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PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS
ENGR. FRANCES DOLLY S. GUILLEN Environmental Management Specialist
Environmental Management Bureau – DENR 7
1. P.D. 1586 (Environmental Impact Assessment ) 2. R.A 9275 (Clean Water Act of 2004 ) 3. R.A. 8749 (Clean Air Act of 1999) 4. R.A 6969 (Toxic and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste
Control Act of 1990) 5. R. A 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Mgt Act of 2000) 6. R.A. 9512 ( Environmental Awareness and EducaUon
Law)
PD 1586 Environmental Impact Assessment
Principle: Project -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Impacts -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ MiUgaUon
Planning tool that requires a proposed project to undergo EIA process before actual implementaUon. Guidelines: project category -‐ A, environmentally criUcal projects) -‐ B, projects located in ECA , (environmentally criUcal areas)
-‐ C, projects fall in the category of non-‐coverage
PD 1586
• Environmental Aspects
• 1. Land – soil / land modificaUon • 2. Air -‐ air quality • 3. water – water quality • 4. People – roadways , socio-‐economic aaribute
• Project Phases: • 1. Pre ConstrucUon • 2. ConstrucUon • 3. OperaUon • 4. Abandonment
PROCESS FLOW
DOC.RGRMTS: Technical Reports LGU Endorsement
EMB REVIEW
ECC PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION
R.A. 9275 –CLEAN WATER ACT • REGULATES THE DISPOSAL OF WASTEWATER TO ANY WATERBODY
• REQUIRE INDUSTRIES TO SECURE DISCHARGE PERMIT BEFORE DISCHARGING
• DISCHARGE RATE OF POLLUTANTS (BOD & TSS) – P5 PER KG OF POLLUTANT
• VIOLATIONS, FINES :(P 10T-‐200T)
R.A. 8749 – CLEAN AIR ACT
• REGULATES EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTANTS FROM STATIONARY AND MOBILE SOURCES
• REQUIRES PERMIT TO OPERATE (PO) Air PolluUon Source Equipment (APSE) and Air PolluUon Control Facility (APCF)
• APSEs and Boilers, generator sets, scrubbers, spray painUng booths, furniture equipment from industries, band saw, grinders, etc
• VIOLATIONS: FINES – P10T -‐P100T
R.A. 6969 – TOXIC, HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES ACT
• REGULATES, RESTRICTS & PROHIBITS THE IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, PROCESSING, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, USE AND DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND MIXTURES THAT PRESENT UNREASONABLE RISK AND OR INJURY TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT, TO PROHIBIT THE ENTRY EVEN IN TRANSIT, OF HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WATES AND THEIR DISPOSAL INTO PHILIPPINE TERRITORIAL LIMITS FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE.
RegulaUon of the following:
• 1. Mercury and Mercury Compounds • 2. Cyanide and cyanide compounds • 3. Asbestos • 4. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) • 5. Ozone DepleUng Substances (ODS)
R.A. 9003 (ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT)
• REQUIRES SEGREGATION OF WASTES AT SOURCE , PROPER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTES
• LGU AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR ENFORCEMENT
• DENR-‐EMB PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
LIFESPAN OF WASTES TIME TO DISINTEGRATE TYPE OF WASTE • 1000 YRS glass, boales • 200-‐400 aluminum cans • 50-‐60 rubber Ure • 20-‐30 plasUc container • 10-‐20 diaper • 10-‐15 lumber • 2-‐5 cigareae filter • 1 wool miaen • 1-‐5 months coaon socks • 3-‐5 weeks banana peel • 2-‐4 weeks paper
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