CLEAN AIR PROGRAM

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 OBJECTIVE OF THE
CLEAN AIR PROGRAM
• Come up with a comprehensive national program to
achieve and maintain air quality that meets the National
Air Quality Guidelines for Criteria Pollutants throughout
the Philippines WHILE minimizing the possible
associated negative impacts on the country’s
economy.
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%20the%20country's%20economy.
 PRIORITY ACTIVITIES
A.Monitoring of the compliance of firms or
industries
B.Operationalization of Airshed Governing
Boards
C.Calibration and Maintenance of Air Quality
Monitoring Stations
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%20the%20country's%20economy.
 SUB-PROGRAMS
1)Motor Vehicle Emission Management
Program
2)Industrial Emission Management Program
3)Roadside Ambient and General Ambient Air
Monitoring
 MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The main concern of the Bureau with regard to motor vehicle emission
management is to regulate the quality of vehicles being introduced into the
Philippine market by virtue of DAO 2015 – 04 “Implementation of
Vehicle Emission Limits for Euro 4/IV and In-use Vehicle Emission
Standards”. Brand new vehicles to be introduced in the market are
required to be Euro 4/IV compliant. In addition, an agreement with the
Local Government Units (LGUs) of Metro Manila was entered into by the
DENR for the conduct of calibration of smokemeter to ensure that the said
equipment used in the apprehension of vehicles by other agencies would
generate accurate results.
FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019
 MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• As mandated by Section 22 of the RA 8749, any imported new
or locally-assembled new motor vehicle shall not be registered
unless it complies with the emission standards set pursuant to
this Act, as evidenced by a Certificate of Conformity (COC)
issued by the Department. In addition, by virtue of EMB MC
2018 – 05 inspection of COC applicants was commenced to
verify the components declared in their application. For CY
2019, a total of five hundred eighty – four (584) certificates
have been issued.
FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019
 MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• Further, anti-smoke belching operations by the LGUs amounted to a total of
49,234 vehicles tested with 66% failing the light absorption coefficient (k –
value) standard as stated in DAO 2015 – 14.

FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019

BANTAY TAMBUTSO PROGRAM
 BANTAY TAMBUTSO PROJECT
• Also known as Anti-Smoke Belching Operation
• Roadside apprehension of smoke belching vehicles in strategic areas in Metro
Manila.
• The following local government units participated in this project: Makati City,
Mandaluyong City, San Juan City, Muntinlupa City, Pasig City, Pasay City and
Quezon City; as well as the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
• 60,915 vehicles were checked in 2019
• The Pasay City ASBU was able to garner the greatest number of vehicles
checked with over 12,610 vehicles.
 INDUSTRIAL EMISSION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• Compliance with the prescribed emission standards for source
specific air pollutants is a major requirement before a
stationary source of air pollution is issued a Permit to Operate.
The AQMS-Central Office accredits third party source
emission testing firms (TPSETF) fully capable of conducting
source emission tests in accordance with the procedures set in
the National Emission Standards for Source Specific Air
Pollutants (NESSAP).
 INDUSTRIAL EMISSION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• For calendar year 2019, the Air Quality Management
Section (AQMS) together with the Sampling
Assessment Team (SAT) undertook a careful series of
examination, observation, and deliberation for the
accreditation of Third Party Source Emission Testing
Firms (TPSETF). To date, there are 22 TPSETF that
were accredited with forty-five (45) teams.

FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019

 INDUSTRIAL EMISSION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• Another activity in relation to industrial emission management
is the monitoring of CEMS whether it is calibrated through
Relative Accuracy Test Audit (RATA) or Relative Accuracy
Audit (RAA) or Cylinder Gas Audit (CGA). Calibration
ensures that the data collected by the CEMS are accurate.
Observation of such activities will pave the way in the
formulation of a new policy which is the accreditation of third
party audit service providers to ensure that the service paid for
by the industry is legitimate.
FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019
BANTAY TSIMNEYA PROGRAM
 BANTAY TSIMNEYA PROGRAM
• One of the major programs of the EMB when it comes to Air
Quality Monitoring for the monitoring of industrial
emissions.
• Strengthen compliance monitoring activities of companies
nationwide – monitor compliance of firms issued with permit
to operate air pollution devices, survey firms operating
without permits, stack sampling tests for identified pollutive
firms and capacity building for EMB Staff and other
stakeholders.
 HOW DO THEY GATHER FROM NCR AND
NATIONWIDE MONITORING STATIONS

• The EMB maintains a Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS)

which are connected to major industries like powerplant, among others.
• Through the CEMS, the EMB is able to monitor the actual emissions of
the industries to determine whether they are complying with the
standards set by the Clean Air Act.
• If the industries exceed the emission standards, a notice of violation
would be issued to which they must comply.
 COMPLIANCE MONITORING OF
FIRMS
• Stricter monitoring of stationary sources of pollution especially
from major industries were also undertaken. Out of the 18,089
monitored firms, 3,015 or 17% had been found to have violated
the standards.

FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019

 ROADSIDE AMBIENT AND
GENERAL AMBIENT
MONITORING
• Ambient air quality” means the general amount of pollution present
in a broad area; and refers to the atmosphere’s average purity as
distinguished from discharge measurements taken at the source of
pollution;
• Total suspended particulates (TSP) are small airborne particles such
as dust, fume and smoke with diameters less than 100 micrometers.
They are emitted from various sources including power stations,
construction activities, incineration and vehicles.
 ROADSIDE AMBIENT AND
GENERAL AMBIENT
MONITORING
• Particulate Matter (PM) is an air pollution term for a mixture of solid
particles and liquid droplets found in the air.
• The General Ambient and Roadside Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
Program ensures that the ambient air quality monitoring stations are
operated, maintained and calibrated. The manual and real time
stations are situated in highly urbanized cities nationwide and being
managed by each regional offices focal and alternate focal persons.
• Basically measures TSP, PM 10, PM 2.5, SO2, CO, NO2, O3
 ROADSIDE AMBIENT AND
GENERAL AMBIENT
MONITORING
• The Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network was developed to collect
vital air quality data such as the criteria air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5,
SO2, NO2, O3). To date, there are one hundred four (104) ambient air
quality monitoring stations scattered across the Philippines composed of
fifty three (53) Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations
(CAAQMS), fifty one (51) Manual Reference Method stations.
• As of December 2019, approximately 81% of the air quality monitoring
stations was functional / operational while 19% was not operational or
for repair / replacement.

FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019

 AIRSHED MANAGEMENT
• Airsheds are established in order to oversee the planning and implementation of
air quality management policies and ensure strong coordination among
government agencies and between government agencies and private sector / civil
society. As of CY 2019, twenty-two (22) airsheds were established and
operationalized nationwide.
• Categorization of airshed is essential to check the level of compliance in terms of
operationalization (Table 5) . Out of the twenty-two (22) Airsheds, four (4)
Airsheds were classified as Category 1 or “Inactive Airshed”, and eleven (11)
Airsheds were classified as Category 2 or “Active Airshed” as per submitted
accomplished Airshed Assessment Checklist with corresponding Means of
Verification (MOV). Seven (7) Airsheds were classified as Category 1 or
“Inactive Airshed”. FINAL EMB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019
RECOMMENDATIONS
“I THINK THE BIGGEST THING
THEY NEED TO WORK ON IS
AFFILIATING PEOPLE TO IT.”
• If people are not aware with it, they would not
participate to it.
• Pollution is a societal problem and there should be a
need for the society to be involved in solving the
problem of air pollution. It is also better to increase the
involvement of the public to know what is the purpose
of the programs that the EMB are doing. Increasing
involvement of the public would further make the
public more compliant with the Clean Air Program
because they would know the purposes of each
program. 
• The primary focus of the policy makers should be for PAUL LESTER DELLOSA
making the environment better. EMB ICON, Region 5
“FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE
FASHION INDUSTRY, WE MUST SWITCH
FROM THE USE OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS
TO NATURAL FIBERS.”

• Synthetic fibers are made with the use of

fossil fuels. These fossil fuels emit NO2
emissions which are 300 times more
harmful than CO2 emissions. 
• Also from the fashion industry, we must
support locally made products to lessen
transportation which could lead to air
pollution. PAUL
PAUL LESTER
LESTER DELLOSA
DELLOSA
EMB
EMB ICON,
ICON, Region
Region 55
 “WE SHOULD FOCUS MORE ON
UTILIZING RENEWABLE ENERGY

• We must shift from the use of coal and fossil fuels as

they contribute a large part on the air pollution as
compared to the use of renewable energy.

• There are a diverse range of possibilities with

renewable energy, depending on the energy
requirements of the installation (electric or thermal
energy) and the conditions of the setting where the
activity takes place.

PAUL LESTER DELLOSA

EMB ICON, Region 5
“STRICTLY IMPLEMENT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
SPECIFICALLY THE CLEAN AIR
PROGRAM.”

• The program needs better implementation. The said

law or program should also include more “teeth” to
increase compliance with the said law.

RYL LYRON PATAYAN

EMB ICON, Region 13
“FOCUS THE PROGRAM MORE
ON THE YOUTH”
• We must further educate the youth in order to
promote the cleanliness of the air. In the future they
will be the ones that would dictate the policies
revolving around the environment hence they
recommend that the programs should also focus on
the youth in educating and instilling in to their minds
the importance of maintaining a healthful
environment.

RYL LYRON PATAYAN

EMB ICON, Region 13
 MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
• Electric cars have several benefits over conventional internal combust engine automobiles,
reduction of local air pollution, especially in cities, as they do not emit harmful 
tailpipe pollutants such as particulates (soot), volatile organic compounds, hydrocarbons, 
carbon monoxide, ozone, lead, and various oxides of nitrogen.
• Charging a vehicle using renewable energy (e.g., wind power or solar panels) yields very
low carbon footprint-only that to produce and install the generation system.
• Even on a fossil-fueled grid, it's quite feasible for a household with solar panels to produce
enough energy to account for their electric car usage, thus (on average) cancelling out the
emissions of charging the vehicle, whether or not the panel directly charges it.

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