Formosa Petrochemical Corporation announced that 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 TWD 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.