CLEAN WATER ACT

CHAPTER 5
CIVIL LIABILITY/PENAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 27. Prohibited Acts. - The following acts are hereby prohibited:
a) Discharging, depositing or causing to be deposited material of any kind directly or
indirectly into the water bodies or along the margins of any surface water, where, the
same shall be liable to be washed into such surface water, either by tide action or by
storm, floods or otherwise, which could cause water pollution or impede natural flow in
the water body;
b) Discharging, injecting or allowing to seep into the soil or sub-soil any substance in any
form that would pollute groundwater. In the case of geothermal projects, and subject to
the approval of the Department, regulated discharge for short- term activities (e.g. well
testing, flushing, commissioning, venting) and deep re-injection of geothermal liquids
may be allowed: Provided, That safety measures are adopted to prevent the
contamination of the groundwater;
c) Operating facilities that discharge regulated water pollutants without the valid required
permits or after the permit was revoked for any violation of any condition therein;
d) Disposal of potentially infectious medical waste into sea water by vessels unless the
health or safety of individuals on board the vessel is threatened by a great and imminent
peril;
e) Unauthorized transport or dumping into sea waters of sewage sludge or solid waste as
defined under Republic Act No.9003;
f) Transport, dumping or discharge of prohibited chemicals, substances or pollutants
listed under Republic Act No.6969;
g) Operate facilities that discharge or allow to seep, willfully or through gross negligence,
prohibited chemicals, substances or pollutants listed under R. A. No. 6969 into water
bodies or wherein the same shall be liable to be washed into such surface, ground,
coastal, and marine water;
h) Undertaking activities or development and expansion of projects, or operating
wastewater/sewerage facilities in violation of Presidential Decree. No.1586 and its
implementing rules, and regulations;
i) Discharging regulated water pollutants without the valid required discharge permit
pursuant to this Act or after the permit was revoked for any violation of condition therein;

j) Non-compliance of the LGU with the Water Quality Framework and Management Area
Action Plan. In such a case, sanctions shall be imposed on the local government officials
concerned;
k) Refusal to allow entry, inspection and monitoring by the Department in accordance
with this Act;
l) Refusal to allow access by the Department to relevant reports and records in
accordance with this Act;
m) Refusal or failure to submit reports whenever required by the Department in
accordance with this Act;
n) Refusal or failure to designate pollution control officers whenever required by, the
Department in accordance with this Act; and
o) Directly using booster pumps in the distribution system or tampering with the water
supply in such a way as to alter or impair the water quality.

SOLID WASTE ACT

CHAPTER VI
Penal Provisions
Section 48.
Prohibited Acts.

The following acts are prohibited:

(1) Littering, throwing, dumping of waste matters in public places, such as roads,
sidewalks, canals, esteros or parks, and establishment, or causing or
permitting the same;
(2) Undertaking activities or operating, collecting or transporting equipment in
violation of sanitation operation and other requirements or permits set forth in
or established pursuant to this Act;
(3) The open burning of solid waste;
(4) Causing or permitting the collection of non-segregated or unsorted waste;
(5) Squatting in open dumps and landfills;
(6) Open dumping, burying of biodegradable or non-biodegradable materials in
flood-prone areas;
(7) Unauthorized removal of recyclable material intended for collection by
authorized persons;
(8) The mixing of source-separated recyclable material with other solid waste in
any vehicle, box, container or receptacle used in solid waste collection or
disposal;
(9) Establishment or operation of open dumps as enjoined in this Act, or closure
of said dumps in violation of Sec. 37;
(10) The manufacture, distribution or use of non-environmentally acceptable
packaging materials;
(11) Importation of consumer products packaged in non-environmentally
acceptable materials;
(12) Importation of toxic wastes misrepresented as

recyclable

or

with recyclable
content

;
(13) Transport and dumping in bulk of collected domestic, industrial, commercial
and institutional wastes in areas other than centers of facilities prescribed
under this Act;
(14) Site preparation, construction, expansion or operation of waste management
facilities without an Environmental Compliance Certificate required pursuant

to Presidential Decree No. 1586 and this Act and not conforming with the
land use plan of the LGU;
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(15) The construction of any establishment within two hundred (200) meters from
open dumps or controlled dumps or sanitary landfills; and
(16) The construction or operation of landfills or any waste disposal facility on any
aquifer, groundwater reservoir or watershed area and or any portions thereof;

CLEAN AIR ACTS

PROHIBITED ACTS

Section 1. Misfuelling. - In order to prevent the disabling of any emission

control device by lead contamination, no person shall introduce or cause or
allow the introduction of leaded gasoline into any motor vehicle equipped with
a gasoline tank filler inlet and labeled "unleaded gasoline only". This
prohibition shall also apply to any person who knows or should know that such
vehicle is designed solely for the use of unleaded gasoline.
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Section 2. Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Leaded Gasoline and of Engines

and/or Components, Requiring Leaded Gasoline. - Effective December 23, 2000 no
person shall manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, introduce into
commerce, convey or otherwise dispose of, in any manner leaded gasoline and
engines and components requiring the use of leaded gasoline.
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Section 3. Manufacture, Import and Sale of Fuels Not According to Legally

Prescribed Specifications. - The manufacture, importation and sale of fuels
which do not meet the specifications prescribed in these Rules and Regulations
or which may be prescribed by the DOE in the future is prohibited, except
where the fuel is intended for export to a country which allows fuel
specifications lower than are prescribed in the Philippines.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE ACT

Section 13.
Prohibited Acts. The following acts and omissions shall be considered
unlawful:
a) Knowingly use in chemical substance or mixture which is imported, manufactured,
processed or distributed in violation of this Act or implementing rules and
regulations or orders;
b) Failure or refusal to submit reports, notices or on the information, access to
records as required by this Act, or permit inspection of establishment where
chemicals are manufactured, processed, stored or otherwise held;
c) Failure or refusal to comply with the pre-manufacture and pre-importation
requirements; and
d) Cause, aid or facilitate, directly or indirectly, in the storage, importation or bringing
into Philippine territory, including its maritime economic zones, even in transit,
either by means of land, air or sea transportation or otherwise keeping in storage
any amount of hazardous and nuclear wastes in any part of the Philippin