WEEK 2: Environmental Prudence

Question 1

It is a set of legal rules addressed specifically to human activities that affect the quality of environment

Answer 1

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

Question 2

A law from the commonwealth era that prohibits the improper waste disposal of mine wastes and tailings

Answer 2

MINING ACT (COMMONWEALTH ACT. NO. 137)

Question 3

Prohibits the dumping of wastes into any river

Answer 3

ANTI DUMPING LAW

Question 4

First major legal declaration that pollution control was a policy; In response to the emergence of more industries and urban areas

Answer 4

REPUBLIC ACT (R.A.) 3931

Question 5

Pollution Control Law

Answer 5

PD 984

Question 6

Philippine Environment Policy

Answer 6

PD 1151

Question 7

PD 1152

Answer 7

PHILLIPINE ENVIRONMENT CODE

Question 8

PD 389

Answer 8

FORESTRY REFORM CODE

Question 9

Mineral Resource Development Decree of 1974

Answer 9

PD 463

Question 10

PD 984 (ammended by Executive order 192)

Answer 10

AIR AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Question 11

Abatement, control, and prevention of vehicular pollution and establishing the maximum allowable emissions of specific air pollutant

Answer 11

PD 1181

Question 12

Prohibits the discharge of oil, noxious liquid substances, and other harmful substances into the country’s island and territorial waste

Answer 12

PD 979

Question 13

Prohibits the improper disposal of garbage

Answer 13

PD 825

Question 14

PD 856

Answer 14

KNOWN AS SANITATION CODE

Question 15

Known as national building code

Answer 15

PD 1096

Question 16

Prohibits the importation, storage, or transport of toxic or nuclear wastes into or through the Philippines

Answer 16

R.A. 6969 OR THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND NUCLEAR WASTES CONTROL ACT OF 1990

Question 17

Biodiversity conservation, natural resources management and protection of the plants and animals

Answer 17

R.A. 7586 OR THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREA SYSTEM LAW

Question 18

Penalize all chemical, thermal, and industrial plants and factories found to be violating environmental protection laws

Answer 18

HOUSE BILL 5668

Question 19

Endorses emissions and water pollution charge system by promoting cooperation and self regulation among industries and market based

Answer 19

HB 8622

Question 20

Under the garbage segregation scheme, household and commercial waste should be classified into wet and dry categories before they are collected by the garbage collectors

Answer 20

R.A. 9003 OR THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000

Question 21

Banning all forms of garbage incineration and imposes higher emission standards on oil products to lower the amount of pollution they generate

Answer 21

RA 8749 OR THE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999

Question 22

An act prohibiting the cutting, destroying or injuring of planted or growing tees or flowering plants along plazas, parks, public roads

Answer 22

RA 3571

Question 23

Known as the Phillipine Clean Water Act of 2004

Answer 23

RA 9275

Question 24

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Answer 24

PROTECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT

Question 25

Responsible for pollution prevention and control, and environmental impact assessment.

Answer 25

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU

Question 26

Responsible for administering, surveying, managing, and disposing of Alienable and Disposable (A&D) lands and other government lands not placed under the jurisdiction of other government agencies.

Answer 26

LAND MANAGEMENT BUREAU

Question 27

Provides support for the effective protection, development, occupancy management, and conservation of forest lands and watersheds.

Answer 27

FOREST MANAGEMENT BUREAU

Question 28

In charge of soil conservation, regulations on the use of pesticides and fertilizers

Answer 28

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Question 29

Responsible for the establishment, management, and development of the National Integrated Protected Areas System

Answer 29

THE PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE BUREAU

Question 30

Responsible on the construction of flood control systems, sewage facilities, solid waste disposal system

Answer 30

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Question 31

Takes charge of environmental health and sanitation

Answer 31

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Question 32

Undertakes environmental research

Answer 32

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Question 32

Responsible for enforcing regulations on Land use

Answer 32

HOUSING & LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD

Question 33

Control industrial pollution & enforcement of land use

Answer 33

LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Question 34

Performs planning, monitoring, and coordinative functions, and in the process exercises regulatory and supervisory authority over the delivery of metro-wide services within Metro Manila

Answer 34

METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY