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1 Article I: PurposeThis Implementing Arrangement is entered into by the Coordinati-on Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) and the AmericanInstitute in Taiwan (AIT) , hereinafter referred to as the "Par-ties", to implement program activities under the Agreement betw-een AIT and CCNAA for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Env-ironmental Protection, dated June 21, 1993 (the "AIT/CCNAA Agre-ement"). CCNAA, through its cooperating agency, the Environment-al Protection Administration in Taipei (EPAT), in cooperation w-ith AIT, through its cooperating agency, the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA), shall carry out program tasks, determi-ne priorities for future cooperation activities, and develop Im-plementing Arrangements which shall set forth work programs forsuch future activities.Article II: AuthorizationThe activities described in this Implementing Arrangement shallbe carried out under the general terms and conditions of the AI-T/CCNAA Agreement. This Implementing Arrangement is hereby atta-ched to the AIT/CCNAA Agreement and becomes part of the Agreeme-nt.Article III: Scope of WorkProgram tasks to be carried out under this Implementing Arrange-ment are summarizedin Attachment 1(CCNAA-AIT Technical Cooperation Program-Summaryand Description) and Attachment 2 (CCNAA-AIT Technical Cooperat-ion Program Estimated Budget).Article IV: Responsibilities of AITThe responsibilities of AIT under this Implementing Arrangementare:A.To undertake the tasks and manage the funds set forth in theAttachment;B.To make available personnel, equipment and other assistance asmay be necessary to carry out such tasks;C.To facilitate and provide support for consultations between a-nd among representatives of CCNAA, EPAT, EPA and other approp-riate agencies; andD.To report on an annual basis or at the end of the term of thisImplementing Arrangement to CCNAA on AIT's use of funds recei-ved from CCNAA pursuant to Article VI.Article V: Responsibilities of CCNAAThe responsibilities of CCNAA under this Implementing Arrangeme-nt are:A.To provide all necessary financial assistance in accordance w-ith Article V of the AIT/ CCNAA Agreement and Article VI of t-his Implementing Arrangement, as well as administrative and o-ther assistance to support AIT in undertaking the tasks set f-orth in the Attachments;B.To provide guidance for and to facilitate consultations betwe-en and among representatives of AIT, EPAT and other appropria-te agencies; andC.To ensure that all necessary logistical arrangements for tasksto be conducted in Taiwan, including the provision of trainingand conference facilities, are completed prior to the commenc-ement of each such task.Article VI: Financial ArrangementsIn accordance with Article V of the AIT/CCNAA Agreement and pri-or to the commencement of activities by AIT under this Implemen-ting Arrangement, during each of the fiscal years for which thisImplementing Arrangement is in force, CCNAA shall advance to AITthe amount of funds (in U.S. dollars) specified in the Attachme-nts to this Implementing Arrangement. These funds shall be usedby AIT to defray costs that it incurs in carrying out the tasksthat are indicated in the Attachments to be undertaken during s-uch fiscal year. Upon receipt of funds from CCNAA for each suchfiscal year, AIT shall commence such tasks.Any funds received by AIT for CCNM that remain at the end of theterm of this Implementing Arrangement shall be returned to CCNAA.Article VII: Intellectual Property ConsiderationsNo intellectual property or confidential business information c-onsiderations are expected to arise in conjunction with activit-ies to be undertaken pursuant to this Implementing Arrangement.Article VIII: Effective Date, Amendment and TerminationThis Implementing Arrangement shall enter into force on the dateof the last signature hereinafter, may be amended by written ag-reement of the Parties at any time, and will remain in force fortwo years unless extended or terminated by mutual agreement.Termination shall not affect the validity or duration of activi-ties not fully completed at the time of termination.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, havesigned this Implementing Arrangement.DONE at Washington, D.C., in duplicate, in the English language.FOR THE COORDINATION COUNCILFOR THE AMERICAN INSTITUTEFOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS: IN TAIWAN:[Signed][Signed]James Wen-Chung Chang J. Richard BeckDeputy Representative Acting Managing DirectorFeb. l, 1994December8,1993ATTACHMENT 1:CCNAA-AIT Technical Cooperation Program-Summary andDescription ATTACHMENT 2:CCNAA-AIT Technical Cooperation Program--EstimatedBudget AITACHMENT 1CCNAA-AIT Technical Cooperation Program-Summary and DescriptionTasks for FY 1994TASK TITLE: Risk Assessment TrainingTARGET DATE: 94/02MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: TrainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $4,200COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $33,000ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $37,200TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will invite fiveCCNAA-appointed personnel to attend training sessions in theUnited States on risk assessment in order to establish a co-mmon base of knowledge, methodology and terminology for con-ducting risk assessments. In addition, risk assessment databases will be transferred to CCNAA and its cooperating agen-cy, EPAT.(2) A technical discussion session for CCNAA-appointed personnelwill be arranged.TASK TITLE: Environmental Assessment TrainingTARGETDATE:94/03MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Workshop and trainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT:U.S. $57,364COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.:U.S. $11,660ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST:U.S. $69,024TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will study currentenvironmental problems in Taiwan and develop an EIA case st-udy for training use. AIT, through its cooperating agency,EPA, will adapt the current version of environmental assess-ment techniques (e.g., scooping, evaluation of cumulative i-mpacts, alternatives analysis) for training in Taiwan.(2) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, and other organizations inaddressing environmental assessment problems.(3) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will arrange fortwo CCNAA-appointed personnel to visit the United States fortraining in environmental assessment.TASK TITLE: Asian Regional Workshop on Comparative RiskTARGET DATE: 94/03MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: WorkshopFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $47,520COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $0ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $47,520TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting an Asian re-gional workshop on risk management.(2) Representative from Asian countries will be invited to atte-nd the workshop and discuss environmental issues and proble-ms facing each country represented.(3) Workshop sessions will be conducted on risk-based prioritysetting and case studies applicable to municipal and indust-rial pollution issues facing Asian countries.TASK TITLE: Environmental Protection Electronic Data Interchange(EPEDI)-Phase I.TARGET DATE: 94/03MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Seminar/workgroupFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $89,000COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $11,000ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $100,000TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a seminar/w-orkgroup concerning electronic interchange of environmentalprotection data (EPEDI) for international information speci-alists.(2) Interested EPEDI workgroup participants will work toward de-veloping international standards. AIT, through its cooperat-ing agency, EPA, will seek acceptance of these standards bythe international EPEDI community.(3) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, and CCNAA, throughits cooperating agency, EPAT, will jointly establish systemscapable of supporting EPEDI in the area of air quality dataand other environmental data, as appropriate.(4) In performing subtask (3) above, two CCNAA-appointed person-nel will be trained in the United States for two weeks.TASK TITLE: Environmental Monitoring SystemsTARGET DATE: 94/03MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Workshop and trainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $38,472COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $17,160ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $55,632TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a workshopin Taiwan concerning environmental monitoring systems for s-urface water and ocean water. The use of remote sensing tec-hnologies in such environmental monitoring systems will bediscussed.(2) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist the U.S. -Asia Environmental Partnership in its plans to invite U.S. companies to participate in demonstrations of monitoringequipment at the workshop.(3) Two CCNAA-appointed personnel will be trained in water moni-toring systems and testing methodologies in the United Stat-es.TASK TITLE: Hazardous Waste Management and TreatmentTARGET DATE: 94/05MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Seminar and trainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $41,080COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $16,280ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $57,360TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a four-dayseminar in Taiwan to discuss hazardous waste management sys-tems and treatment technologies used in the United Stated.(2) Two CCNAA-appointed personnel will be trained in the UnitedSates for four weeks in technologies related to hazardous w-aste control.(3) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will make a follo-w-up visit to Taiwan to assist in hazardous waste problem-s-olving.TOTAL ESTIMATED FUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT BY CCNAA FOR FY 1994TASKS: U.S. $277,636.Tasks for FY 1995TASK TITLE: Global Issues (CFC Reduction)TARGET DATE: 94/07MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: SeminarFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $28,080COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $OESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $28,080TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a seminar inTaiwan on ozone depletion, CFC substitutes and related publ-ic education for CCNAA and its cooperating agency, EPAT, andother interested parties.(2) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will provide CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, with information on contr-ol measures to achieve CFC reductions.TASK TITLE: Air Quality ManagementTARGET DATE: 94/11MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Seminar and trainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $23,616COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $10,560ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $34,176TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a trainingseminar on sir quality managPmpd hating the folloaing majorelements:- air quality management policies and market-based incentiv-es; - relationships between industry and regulatory agencies;- ambient and stationary air monitoring systems and networks; - implementation of an air permit system; and- auditand enforcementprograms.(2) A CCNAA-appointed individual will be trained in the UnitedStates for six weeks in quality management.TASK TITLE: Risk CommunicationTARGET DATE: 94/11MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Workshop and trainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $21,960COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $14,520ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $36,480TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperatingagency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a three-dayworkshop in Taiwan concerning risk communication.(2) Two CCNAA-appointed personnel will be trained in the UnitedStates in risk communication.TASK TITLE: Chemical Accident PreventionTARGET DATE: 95/03MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Seminar/workshopFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $27,984COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $0ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $27,984TECHNICAL SCOPE:AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAA andits cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a three-day seminar/workshop in Taiwan for CCNAA-appointed personnel concerning che-mical accident prevention.TASK TITLE: Technical Information Exchange (INFOTERRA)TARGET DATE: 95/03IMAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: ServiceFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $36,000COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $0ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $36,000TECHNICAL SCOPE:AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, the U.S. focal pointfor the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) INFOTERRAproject, will provide CCNAA and its cooperating agency, EPAT, w-ith technical information exchange services, as agreed upon. AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, and CCNAA, through its c-ooperating agency, EPAT, will agree upon further activities inthis area, as appropriate.TASK TITLE: Drinking Water Disinfecting By-products (DBPS)TARGET DATE: 95/04MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Workshop and trainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $26,458COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $23,870ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $50,328TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will conduct a wo-rkshop session in Taiwan concerning drinking water disimfec-tion by-products (DBPS).(2) One CCNAA-appointed individual will be trained in DBPS moni-toring systems and state-of-the-art testing methodologies inthe United States.(3) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will provide CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, with DBPS Regulation-Nego-tiation (Reg-Neg) policy-making strategies when they becomepublicly available.TASK TITLE: Geographic Information System (GIS)TARGET DATE: 95/04MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: Seminar and trainingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $13,342COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $12,650ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $25,992TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT, in conducting a trainingsession on the Geographic Information System (GIS), computersoftware designed to store, organize, analyze and display e-nvironmental data within a specific geographic region.(2) Two CCNAA-appointed personnel will be trained in the UnitedStates to learn GIS as it is used in the U.S.TASK TITLE: Environmental Protection Electronic Data Interchange(EPEDI)-Phase II.TARGET DATE: 95/06MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: EDI standards and conferenceFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $89,000COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $11,000ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $100,000TECHNICAL SCOPE:(1) Following completion of EPEDI Phase I task activities, AIT,through its cooperating agency, EPA, will continue to workwith interested EPEDI workgroup members to develop internat-ional electronic data standards and to seek acceptance of t-hese standards by the international EPEDI community.(2) AIT, through its cooperating agency, EPA, will assist CCNAAand its cooperating agency, EPAT! in establishing electronicdata system centers in Taiwan to support environmental prot-ection data interchange.TASK TITLE: Project Planning and ReviewTARGET DATE: FY 1995MAJOR PRODUCT/OUTCOME: MeetingFUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT: U.S. $26,000COST OF TRAINING IN THE U.S.: U.S. $22,000ESTIMATED TOTAL TASK COST: U.S. $48,000TECHNICAL SCOPE:The Parties, in cooperation with EPAT, EPA and other agencies asagreed upon, will conduct overall planning and review of the te-chnical cooperation program conducted pursuant to this Implemen-ting Arrangement.TOTAL ESTIMATED FUNDS TO BE ADVANCED TO AIT BY CCNAA FOR FY 1995TASKS: U.S. $292,440