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BackChiayi County and City push Renyitan and Lantan to establish air quality maintenance areas to be launched on New Year's Day 2028
Chiayi County and City push Renyitan and Lantan to establish air quality maintenance areas to be launched on New Year's Day 2028
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Chiayi County and City push Renyitan and Lantan to establish air quality maintenance areas to be launched on New Year's Day 2028

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  • Chiayi County and Chiayi City Environmental Protection Bureau will set up "Twin Tan" air quality maintenance areas in Renyitan and Lantan.
  • Starting from New Year's Day in 2028, diesel buses, large trucks and fuel-fired locomotives that have been manufactured for more than 5 years will be prohibited from entering.
  • From 2030, diesel small trucks will be included.

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The Chiayi County Environmental Protection Bureau and the Chiayi City Environmental Protection Bureau jointly promoted the establishment of "Twin Pools" air quality maintenance areas in Renyi Lake and Lantan through a regional cooperative governance mechanism to maintain air quality and protect the health of residents around the reservoirs.

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The Chiayi County Environmental Protection Bureau and the Chiayi City Environmental Protection Bureau will jointly promote the establishment of "Twin Pools" air quality maintenance areas in Renyitan and Lantan through a regional cooperation governance mechanism. In the first phase, diesel buses, large trucks and fuel-fired locomotives that have been out of the factory for more than 5 years will be prohibited from entering at all times. They will officially go on the road on New Year's Day in 2028.

The County Environmental Protection Bureau said that in order to maintain air quality and protect the health of residents around the reservoir, Chiayi County and the city have jointly established the Shuangtan Air Quality Maintenance Zone. The area will be promoted in six stages in 2027, including surveys, consultations, notices, public hearings and submissions to the Ministry of Environment for approval. Controls on fuel-fired locomotives and diesel large passenger trucks will be implemented in 2028, and diesel small trucks will be included in the area in 2030.

The control objects are divided into two stages. In the first stage, diesel buses, large trucks and fuel-fired locomotives that have been out of the factory for more than 5 years are prohibited from entering the maintenance area at all times; in the second stage, after 2 years of formal control, diesel small trucks that have been out of the factory for more than 5 years will be included. This does not apply if the vehicle has a passing record of regular exhaust inspection for the current year, a passing record of smoke exhaust inspection within the previous year, or a valid self-management label.

Shuangtan air quality maintenance zone control will be officially implemented on New Year's Day in 2028. Violators will be fined between 500 yuan and 60,000 yuan in accordance with the Air Pollution Prevention Law; those who violate regulations while driving on the roads surrounding elementary schools in the two places will be fined 0.5 times more in accordance with the penalty standards.

The Environmental Protection Bureau emphasizes that air quality maintenance requires cross-regional cooperation. In the future, it will continue to be in close contact with the Chiayi City Environmental Protection Bureau and discuss relevant matters in real time through existing groups to jointly protect the air quality in the Chiayi area.

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  • Diesel trucks will be controlled from 2030

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Open Questions

  • How are the specific scope and boundaries of the maintenance area delineated?
  • What are the specific search methods and equipment for control enforcement?
  • What are the details of the application and identification process for exempted vehicles?

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