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1.4 - Philippine Environmental Laws

This document summarizes several important Philippine environmental laws: 1. The Philippine Clean Water Act aims to protect water bodies from pollution and promote water quality management. 2. The Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act regulates hazardous materials and waste. 3. The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act creates a national solid waste management program.

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1.4 - Philippine Environmental Laws

This document summarizes several important Philippine environmental laws: 1. The Philippine Clean Water Act aims to protect water bodies from pollution and promote water quality management. 2. The Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act regulates hazardous materials and waste. 3. The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act creates a national solid waste management program.

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1.

4 | |Philippine To prohibit even in transit, of hazardous and


nuclear waste and their disposal into the
Environmental Laws Philippine territorial limits for whatever purpose,
and;
The following are the important Philippine
-to provide advancement and facilitate research
Environmental Laws that we need to discuss:
and studies on toxic chemicals.

3. Republic Act 9003 – This Act shall be known as


1. Republic Act No. 9275 “Philippine Clean Water “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000”
Act of 2004.”
An Act providing for an Ecological Waste
It aims to protect the country's water bodies from Management Program, creating the necessary
pollution from land-based sources (industries and institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaring
commercial establishments, agriculture and certain Acts prohibited and providing penalties,
community/household activities). appropriating funds therefore, and for other
purposes.
To streamline processes and procedures in the
prevention, control and abatement of pollution of It is the policy of the state to adopt a systematic,
the country’s water resources; comprehensive and ecological solid waste
management program.
To promote environmental strategies, use of
appropriate economic instruments and of control 4. Presidential Decree 984 - is providing for the
mechanisms for the protection of water resources; revision of RA 3931, commonly known as THE
POLLUTION CONTROL LAW
To formulate a holistic national program of water
quality management that recognizes that water It provides for the need to modify the
quality management issues cannot be separated organizational structure of the National Pollution
from concerns about water sources and Control Commission -and to make it more
ecological protection, water supply, public health effective and efficient in the discharge of its
and quality of life. functions and responsive to the demands of times
occasioned by the accelerative phase of the
2. RA 6969 – TOXIC Substances and Hazardous country’s industrialization program.
and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990
5. Republic Act 4580 - is an Act creating the
RA 6969 or the Toxic Substances and Hazardous LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990. To prescribing its powers, functions and duties.
control, supervise and regulate activities on toxic
chemicals and hazardous waste. It declared to be the national policy to promote,
and accelerate the development and balanced
Declaration of Policy – to regulate, restrict or growth of the Laguna Lake area and the
prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, surrounding provinces, cities and towns referred
sale, distribution and use and disposal of chemical to as region, within the context of the national
substances and mixtures that present and regional plans and policies for social and
unreasonable risk/and injury to health or the economic development.
environment.
Objective is to carry out the development of the An act creating the Metropolitan Manila
Laguna Lake region with due regard and Development Authority, defining it's powers and
adequate provisions for environmental functions, providing funds therfore and other
management control, preservation for the quality purposes.
of human life and ecological systems, and the
prevention of undue ecological disturbances, It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State
to treat Metropolitan Manila as a special
deterioration and pollution.
development and administrative region; and
6. Presidential Decree 1151 PHILIPPINE certain basic services affecting or involving Metro
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Manila as metro-wide services more efficiently
and effectively planned, supervised and
Conflicting demands of population growth, coordinated by a development authority as
urbanization, industrial expansion, rapid natural created herein, without prejudice to the
resources utilization, and increasing technological autonomy of the affected local government units.
advances have resulted in a piecemeal-approach
concept of environmental protection. Metropolitan Manila, as a public corporation
created under Presidential Decree No. 824,
It is hereby declared a continuing policy of the embracing the cities of Caloocan, Manila,
State Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon, and
(a) to create, develop, maintain, and improve Muntinlupa, and the municipalities of Las Piñas,
conditions under which man and nature can thrive Malabon, Marikina, Navotas, Parañaque, Pateros,
in productive and enjoyable harmony with each San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, is hereby
other, constituted into a special development and
administrative region subject to direct supervision
(b) to fulfill the social, economic and other of the President of the Philippines.
requirements of present and future generations of
Filipinos, and ( 9. REPUBLIC ACT No. 8749 "Philippine Clean Air
Act of 1999."
c) to insure the attainment of an environmental
quality that is conducive to a life of dignity and The state shall protect and advance the right of
well-being. the people to a balanced and and healthful
ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony
7. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 856 CODE ON of nature. The state shall promote and protect the
SANITATION global environment to attain sustainable
development while recognizing the primary
The health of the people, being of paramount
responsibility of local government units to deal
importance, all efforts of public services should be
with environmental problems.
directed towards the protection and promotion of
health; and the advance in the field of sanitation The state recognizes that the responsibility of
in recent years, there arises the need for updating cleaning the habitat and environment is primarily
and codifying our scattered sanitary laws to area-based. The state also recognizes that
ensure that they are in keeping with modern polluters must pay.
standards of sanitation and provide a handy
reference and guide for their enforcement.

8. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7924

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