Taipei Times
Date: Nov 04, 2017
By: Lin Chia-nan  /  Staff reporter

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Liu Chien-kuo (劉建國) yesterday urged

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Liu Chien-kuo, center, holds a news conference about the Air Pollution Control Act in Taipei yesterday.  Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times

the Cabinet to send an amendment to the Air Pollution Control Act (空氣污染防制法) proposed by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to the legislature for review soon.

Even though the EPA’s amendment is not listed as one of the 72 priority bills for this legislative session, it should be reviewed as soon as possible, Liu said during a public hearing at the Legislative Yuan, which was also attended by DPP legislators Chung Kung-chao (鍾孔炤), Chen Man-li (陳曼麗) and Hung Tsung-yi (洪宗熠).

The proposal was sent to the Executive Yuan at the end of last month, but the Ministry of Economic Affairs expressed his disagreement with some points, EPA Department of Air Quality Protection and Noise Control Director-General Tsai Hung-teh (蔡鴻德) said.
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