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Envi Engg and Ph Environmental Laws Flashcards

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National Water and Air Pollution Control Commission

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RA 3931 - July 10, 1967

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Created Metro Manila Commission

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PD 824 - November 7 1975

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3
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Provides policy for pollution control including land pollution

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PD 984 - August 8 1976

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4
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Philippine Environmental Policy

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PD 1151 - June 6 1977

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5
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Philippine Environmental Code

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PD 1151 - June 6 1977

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Installation of pollution control device for all motors and vehicles

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PD 1181

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Created Human Settlement Ministry

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PD 1396

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Gave NPCC power to close industrices violating PD 1181

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LOI 551 (under PD 984)

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9
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Percent of pollutants emitted by a motor vehicle as limited by LOI 551

CO
HC
NO2
Smoke

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CO - 3.0%
HC - 350 ppm
NO2 - 800 ppm
Smoke - not more than 20% dense

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10
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Requiring a pollution control officer for all industries, factoried, agencies, organizations, public and private

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LOI 558

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Act to punish the dumping into any river or refuse wastewater or substance of any kind whatsoever that may bring about the rise of filling in of river beds or cause artificial alluvial formation

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Commonwealth Act

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Providing penalty for improper disposal of garbage and other forms of uncleanliness and for other purposes

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PD 825 - November 7 1985

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13
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Code in Sanitation of the Philippines

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PD 856

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14
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Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution

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PD 600

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15
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Environmental Impact Assessment Law

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PD 1586

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16
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Seeks to develop Pasig River and uts environs within 3 years

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PD 274

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17
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Establishes oil pollution operations center in the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters

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PD 602

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Water Code of the Philippines - integrates all laws governing the ownership, appropriation, use, exploitation, development, conservation and protection if the country’s water resources; contains measures to prevent flood and other calamities caused by abuse of use of water

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PD 1067

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19
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Empowers barangay officials to arrest violators of laws for the protection of environment

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PD 1160

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20
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Creation of MMDA

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RA 7924

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21
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Act to Control Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes

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RA 6969

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22
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Clean Air Act of the Philippines

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RA 8749

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23
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Ecological Solid Waste Management Act

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RA 9003

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24
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Clean Water Act of the Philippines

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RA 9275

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25
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Accumulation of trace metal through each species of a food chain

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biomagnification

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Causes minamata disease which is a neurological disease characterized by trembling, inability to walk and speak and even serious convulsions that can lead to death

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Responsible for itai-itai diseases which is an extremely painful disease that causes disintegration of bones

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Causes argyria which is the blue-gray discoloration of skin and mucous membrane

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Recognized poison and carcinogenic

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Causes neurological disease

31
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Leads to fetal malformation, mental disability, irritability, loss of appetite and reduction of sex drive

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Device that cut up solids into smaller and more uniform sizes

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comminutors

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Enlarged channel where the velocity of wastewater flow is controlled to allow only the heavier solids to settle out

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grit chamber

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maintain a constant volumetric flow of wastewater from pretreatment to other downstream operations

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Equalization basin

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fixed bed where wastewater is intermittently discharged and contacted with biological slimes that have grown in the filter media

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Trickling filters

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A large shallow lagoon divided by thermal stratification into aerobic surface and anaerobic bottom

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Stabilization ponds

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Stabilization ponds with surface aerator

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Aerated lagoon

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The selection and application of suitable techniques, technologies and management programs to achieve specific waste management objectives

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Integrated Solid Waste Management

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Process of determining the optimum number of services that constitute a fair day’s work and dividing the collection task among the crews so that all have equal loads

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Route balancing

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Process of determining the path or route for the collection vehicle to follow as it collects waste from each service in a specific area

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Heuristic routing

41
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Major constituent of photochemical smog

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Tropospheric ozone

42
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Air Pollution Control Equipment based on size of particulates

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Settling Chamber: > 50 microns
Cyclone collector: 20-45 microns
Scrubber: 5-20 microns
Filter: 1-10 microns (cloth), 0.1 microns (acetate membrane)
Electrostatic precipitators: > 1 microns

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Process where more harmful substances are produced from less harmful ones

44
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Part of atmosphere where photochemical reactions take place

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Mesosphere

45
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Process of converting nitrogen gas to ammonia

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Nitrogen fixation

46
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Biomes are distinguished by

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its dominant plant life

47
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Denitrification is carried out by this type of bacteria that breakdown nitrates and release nitrogen gas

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Anaerobic bacteria

48
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Measure of assimilative capacity of a stream

49
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Most aquatic organisms can survive in a pH range of about

50
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Most commonly used coagulating agent

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Aluminum sulfate

51
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Nitrates more than 50 ppm in water leads to a disease called

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Mathemoglobenemia

52
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What substance in water is removed by Lime Soda Process

53
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Electrochemical process used in removal of colloidal matter in wastewater through reduction of electrostatic charges surrounding the solids

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coagulation

54
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Water treatment that destroys diseases causing bacteria, nuisance bacteria, parasites and other organisms and removes soluble iron, manganese and hydrogen sulfide from water

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Chlorination

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A wastewater with a BOD/COD = 1 indicates that

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biological treatment is more practical

56
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Atmospheric condition with lapse rate of >10 C/km

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superadiabatic

57
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Provides blue print for action towards sustainable development

58
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Particulate matter carried in the effluent gases from furnaces burning fossil fuels

59
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Cloud of air pollution trapped by thermal inversion

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Global treaty that aims to protect human health and environment from persistent organic pollutants

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Stockholm convention

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PAN is a powerful lachrymator or tear producer formed from unburned hydrocarbons, aldehydes, nitrogen oxides, and oxygen, PAN stands for

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Peroxyacetyl nitrate

62
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Used in bonding agents and building and furniture construction which may cause drowsiness, nausea, and headaches when exposed to low level concentration

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formaldehyde

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