The document outlines several Philippine environmental laws and policies related to air quality management, including the Clean Air Act of 1999. It discusses inspection of various sources of air pollution, including stationary sources like power plants, mobile sources through vehicle emission testing, and ambient air monitoring. It also covers the roles and challenges of local government units in implementing air quality management programs as mandated by national laws and policies.

1. ENVIRONMENTAL
PRESIDENTIAL
DECREES
( Laws and Policies )

2. Environmental Laws and Policies
• PD 984
Pollution Control Law

3. Environmental Laws and Policies
• PD 1151 – Philippine Environmental Policy
Defines the general policies on the pursuit of
a better quality of life for the present and
future generations and mandates the
undertaking the environmental impact
assessments for all projects, which may
significantly affect the environment

4. Environmental Laws and Policies
• PD 1152 – Philippine Environmental Policy
Defines the policy objectives for the various
aspects of environmental management
such as air and water quality
management, natural resource
development, land management and
waste management

5. Environmental Laws and Policies
• PD 1586 – Environmental Impact
Assessment
Defines the framework for the
implementation of EIA as the mechanism
to reconcile the impacts of development
projects on society and the physical
environment

6. Environmental Laws and Policies
• PD 389 (P.D. 705) – The Forestry Reform
Code
codifies, updates and raises forestry laws
in the country. It emphasizes the
sustainable utilization of forest resources

7. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 330 & P.D. 953 – laws on penalizing
illegal cutting of trees
• P.D. 330 & 1153 – laws on tree planting
• P.D. 331 – laws requiring all public forests
be developed on a sustained yield basis

8. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 704 – preservation of optimum
productivity of fishery resources through
conservation and protection
• P.D. 1015 – banning the operation of
commercial fishing within a distance of 7
kilometer from the shoreline
• P.D. 1058 – increasing the penalties for
illegal forms of fishing

9. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 1219 – providing for the protection of
coral ecosystems
• P.D. 1067 – Water Code of the Philippines
Adopts measures to conserve and
regulate the use of water in
commercial, industrial and residential
areas. It also provides other policy
guidelines in water quality and
management of water resources.

10. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 463 – amended the Mining Act of
1936, requires all mining leaseholders to
comply with Pollution Control Laws and
regulations and provide for penalties for
noncompliance

11. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 1198 – reinforces this provision for
restoration of mined-out areas to this
original condition to the extent possible
• P.D. 1251 – imposes fines on tailings and
mine wastes and the fund generated is
used to pay for the damages to land,
agricultural crops, forests products,
aquatic resources and infrastructures
caused by pollution for mining operations.

12. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 984 – The Pollution Control Law
• P.D. 1181 – ( supplements the provision of
PD. 984) – providing for the abatement,
control and prevention of vehicular
pollution & establishing the maximum
allowance emissions of specific air
pollutants from all types of vehicles

13. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 600 (amended by P.D. 979 )–
• The Water Pollution Control
• Prohibits the discharge of oil, noxious
liquid substances, and other harmful
substances into the country’s inland and
territorial waters

14. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 825 – prohibits the improper disposal
of garbage
• P.D. 856 - Sanitation Code
places the responsibility in the local
government units for the solid waste
management in his area of production

15. Environmental Laws and Policies
• P.D. 1144 – Control of Pesticides
• R.A. 8749 - Philippine Clean Air Act of
1999
• R.A. 3720 – Food Additives
• R.A. 6425 – Drugs
• R.A. 280 - Cosmetics

16. Environmental Laws and
Policies
• P.D. 7160 – Local Government Code of
1991
- provides that local government should
share with the national government the
responsibility in the management and
maintenance of ecological balance within
their territorial jurisdiction subject to
national policies and other pertinent
provisions of the code.

17. Environmental Laws and Policies
• R.A. 6969 – Toxic Substances and
Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control
Act
- Authorizes the DENR to establish a
program to regulate , restrict or prohibit the
importation, manufacture, processing, sale
, destruction, use and disposal of chemical
substances, and mixture that present
unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or
the environment

18. Environmental Laws and Policies
• R.A. 8550 – The Fisheries Code of the
Philippines
- Defines the policies of the state in the
protection, conservation and effective
management of fisheries stock as well as
identifying allowable fishing methods in
Philippine coastal waters.

19. Environmental Laws and Policies
• R.A. 9003 – The Solid Waste
Management Act of 2001
• R.A. 9275 - The Philippine Clean Water
Act of 2004
• R.A. 9729 – Climate Change Act of 2009

20. Clean Air Act of 1999

21. Outline of Presentation
• Legal Basis
• Air Quality Inspection
– Stationary Sources
– Mobile Sources
– Other Sources
• Capacity Development of Inspectors
• Local Government Units

22. Legal Basis
• Republic Act 8749 or the Philippine Clean
Air Act of 1999
– An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Air Pollution
Control Policy and for Other Purposes
National Integrated Improvement Framework
Joint Administrative Order
DENR Administrative Order
Memorandum Circular
Special Order

23. INTEGRATED AIR QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK
Official blueprint with which all
government agencies must
comply with to attain and
maintain air quality standards
EMISSION REDUCTION
GOALS
Permissible standards
Economic incentives
Control strategie
/measures
Management strategies
Collective action
Education
and
information

24. Inspection of Stationary
Sources

25. HYDRO POWER
PLANTS H
COAL-FIRED
POWER PLANTS
C
GEOTHERMAL
POWER PLANTS
G
D DIESEL-FIRED
POWER PLANTS
POWER BARGE
P
GT GAS TURBINE
POWER PLANT
POWER PLANTS
NATURAL GAS
PLANT
NG
OIL THERMAL
POWER PLANTS
O

26. Compliance Inspection
• Permit to Operate
Temporary Permit to Operate (P/O)
5-year (P/O)
• Self-Monitoring Reports
Stack testing
Ambient Monitoring
• Complaints

27. Permit to Operate
• Enhanced Permitting Conditions
• Issuance of Notice of Violation
• Technical Conferences conducted

28. Permit to Operate
Air Pollution Source
Installations
(boiler, generator set, furnace
etc.)
Air Pollution Control Facility
(smoke stack, electrostatic
precipitator, scrubber etc. )

29. Permit to Operate
• National Source
Emission
Standards
NOx, SOx,
Particulate Matter,
CO, heavy metals,
etc.

30. Self-monitoring Reports
Quarterly submission
• Stack/source
emission tests
• Ambient monitoring
• Continuous
Emission
Monitoring System
(CEMS)

31. Accreditation of Third Party Source Emission
Testing Firms
STACK/SOURCE EMISSION TESTING

32. Ambient Air Monitoring
• National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Source Specific
Air Pollutants from Industrial
Sources
( SO2, NO2, Lead, PM etc. )
Manual and/or Automatic
Inspection ( validate reports
submitted )
- Accredited firms for stack
- Manual testing for ambient air
monitoring
- Calibration reports and audit
for automatic stations

33. Self-Monitoring Reports
• Continuous Emission
Monitoring System (
NO2, SO2, CO, PM, etc. )
Large industries
750 and greater tons per year
power plants, refineries, cement
plants, smelters
Inspection conducted
QA/QC procedures
Relative Accuracy Test Audit
(annual)
Cylinder Gas Audit (quarterly)

34. Mobile Sources

35. MOBILE SOURCES
TYPE APPROVAL OF NEW MOTOR
VEHICLES
EMISSION TEST before registration
MVIC / PETC
ROADSIDE INSPECTION AND APPREHENSION
For diesel-fed

36. Motor Vehicle
Inspection Centers

37. Anti-Smoke Belching
Campaign

38. 1
1. Manila Printing Press,
EDSA, Bagong Barrio,
Caloocan City -DENR
along EDSA
2. KIA Motor, EDSA, Balintawak, Quezon City -DENR
3. People Power Monument, EDSA,
Quezon City -QC
3
4. Polymedic Hospital, EDSA, Mandaluyong City
4
5
6. Magallanes, MRT Station,
EDSA, Makati City -MAKATI
6
7. Beside AutoMall, Pasay City -DOTC
7
2
5. Gil Puyat Ave., MRT Station, EDSA
Makati City -MAKATI
APPREHENSION SITES
PREPARED BY: DENR-EMB AQMS JDS

39. DENR-DTI-DOTC JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER NO. 1 SERIES OF 2007
AMENDED GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE MONITORING OF
ACCREDITED AND AUTHORIZED PRIVATE EMISSION TESTING CENTERS
(PETC) AND LTO EMISSION TESTING ACTIVITIES (MVIC)

40. Other Sources

41. Ambient Monitoring Stations
• For Air Quality
Management
• Inspection
Checklist
– Calibration
– Performance
– Audit

42. Automatic Ambient Air Quality
Monitoring Station (AAQMS)
 10 Stations
 National Capital Region (5)
 Region 4A (3)
 Region 3 (1)
 Parameters measured
 Criteria Pollutants (SO2, NO2, CO, HC,
O3, PM-10 & 2.5)
 Meteorological parameters (wind speed
& direction, relative humidity,
temperature, precipitation, etc.)

43. Automatic Ambient Air Quality
Monitoring Station (AAQMS)
 4 Stations (open-path technology)
 Location
 Cebu City (1)
 Baguio City (1)
 Cagayan de Oro City (1)
 Iloilo City (1)
 Parameters measured
 Criteria Pollutants (SO2, NO2, CO, O3
PM-10)
 Meteorological parameters (wind speed &
direction, relative humidity, temperature,
precipitation, etc.)

44. TSP Ambient Air Quality
Monitoring
• 37 Manual Stations
installed nationwide
 10 stations located
in Metro Manila
 27 stations outside
Metro Manila

45. PM10 Ambient Air Monitoring
• 4 Manual Stations
installed nationwide
• Location
 NCR
 Sn Fernando City
 Cebu City
 Davao City

46. Capacity Development of
Inspectors

47. • Annual
workshop/training for
Regional Offices
Technical Personnel
• Hands-on exercises
for emission testing
• Lectures/seminars
• Attendance to
trainings abroad
• Foreign-funded
projects

48. Air Quality Management for
Local Government Units

49. Role of LGUs
• DENR is mandated
to provide LGUs with
technical assistance,
trainings,
and a continuing
capacity building
program

50. Environment and Natural
Resources Office (ENRO)
• Establishment of
ENRO in every
province not
mandatory
Association of Metro
Manila ENROs
(AMMEO) established.
Not all provinces have
ENROs

51. Airsheds
• Governing Board
– Governor
– City/Municipal Mayors
– Representative from
each concerned
government agency
– People’s organization
– NGO’s
– Private sector

52. Metro Manila
Local Government
Units
Quezon City
City of Manila
Caloocan City
Marikina City
Valenzuela City
Mandaluyong
City
San Juan City
Pasay City
Navotas
Malabon
Paranaque
City
Pasig City
Taguig City

53. AIR POLLUTION
MONITORING
EMISSION
INVENTORY
DATABASE
MAP DATA BACKGROUND
DATA
USER
INTERFACE
GRAPHICS
GIS
INTERNET
ABATEMENT STRATEGY
PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING
DISPERSION
EXPOSURE MODELS
USERS
ELEMENTS OF THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSource NILU 2001

54. Air Quality
Monitoring

56. EMISSION INVENTORIES
1. Stationary 2. Mobile 3. Area

57. 780,252
1,643,8783,200,968
28,740
33,033
311,582
221,980
CARS
UV
SUV
Truck
Buses
MC/TC
Trailer
2009 Registered Motor Vehicle by Type

59. Abatement Strategies
• Anti-smoke belching operations
• Garage Testing
• Switch to cleaner fuel
• 5 % mandate of biofuels
• Implement stricter standards
• Traffic improvement plan
• I/M program
• IEC
• Street sweeping, greening

60. ANTI-SMOKE BLECHING OPERATIO

61. GARAGE TESTING

62. GREENING PROGRAMS

63. STREET CLEANING

64. Environmental Management
Construction Sites
Prohibiting the use of
bagged cement and on-
site
mixing of concrete and
mortar
Adopting construction site
dust prevention measures
such
as the requirement of
enclosures and covers

65. Challenges
• Establish an Environment and Natural
Resources Office (ENRO) which shall be
headed by an ENRO officer appointed by
the chief executive responsible for
implementing air pollution control
programs
• Allocate resources, both human power
and financial, to fullfil all the required
activities to effectively implement RA 8749

66. Challenges
• Establish ambient air monitoring station
• Improve attendance in Airshed Governing
Board Meetings
• Strengthen capacity of staff on air quality
management

67. Let’s keep these in MIND
• Keeping the air clean
is EVERYBODY’S
duty
• Pollution control is
most effective when all
sectors of society work
together as a
T E A M