities have been installed
before the date designated by the central competent authority
for the sewage systems referred to in Subparagraph I of
Paragraph 1 of Article 105.
Article 108
Enterprise or sewage systems that set up automatic water quantity
and quality monitoring facilities, video surveillance facilities
and online transmission facilities pursuant to the Regulations
shall transmit in compliance with specified types and formats of
the data and take actions according to Attachment 1. The measuring
and monitoring values of the automatic monitoring facilities shall
be processed in accordance with Attachment 2. Setup and relative
error test audits of the automatic water quality monitoring
facilities and video surveillance facilities shall be subject to
Attachment 3.
In case of meeting the requirements stated in the preceding
paragraph, transmitted information of water quality and quantity
may be used for reporting as specified in the Act.
The special municipality, county or city competent authority
shall summarize the information of water quality and quantity
transmitted by enterprises or sewage systems into data that can
be inquired by the public and make it available on the website
that such competent authority designates.
Article 111-1
The days mentioned throughout these Regulations are calendar days.
Article 113 (Deleted)
Article 113-1 (Deleted)
Article 113-2
The sign at a sampling point that an enterprise or sewage system
sets up according to Subparagraph III of Paragraph 2 of Article 28
or the sign set up at a discharge point according to Subparagraph
IV of Paragraph 1 of Article 53 respectively, prior to the
amendment of the Regulations, shall be confirmed and the
coordinates of the sampling or discharge point shall be marked
before March 31, 2016. Changes to Permits (Documents) due to
nonconformity between the confirmed coordinates and the
registrations in Permits (Documents) shall be completed within the
time frame.
Article 114
The amendments to the Regulations made on March 8, 2013 shall
become effective as of the date of promulgation, except Article
49-1, which shall become effective on January 1, 2015, and
Article 49-2 and Subparagraph IV of Paragraph 1 of Article 75,
which shall become effective on July 1, 2013.
The amendments to the Regulations made on MM DD, 2015 shall
become effective as of the date of promulgation unless otherwise
specified therein. |