Clean Air Act Pt. 2: Sources of Air Pollution

Question 1

Natural Phenomenon

Answer 1

• Forest Fires (Haze) like Transboundary
  Haze
• Volcanic Eruption
• Dust Storms

Question 2

MAN MADE ACTIVITIES

• ____– refers to sources of emission other than mobile and stationary. These include smoking, burning of garbage, and dust from construction, unpaved grounds, etc. (30%)
• ____– refers to vehicles like cars,
  trucks, buses, jeepney, tricycle,
  motorcycles, and vans. (62%)
• ____– such as industrial firms,
  smokestacks of power plant and other establishment (2%)

Answer 2

Area
Mobile
Stationary

Question 3

MOBILE SOURCES pt. 1

Private Emission Testing Center (PETC) Monitoring
What are the compliance mandates for Mobile Sources

• Mandatory Periodic Inspection (____l)
• ___Registration: Issuance of Certificate of Conformity (COC) by DENR and Certificate of Compliance to Emission Standards (CCES)
  by LTO to new motor vehicles including motorcycles and to imported second-hand and rebuilt vehicles, respectively.

Answer 3

registration and renewal
Initial

Question 4

MOBILE SOURCES pt. 2

• ____ : Actual emission testing thru MVIS/LTO
  Emission Testing Centers (for PUVs) or Private Emission Testing Centers (for Privately owned)
• Roadside Inspection and Re-inspection or the Anti-Smoke Belching Operation
• Regulations of Fuel and Fuel Additives

1. Improve fuel quality – ___
2. Improve fuel quality – ___
3. Alternative fuels

Answer 4

Renewal of Registration
EURO II
EURO IV

Question 5

MOBILE SOURCES pt 3

____ 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

___ Administrative Order 2007-27
* Revised Emission Standards for Motor Vehicles Equipped with Compression-Ignition and Spark-Ignition Engines.

Answer 5

DENR-DTI-DOTC
DENR

Question 6

Mobile Sources pt. 4

DOTC, DTI and DENR
* shall establish the procedures for the inspection of motor vehicles and the testing of their emissions for the purpose of determining the concentration and/or rate of emission of pollutants discharged by the said sources

DENR EMB – ____
DOTr – ____
DTI – ____

Answer 6

inspect/monitor
authorized
accreditation

Question 7

Mobile Sources pt. 5

____
* Together with the DENR shall develop an action plan for the control and management of air pollution from motor vehicles and management of air pollution from motor vehicles with the Integrated Air Quality Management Framework.

Answer 7

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), DOST Local Government Units (LGUs)

Question 8

• industrial firms
• non-fueling burning equipment
• smokestacks of power plant and other establishments.

Answer 8

Stationary sources

Question 9

Burning of Solid Wastes
Fugitive Dust from Development Projects
Unpaved Roads

Answer 9

Area of Sources

Question 10

Cyclone
Wet Scrubber
Flue Gas Desulfurizer
Electrostatic Precipitator
DeNOx Reactor

Answer 10

Air pollution control device

Question 11

Air Quality Monitoring

• ____ sampling - conducted by accredited 3rd party source emission testing firm
• ____ Testing - conducted by LGU/CENRO/ MMDA and EMD
• ____(Real-Time Monitoring)- EMNB_NCR operates and maintain continuous ambient monitoring stations (CAMS) at different locations in Metro Manila

Answer 11

• Source sampling
• Motor Vehicle Emission Testing -
• Ambient Air Quality Monitoring

Question 12

Gounds for Suspension or Revocation of Permit to Operate

• Non-compliance or violation of any provision of the Act
• False or inaccurate information given in the permit application
• False or inaccurate information in the monitoring data or report
• Refusal to allow inspection conducted by EMB
• Non payment of appropriate fees
• Other valid purposes

Answer 12

walang answer (familiarize 😝)

Question 13

Prohibited Acts
(Section 13 RULE XXV PART VII of the DAO 2000-81, IRR of the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999)

a. ____ - No person shall cause, let permit, suffer or allow the emission of particulate matter from any source.

b. ____ or EMISSIONS ORGANIC SOLVENT -No person shall store, pump, handle, process unload or use in any process or installation, volatile compounds or organic solvents without applying vapor emission control devices.

Answer 13

a. FUGITIVE PARTICULATES

b. VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs)

Question 14

Prohibited Act pt 2

c. ____ - No person shall discharge from any source of air contaminants which constitute nuisance as defined in the Civil Code of the Philippines.

d. ____ - No person shall be allowed to burn any materials in any quantities which shall cause the emission of toxic and poisonous fumes

Answer 14

c. NUISANCE
d. OPEN BURNING

Question 15

Prohibited Acts pt 3a

e. ____

No person, plant or source shall operate/construct/install an air pollution source equipment/machines without an adequate/ properly installed control device/s in order to maintain emission in compliance with the provisions and standards.

No applicant shall be allowed to operate a new or modified sources (except for commissioning and testing) until a temporary or regular permit has been issued. Operation without a permit is a violation of this act.

Answer 15

general restrictions

Question 16

Prohibited Acts pt 3b
e. ____

All poteritial sources of air pollution (mobile, point and area sources) must comply with the provisions of the law.

All stationary sources must comply with the National Emission Standards for Source Specific Air Pollutants (NESSAP) and National Ambient Air Quality Standards INAAQS)

Answer 16

general restrictions

Question 17

STATUS OF AIR QUALITY

The average concentration results for the year 2021 was 32μg/Nm3 with AQI equivalent to “____” level base on NAAQGVS 24-hour guidelines values.

For air quality, the pandemic had reduced air pollution (emissions) coming from transportation and industrial activities. The improvement in air quality was observed through ____ (visibility) from highly urbanized areas, a clear skies, and concentration results from monitoring activities.

Answer 17

Good
volume of smog

Question 18

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES pt 1

____ - Acts as overall of the lead agency; prepare a National Air Quality Status Report which shall be used as a basis in formulating the Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework; issue rules and regulations in the implementation of the Act.

Answer 18

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Question 19

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES pt 2

____ - in coordination with the DENR in case of industrial dischargers and the DOTC, in case of motor vehicles, shall, based on environmental techniques, design, impose on and collect regular emission fees from all said dischargers as part of the emission permitting system or vehicle registration renewal system, as the case may be; implement the emission standards for motor vehicles,

Answer 19

Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) I

Question 20

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES pt 3

____ - With the DENR, other agencies, private sector, the academe, non-government organizations and people’s organization, shall establish a National Research Development Program for the prevention and control of air pollution.

Answer 20

Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

Question 21

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES pt 4

____ - Together with the DENR shall develop an action plan for the control and management of air pollution from motor vehicles with the Integrated Air Quality Management Framework

Answer 21

Department of Trade and Industry

Question 21

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES pt 5

____ - Shall regularly monitor meteorological factors affecting environmental conditions including ozone depletion and greenhouse gases,

Answer 21

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration (PAGASA)

Question 22

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES pt 6

____ - With the DENR shall regulate all projects which will involve the use of atomic and/or nuclear energy, and will entail release of radioactive substances into the environment, incident to the establishment or possession of nuclear energy facilities and radioactive materials, handling, transport, production, storage and use of radioactive materials.

Answer 22

Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI)

Question 23

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES pt. 7

____ - Shall set specifications for all types of fuel and fuel- related products, to improve fuel composition for increased efficiency and reduced emissions.

_____ - Shall encourage participation of government agencies and the private sector including NGOs, Pos, academe, environmental groups and other private entities in a multi-sectoral campaigns.

Answer 23

• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Philippine Information Agency (PIA)

Question 24

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749

• DENR Administrative Order No. ___ – Amending Rule XIX of DENR DAO 2000-81
• DENR Administrative Order No. ___ – Guidelines for DENR Accreditation of Third Party source Emission Testing Firms
• EMB Memorandum Circular No. ____– Scheme for the Utilization of Stack Testing Data
• EMB Memorandum Circular No. ____ – Guidelines on Air Pollution Control Techniques and Devices
• EMB Memorandum Circular No. ____ – Guidelines for Air Dispersion Modeling

Answer 24

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749

• 2004-26
• 2007-25
• . 2008-06
• . 2008-05
• 2008-003