Environmental Regulation and Policy Flashcards
(see overview)
(see overview)
E.O. 192 s. 1987:
Renaming Department of Environmental and
Natural Resources (DENR)
→ EMB – to implement, recommend and provide technical
assistance
• Pollution Control Law
→ “Pollution – alteration of the physical, chemical & biological properties of any water, air and/or land resources of the Philippines…harmful to public health- affect their utilization for domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational
P.D. 984 (1976)
Code on Sanitation of the Philippines
PD 856
law establishing enivronmental impact statement system (Section 4: No project shall be implemented without an Environmental Compliance Certificate → DAO No. 21, s. 1992 → No. 37, s.1996 → No. 30, s. 2003)
• Presidential Decree 1586 (1978)
Pollution Control Law
• Presidential Decree 984 (1976)
→ Permitting requirements
→ Penalty provisions
→ Air and water standards
Toxic Substances & Hazardous Nuclear Waste Act of 1990
Republic Act 6969
provisions in RA 6969 or toxic substances and hazardous nuclear waste act of 1990
• To keep an inventory of chemicals that are presently being imported, manufactured, or used
• To monitor and regulate the importation, manufacture, processing, handling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk or injury to health or to the environment in accordance with national policies and international commitments
• To prevent the entry, even in transit, as well as the keeping or storage and disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes into the
country for whatever purpose
Ecological Waste Management Act of 2000
RA 9003
involved in ecological waste management act of 2000
- National Comprehensive Solid Waste Management
- Local Government Solid Waste Management Plans
- Segregation of Wastes
- Collection and Transport of Solid Waste
- Recycling Program
- Composting
- Waste Management Facilities
Clean Water Act of 2004
RA 9275
Clean water act/RA9275 invovles
• Water Quality Management System
→ Water Quality Management Areas
→ National Sewerage and Management Program
→ Domestic Sewage Collection, Treatment and Disposal
• Water Pollution Permits and Charges
Clean air act of 1999
RA 8749
*defines air pollution, air pollutant, establish air quality management system and ambient air quality guideline values and standards, also implements ban on incineration
definition of air pollution accdg to ra 8749
Any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the atmospheric air
definition of air pollutant accdg to ra 8749
Any matter found in the atmosphere other than oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, carbon dioxide, & inert gases in their natural or normal concentrations
Sanitation code of the PH
PD 856
*A consolidation of what used to be a disparate public health laws and regulations on sanitation.
Objective of Sanitation code of PH/ PD 856
Improvement of the way of the Filipinos by directing public health services towards the protection and
promotion of the health of our people.
Date of promulgation of PD 856
December 23, 1975
Sanitation code of PH discusses the functions of the ff agencies
→ Department of Health → Authorities of the Health Secretary → Bureau of Directors → Regional Health Directors → Local Health Offices
An official or employee responsible for the application of a prescribed health measure in a local political subdivision
Local Health Authority
empowered to promulgate
rules and regulations for the proper implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this Code.
Authority of Secretary
Functions of DOH
→ Undertake the promotion and preservation of the health of the people
→ Raise the health standards of individuals and communities throughout the Philippines.
→ Extend maximum health services to the people in rural areas and provide medical care to those who cannot afford it by reason of poverty;
→ Develop, administer, and coordinate various health activities and services which shall include public health, preventive, curative and rehabilitative programs, medical care, health and medical education services;
→ Upgrade the standards of medical practice, the quality of health services and programs to assure the people of better
health services;
administer health functions in areas under their jurisdiction and enforce the provisions of this Code and the rules and regulations promulgate by the Secretary under this Code
Authority of the Health Officers
see provisions of sanitation code
see provisions of sanitation code
General requirements of sanitation
sanitary permite
health certif
other sanitary requirements
- Provision of safe water
- Food sanitation
- Proper waste (solid and
liquid) management - Vermin control
- Air pollution
- Nuisance
- Proper ventilation and lighting
see Sanitation Requirements for Operating a Food Establishment
see Sanitation Requirements for Operating a Food Establishment
Objective of PNDSW
To prescribe the standards and procedures on drinking-water quality to protect public/consumer’s health
General guidelines of PNDSW
• Standards for drinking-water quality, water sampling and
examination and evaluation of results shall conform to the criteria
prescribed under this Order and its Manual of Operations.
• To ensure the safety of drinking-water, the standards shall be
applied in accordance to the improved framework for drinkingwater
safety comprising of three key components:
→ Health-based targets established by the health authority;
→ Safely managed water systems (application of water safety
plan; and
→ A system of independent surveillance
Mandatory parameters of PNDSW
- Legally enforceable to all drinking-water providers.
- Minimum parameters required to be tested for initial and periodic examinations.
1, Thermotolerant coliform or e. coli
- arsenic
- cadmium
- lead
- Nitrate
- color
- turbidity
- pH
- Total Dissolved solids
- Disinfectant residual (See table pls)
- Parameters that render the water unacceptable for drinking wc include operational eters which affect the efficiency of the treatment process
Secondary parameters of PNDSW
T or F:Primary parameters are site-specific
*refer to those chemical impurities in water that directly affect health through acute or chronic exposure.
true
enforceable parameters
Primary parameters
When can primary parameters be adopted by LDWQMC
− Developing new water sources or
− When existing water sources is at high risk of contamination due to the presence of natural and/or anthropogenic sources
[framework of parameters] normal condition
→ Mandatory
→ Primary
→ Secondary
→ All water supply providers
[framework of parameters] emergency
→ E. coli
→ Residual Chlorine
→ All water supply providers during emergency
[framework of parameters] SDG
→ E. coli and priority chemical
→ DOH, LGUs for SDG Scorecards
