THE QUARTERLY SELF MONITORING

REPORT AS REQUIRED BY DENR

There are so many environmental laws to comply with. You might ask if these
are being checked and monitored in the first place. If not, why should you
care to comply?
According to Presidential Decree (PD) 1586 or Establishing an
Environmental Impact Statement System, Including Other Environmental
Management Related Measures and for other Purposes, no person,
partnership or corporation shall undertake or operate any project without
first securing an Environmental Compliance Certificate issued by the
President or his duly authorized representatives.
Upon issuance of the Environmental Compliance Certificate, the Proponent is
expected to comply with all the conditions stated therein, one of which is the
quarterly submission of Self Monitoring Report pursuant to DENR
Administrative Order (DAO) no. 27 series of 2003 or the Amending DAO 26,
DAO 29 and DAO 2000-81 among others on the preparation and Submission
of Self-Monitoring Report (SMR), and its Procedural Manual. In the SMR,
all the activities of the operation which has impact to the environment are
stated and where compliance with existing environmental laws are monitored.
It consists mainly of 6 modules:
Module 1: General Information
Module 2: RA 6969 Hazardous Waste
Module 3: PD 984 Pollution Control Law
Module 4: RA 8749 Air Pollution
Module 5: ECC Status
Module 6: Others
Each module shall be filled up correctly and accurately based from the actual
data gathered from the covered months of the quarter.
The report shall be signed by the accredited Pollution Control Officer (PCO)
and the owner of the operation, and will then be notarized. It will then be
submitted to the respective DENR EMB Regional Office where the location of
operation is under.
Representatives from DENR conduct surprise visits to companies to check its
compliance through data on the SMR. The data written in the report will also
be verified. In ISO certified companies, the certifying body also checks these
compliances. Non-compliance or lapses may result to issuance of violations,
penalties, or worse, closure of the operation.
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so you need only concern yourself with profit-generating activities.