EMB7-DENR:

POLLUTION CONTROL AWARENESS

“Earth provides enough to satisfy
every man's needs, but not every
man's greed.”

― Mahatma Gandhi
 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1586

Establishing an environmental
impact statement system, including
other environmental management
related measures and for other
purposes.
RA 8749 Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

RA 6969 Toxic Substances and Hazardous

RA 9003 Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

RA 9275 Philippine Clear Water Act of 2004

 RA 8749:
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
Legal Basis
» Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as
the "Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999."
» Section 2. Declaration of Principles. - The State shall
protect and advance the right of the people to a
balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the
rhythm and harmony of nature.
» The State shall promote and protect the global
environment to attain sustainable development while
recognizing the primary responsibility of local
government units to deal with environmental problems.
 AIR QUALITY MONITORING

Suspended particulate matter is a major concern in Metro

Manila and other urban areas in the Philippines.

TSP PM10 PM2.5

PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATE MATTER
TOTAL SUSPENDED 10 MICRON AND SMALLER 2.5 MICRON AND
PARTICULATE SMALLER
 Why PM 2.5?
» Fine or respirable particles
less than 2.5 micrometers in
diameter.
» Increasing damage to
decreasing particle
diameter.
» Gets deep into the lung
(most dangerous to health).
» Switched from monitoring
TSP to PM10 and
increasingly to PM2.5 as early
as 2003.
(Source: Reducing Air Pollution from
Urban Transport, WB, 2004).
 SOURCES OF PM 2.5
• All types of combustion (i.e. motor vehicles,
power plants, residential wood burning, forest
fires, agricultural burning, and some industrial
processes (PRIMARY POLLUTANT)

• May be formed in the air from the chemical

change of gases [with sunlight and water
vapor]. (SECONDARY POLLUTANT)
 Parameters
Monitored by the
AQMN
CRITERIA POLLUTANTS:
• Sulfur dioxide (SO 2)
- one of the leading causes of
respiratory diseases, can
damage the lungs with the
formation of H2SO4 inside the
lungs
• Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) – NO/
NO2
- can cause asthma, acute
bronchitis even death
• Carbon monoxide
- can cause headache at
low levels, and even death
with long exposures
• Ozone (O3)
- Can cause headache,
chest pain, sore throat and
cough at various levels of
exposure
Other Gaseous Pollutants

» Benzene
(carcinogenic)
» Toluene
» Xylene
 ESSAY
» Explain some of the ways in which humans are
damaging the environment. What can government
do to address these problems? What can individual
people do?

» Many people believe that companies and individuals

should pay to clean up the environment in
proportion to the amount of pollution they have
produced. Agree or disagree?
 RA 6969:
Toxic Substances, Hazardous and
Nuclear Waste Act
PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE USE
OF CHEMICALS
 Process on Administrative Violations
Detection of Violation
1. Violation of Terms
during evaluation and Conditions
2. Violation on
Chemical
Proponent is sent a letter Management
practice (e.g.
informing of violation
disposal)
(Notice of Violation) and 3. Violation on
requesting for an emissions
explanation

Proponent sends an
explanation letter to
EMB

1. Different sections or
divisions may
EMB evaluates the evaluate the
explanation of the explanation letter.
proponent

A
ATTY. JUAN MIGUEL T. CUNA, CESO IV
OIC-DIRECTOR
 RA 9003:
Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
 GUIDING PRINCIPLE

WASTE IS A RESOURCE THAT IS IN A

WRONG PLACE AND WRONG TIME
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 HIERARCHY OF INTEGRATED
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Source Reduction

Recycling

Treatment

Disposal
 Solid Waste (Defined in RA 9003)

Refers to all discarded household,

commercial waste, non-hazardous institutional
and industrial waste, street sweepings,
construction debris, agricultural wastes and
other non-hazardous and non-toxic solid wastes.
 SOLID WASTES NOT
CONSIDERED UNDER RA 9003
1. Wastes identified or listed as
hazardous wastes in solid, liquid,
contained gaseous or semi-solid
forms
2. Infectious wastes from hospitals
3. Wastes resulting from mining
activities, including contaminated
soil and debris.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF RA 9003

1. Waste reduction at source;

2. Segregation at source for recovery of
reusable, recyclables and compostables;
3. Segregated transport, storage, transfer,
processing, treatment and disposal of solid
wastes; and
4. All other waste management activities which
do not harm the environment.
 The Required Practice the Ecological
Solid Waste Management
2.Collection
1. Source (Segregated 3. Waste
Segregation
and Complete) Diversion
Avoidance
Via Recycling/
Reduce
4. Waste Composting
Reuse
Disposal
Use of sanitary
landfill and/or
alternative
technology
 RA 9275:
Philippine Clear Water Act of 2004
 Water Pollution
*any alteration of the physical, chemical or
biological or radiological properties of a water
body resulting in the impairment of its purity
or quality
 Sources of Water Pollution
Point source - means any
identifiable source of pollution
with specific point of discharge
into a particular water body.
Non-point source - means any
source of pollution not
identifiable as point source to
include, but not be limited to,
runoff from irrigation or
rainwater which picks up
pollutants from farms and urban
areas.
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 Effluent
Discharges from known source which
are passed into a body of water or land or
wastewater flowing out of a manufacturing
plant, industrial plant including domestic,
industrial or recreational facilities
end