AIR POLLUTION ELEMENT IN GAS PRICES TO RISE|隨油徵收油品空汙費 最快七月漲1-2角

As air pollution is presenting ever more serious problems, the Environmental Protection Administration plans to adjust payment for vehicle fuel to incorporate an element for air pollution. Gas prices will rise from NT$0.2 to $0.3 NTD per liter, diesel will rise from $0.2 to 0.4 NTD per liter. It is estimated that this will yield an extra $1.9 billion NTD a year for air pollution funds. Price rises will be implemented in July. There is a charge for air pollution already included in vehicle fuel prices. Currently fuel prices for gasoline and diesel are NT$0.2 per liter. By July at the soonest, the proportion taken by the Environmental Protection Administration for air pollution will be raised. ==TSAI HUNG-TEH Air Quality Management EPA== Gasoline will rise by NT$0.1 per liter to NT$0.3 per liter, diesel will rise from NT$0.2 to NT$0.4 per liter. As an example, for a vehicle using 100 liters of fuel a month, this will cost just NT$10 more, or NT$120 per year. While most members of the public support this, some are unhappy at the prospect. ==MR. CHIEN== If raising the price will solve air pollution, then by all means raise the price, but just raising prices is not going to solve air pollution. ==MS. YUAN== Raising the price a little is fine, but does this really do anything? Otherwise it's just false pretence. ==MR.TSENG == Everyone is responsible for air pollution, if its not raised much, that's acceptable. Currently the air pollution fund plans for NT$7 billion. The government wants to speed up obsolescence of 81,000 old diesel heavy goods lorries, which are the main polluters, so needs to increase its funds. The EPA said that the raise will give an increase of NT$1.9 billion in the first year. It also plans to include payments' for fixed pollution sources' PM2.5 emissions. ==TSAI HUNG-TEH Air Quality Management EPA== We need equipment to monitor and then depending on the data we will calculate details for the amount. The EPA said that that the first thing to be done was to purchase equipment capable of directly monitoring PM2.5 levels and at the end of the year they would propose payments. In the autumn and winter air quality is at its worst , thus from this year indutries will be charged an extra thirty percent air pollution charge, to implement seasonal control. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 空氣汙染問題越來越嚴重，為了增加空汙基金規模，環保署預計調漲隨油徵收的空汙費，汽油每公升從現行0.2元調到0.3元，柴油從0.2元調到0.4元，預計一年可以增加19億元的空汙基金，最快7月實施。 民眾加油，都會從油品中被收取空氣汙染防制費，目前每公升汽柴油空汙費都是0.2元，不過環保署打算最快七月起，調高油品附加空汙費。 ==環保署空保處長 蔡鴻德== 汽油每一公升會增加0.1元 就是會變成0.3元 附加的費用 然後柴油的部分會從0.2元 會增加到0.4元 如果以每台車每個月汽油加100公升來算，車主要多付10元，一年增加120元費用。聽到要調漲，民眾有人認同、有人不以為然。 ==加油民眾 簡先生== 調高能夠解決得了空汙的話 大家把錢調高就好 調高不可能解決空汙 ==加油民眾 阮小姐== 問題是增加一點錢是沒關係 可是問題是有沒有確實做到 不要只是掛羊頭賣狗肉 ==加油民眾 鄭先生== 空汙的話是大家都有責任 沒有調太多的話 還可以接受 目前空汙基金規模有70億元，政府為了加速汰換8.1萬輛、柴油大貨車這類主要汙染源，計畫明年每台車汰換補助20萬元，因此需要增加基金規模，環保署表示，調高後一年可增加19億元，另外在固定汙染源部份，也計畫把PM2.5的排放納入徵收範圍。 ==環保署空保處處長 蔡鴻德== 必須要有儀器去做監測 然後監測完以後 根據數據 我們再去排 再去細算應該會增加多少錢 環保署表示，首要工作是先添購可以直接監測PM2.5的設備，年底提出收費標準。不過針對秋冬空氣品質最差的季節，今年起就會對業者加收三成空汙費，進行季節性管控。 許恆慈 陳柏諭 台北報導