Giovanni Cyrene Romero

Republic Act 6969 Republic Act 9512
Presidential Decree No. 1586
Republic Act 9275 Republic Act 9003

Republic Act 6969
AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND

NUCLEAR WASTES PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
The objectives of this Act are:
a. To keep an inventory of chemicals that are presently being imported,

manufactured, or used, indicating among others, their existing and possible uses, test
data, names of firms manufacturing or using them, and such other information as may
be considered relevant to the protection of health and the environment;

b. 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;

c. To inform and educate the populace regarding the hazards and risks attendant to
the manufacture, handling, storage, transportation, processing, distribution, use and
disposal of toxic chemicals and other substances and mixtures; and

d. 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.
Criminal Offenses and Penalties

1. The penalty of imprisonment of six (6) months and one day to six (6) years
and one day and a fine ranging from Six hundred pesos (P600.00) to Four
thousand pesos (P4,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person who shall violate
section 13(a) to (c) of this Act and shall not be covered by the Probation Law. If
the offender is a foreigner, he or she shall be deported and barred from any
subsequent entry into the Philippines after serving his or her sentence;

2. In case any violation of this Act is committed by a partnership, corporation,
association or any juridical person, the partner, president, director or manager
who shall consent to or shall knowingly tolerate such violation shall be directly
liable and responsible for the act of the employees and shall be criminally liable
as a co-principal;

3. In case the offender is a government official or employee, he or she shall, in
addition to the above penalties, be deemed automatically dismissed from office
and permanently disqualified from holding any elective or appointive position.
Republic Act 9275
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE WATER QUALITY

MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Use of this act:
a) Aquifer - means a layer of water-bearing rock located underground that

transmits water in sufficient quantity to supply pumping wells or natural springs.
b) Aquatic life - means all organisms living in freshwater, brackish and marine
environment.
c) Beneficial use - means the use of the environment or any element or segment
thereof conducive to public or private welfare, safety and health; and shall
include, but not be limited to, the use of water for domestic, municipal, irrigation,
power generation, fisheries, livestock raising, industrial, recreational and other
purposes.
d) Civil Society - means non-government organizations (NGOs) and people's
organizations (POs).
e) Department - means the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
f) Discharge includes, but is not limited to, the act of spilling, leaking, pumping,
pouring, emitting, emptying, releasing or dumping of any material into a water
body or onto land from which it might flow or drain into said water.
g) Classification/Reclassification of Philippine Waters - means the categorization of all
water bodies taking into account, among others, the following: (1) existing quality of the
body of water; (2) size, depth, surface area covered, volume, direction, rate of flow and
gradient of stream; (3) most beneficial existing and future use of said bodies of water
and lands bordering them, such as for residential, agricultural, aqua cultural,
commercial, industrial, navigational, recreational, wildlife conservation and aesthetic
purposes; and (4) vulnerability of surface and groundwater to contamination from
pollutive and hazardous wastes, agricultural chemicals and underground storage tanks
of petroleum products.
h) Cleaner Production - means the application of an integrated, preventive
environmental strategy to processes, products, services to increase efficiency and
reduce risk to humans and the environment;
i) Clean-up operations - means activities involving the removal of pollutants discharged
or spilled into a water body and its surrounding areas, and the restoration of the
affected areas to their former physical, chemical and biological state or conditions.
j) Contamination - means the production of substances not found in the natural
composition of water that make the water less desirable or unfit desirable or unfit for
intended use.
k) Drinking water- means water intended for human consumption or for use in food
preparation.
Republic Act 9512
Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008

It’s an Act to promote environmental awareness through Environmental Education… and
covers the integration of EE in the school curricula at all levels, be it public or private,
including day cares, preschools, non formal, technical, vocational, indigenous learning, and
out-of-school youth courses or programs.
Section 6 of the Act says that the DepEd, CHED, TESDA, DENR, DOST and other relevant
agencies, in consultation with experts on the environment and the academe, shall lead in
the implementation of public education and awareness programs on environmental
protection and conservation through collaborative interagency and multi-sectoral effort at
all levels.
It also declares November as the Environmental Awareness Month in the Philippines.
Presidential Decree No. 1586
ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING OTHER

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT RELATED MEASURES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the pursuit of a comprehensive and integrated environment protection
program necessitates the establishment and institutionalization of a system
whereby the exigencies of socio-economic undertakings can be reconciled with
the requirements of environmental quality;
WHEREAS, the regulatory requirements of environmental Impact Statements and
Assessments instituted in pursuit of this national environmental protection
program have to be worked into their full regulatory and procedural details in a
manner consistent with the goals of the program.
Environmental Impact Statement System. There is hereby established an

Environmental Impact Statement System founded and based on the
environmental impact statement required, under Section 4 of Presidential Decree
No. 1151, of all agencies and instrumentalities of the national government,
including government-owned or controlled corporations, as well as private
corporations, firms and entities, for every proposed project and undertaking
which significantly affect the quality of the environment.
Republic Act 9003
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,

CREATING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES,
DECLARING CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Use of this act:
(a) Ensure the protection of the public health and environment;

(b) Utilize environmentally-sound methods that maximize the utilization of
valuable resources and encourage resource conservation and recovery;
(c) Set guidelines and targets for solid waste avoidance and volume
reduction through source reduction and waste minimization measures,
including composting, recycling, re-use, recovery, green charcoal process,
and others, before collection, treatment and disposal in appropriate and
environmentally sound solid waste management facilities in accordance
with ecologically sustainable development principles;
(d) Ensure the proper segregation, collection, transport, storage, treatment
and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adoption of the
best environmental practice in ecological waste management excluding
incineration;
(e) Promote national research and development programs for improved
solid waste management and resource conservation techniques, more
effective institutional arrangement and indigenous and improved methods
of waste reduction, collection, separation and recovery;
(f) Encourage greater private sector participation in solid waste
management;
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Republic Act 6969 Republic Act 9512

Presidential Decree No. 1586

Republic Act 9275 Republic Act 9003

AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND

a. To keep an inventory of chemicals that are presently being imported,

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE WATER QUALITY

a) Aquifer - means a layer of water-bearing rock located underground that

Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008

ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING OTHER

Environmental Impact Statement System. There is hereby established an

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,

(a) Ensure the protection of the public health and environment;

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