Air Pollution Control Act Article 8
The central competent authority may, based on topographical and meteorological conditions, designate single or multiple special municipalities, counties or cities between which it is possible for air pollutants to circulate,as a total quantity control zone, determine total quantity control plans, and officially announce and implement total quantity controls.Within a total quantity control zone that meets air quality standards, newly installed or modified stationary pollution sources from which pollutant emissions reach a certain scale shall be required to perform modelling and simulation for their pollutant emissions in order to verify that these emissions will not exceed allowable pollutant increase limits within the zone.Within a total quantity control zone that does not meet air quality standards, an existing stationary pollution source shall apply to the special municipality, county or city competent authorities for authorization of its pollutant emissions and shall make reductions in accordance with the targets and deadlines that the central competent authority has designated based on air quality requirements. Newly installed or modified stationary pollution sources from which pollutant emissions reach a certain scale shall employ best available control technology. In case of specific large pollution sources, the lowest achievable emission rate control technology shall be adopted. Newly installed or modified stationary pollution sources shall acquire emission quantities sufficient to offset pollutant emission increases.Existing stationary pollution sources that, as a result of the adoption of control measures, achieve actual emission reduction greater than designated reduction may bank, offset or trade the difference after authorization by the special municipality, county or city competent authorities. However, those that fail to achieve the designated reduction targets shall acquire emission quantities sufficient to offset.The central competent authority in consultation with relevant agencies shall determine the allowable pollutant increase limits in Paragraph 2, the scale of the pollutant emissions in Paragraphs 2 and 3, the criteria for the authorization of the pollutant emissions of existing stationary pollution sources in Paragraph 3, types and scales of newly installed or modified pollution sources, the best available control technology, the lowest achievable emission rate control technology, and the regulations for the authorization of the actual emission reduction difference for banking, offsetting or trading in the preceding paragraph.
中文原文 空氣污染防制法第8條
中央主管機關得依地形、氣象條件，將空氣污染物互相流通之一個或多個直轄市、縣（巿）指定為總量管制區，訂定總量管制計畫，公告實施總量管制。
符合空氣品質標準之總量管制區，新設或變更之固定污染源污染物排放量達一定規模者，須經模式模擬證明不超過該區之污染物容許增量限值。
未符合空氣品質標準之總量管制區，既存之固定污染源應向直轄市、縣（巿）主管機關申請認可其污染物排放量，並依中央主管機關按空氣品質需求指定之目標與期限削減；新設或變更之固定污染源污染物排放量達一定規模者，應採用最佳可行控制技術，其屬特定大型污染源者，應採用最低可達成排放率控制技術，且新設或變更之固定污染源應取得足供抵換污染物增量之排放量。
既存之固定污染源因採行防制措施致實際削減量較指定為多者，其差額經直轄市、縣（巿）主管機關認可後，得保留、抵換或交易。
但無法達成指定削減目標者，應取得抵換之排放量。
第二項污染物容許增量限值、第二項、第三項污染物排放量規模、第三項既存固定污染源污染物排放量認可之準則、新設或變更之特定大型污染源種類及規模、最佳可行控制技術、最低可達成排放率控制技術、前項實際削減量差額認可、保留、抵換及交易之辦法，由中央主管機關會商有關機關定之。
符合空氣品質標準之總量管制區，新設或變更之固定污染源污染物排放量達一定規模者，須經模式模擬證明不超過該區之污染物容許增量限值。
未符合空氣品質標準之總量管制區，既存之固定污染源應向直轄市、縣（巿）主管機關申請認可其污染物排放量，並依中央主管機關按空氣品質需求指定之目標與期限削減；新設或變更之固定污染源污染物排放量達一定規模者，應採用最佳可行控制技術，其屬特定大型污染源者，應採用最低可達成排放率控制技術，且新設或變更之固定污染源應取得足供抵換污染物增量之排放量。
既存之固定污染源因採行防制措施致實際削減量較指定為多者，其差額經直轄市、縣（巿）主管機關認可後，得保留、抵換或交易。
但無法達成指定削減目標者，應取得抵換之排放量。
第二項污染物容許增量限值、第二項、第三項污染物排放量規模、第三項既存固定污染源污染物排放量認可之準則、新設或變更之特定大型污染源種類及規模、最佳可行控制技術、最低可達成排放率控制技術、前項實際削減量差額認可、保留、抵換及交易之辦法，由中央主管機關會商有關機關定之。