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Continued compliance with regulatory requirements for pollution remediation Following the promulgation of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act by the President in 2000, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced related Enforcement Rules, subsidiary legislation and related control standards for the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act. Many CPC plant locations have been listed as sites for pollution response, pollution control or pollution remediation. CPC has proposed appropriate and respective pollution response, control and remediation plans, and the company has implemented related soil and groundwater pollution surveys and pollution remediation measures in accordance with related regulations. In 2021, CPC has one site listed for implementing response measures; 28 sites listed for pollution control; and eight sites listed for remediation. Meanwhile, remediation had been completed at 43 sites by the end of 2021. CPC’s Kaohsiung Refinery was shut down at the end of November 2015. As it was an old facility and had been in operation for many years, almost all of the soil and groundwater across its total area were classified as contaminated and in need of remediation due to pollution of different levels. CPC presented a pollution control plan to Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government for its review, which the bureau approved on December 16, 2016. The overall pollution improvement period is 17 years. However, in order to speed up the revitalization of Kaohsiung Refinery land, CPC signed an administrative contract with Kaohsiung City Government on May 13, 2021, entrusting Kaohsiung City Government to remediate and complete the delisting of polluted sites. 34 35