Philippine Environment Code
PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT CODE
Presidential Decree No. 1152
OVERVIEW
• Enacted on June 6, 1977 in the City of Manila by President Ferdinand E. Marcos • The Philippine Environmental Code is a body of laws settling forth management policies and prescribing quality standards for the environment in its totality. • Provided a comprehensive program of environmental protection and management. The Code established specific environment management policies and prescribes environmental quality standards.
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
The purposes of this Title are: a. to achieve and maintain such levels of air quality as to protect public health; and b. to prevent to the greatest extent practicable, injury and/or damage to plant and animal life and property, and promote the social economic development of the country.
STANDARDS
Ambient Air Quality Standards • There shall be established ambient air quality standards which shall prescribe the maximum concentration of air pollutants permissible in the atmosphere consistent with public health, safety and general welfare.
National Emission Standards • There shall be established national emission standards for new and existing stationary and mobile sources of pollution which shall consider among others such factors as type of industry, practicable control technology available, location and land use, and the nature of pollutants emitted. Community Noise Standards • Appropriate standards for community noise levels shall be established considering, among others, location, zoning and land use classification
Aircraft Emission and Sonic Booms • Appropriate government agencies shall encourage research studies on the harmful effects of aircraft emissions in the environment in order to establish permissible emission standards. • Research and studies shall also be undertaken to mitigate and/or minimize the effects of sonic booms in the environment.
REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Air Quality and Noise Standards • National Pollution Control
Presidential Decree No. 1152
OVERVIEW
• Enacted on June 6, 1977 in the City of Manila by President Ferdinand E. Marcos • The Philippine Environmental Code is a body of laws settling forth management policies and prescribing quality standards for the environment in its totality. • Provided a comprehensive program of environmental protection and management. The Code established specific environment management policies and prescribes environmental quality standards.
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
The purposes of this Title are: a. to achieve and maintain such levels of air quality as to protect public health; and b. to prevent to the greatest extent practicable, injury and/or damage to plant and animal life and property, and promote the social economic development of the country.
STANDARDS
Ambient Air Quality Standards • There shall be established ambient air quality standards which shall prescribe the maximum concentration of air pollutants permissible in the atmosphere consistent with public health, safety and general welfare.
National Emission Standards • There shall be established national emission standards for new and existing stationary and mobile sources of pollution which shall consider among others such factors as type of industry, practicable control technology available, location and land use, and the nature of pollutants emitted. Community Noise Standards • Appropriate standards for community noise levels shall be established considering, among others, location, zoning and land use classification
Aircraft Emission and Sonic Booms • Appropriate government agencies shall encourage research studies on the harmful effects of aircraft emissions in the environment in order to establish permissible emission standards. • Research and studies shall also be undertaken to mitigate and/or minimize the effects of sonic booms in the environment.
REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Air Quality and Noise Standards • National Pollution Control