Formosa Petrochemical Corporation announced the NTD 3 million penalty imposed by Tainan Environmental Protection Bureauin accordance with Article 52 of the Waste Disposal Act. Cause of occurrence: Tainan EPB determined that the bottom ash generated from Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers (CFB) which used in Madou Guan Hui and Zuojhen Hong Sheng sand and gravel storage fields were --Waste-- after the inspection on 24 January 2013 (While the object were legitimately registered as --Products-- by Yunlin County Government); Tainan EPB again imposed the company in the amount of NTD 3 million for the reason that there is no improvement within a limited time period, and ask the company to improve within a limited time period.