Members of the public have filed 300 to 400 light pollution complaints per year since the promulgation of the Light Pollution Control Guidelines (光污染管理指引) in March last year, the EPA has said. While the EPA is the government authority in charge of dealing with light pollution, Lin said, all that the agency could come up with for combatting the issue was a set of guidelines — the Light Pollution Control Guidelines. Light pollution should be considered when these assessments are conducted, and the government should regulate it in the same way that the Air Pollution Control Act (空氣污染防制法) regulates air pollution and the Noise Control Act (噪音管制法) regulates noise pollution, he said. The existing Light Pollution Control Guidelines mainly serves as a reference when government agencies receive complaints from the public, he said. “A provision regulating light pollution should be added as the final component of environmental impact assessments,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times October 03, 2021 15:56 UTC