QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 2001)
The policy is to eliminate the use of tetraethyl lead (TEL) in gasoline to protect and safeguard public health against lead poisoning, and to use ethanol instead.
Ethanol blending should begin with a 5% blend and gradually increase up to a maximum of 20%. The maximum blend should be attained as soon as practicable but not later than 5 years from the effectivity of the Decree.
The Philippine National Alcohol Commission (PNAC), under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is directed to immediately draw up the National Ethanol Program.
PNAC is responsible for implementing the National Ethanol Program and preparing the implementing rules and regulations therefor.
The Ministry of Energy must implement a program consistent with PNAC rules to cause oil companies operating in the Philippines to blend ethanol with gasoline, leading to the phase-out of lead in gasoline.
It directs the National Pollution Control Commission (NPCC) to coordinate with PNAC in establishing standards for permissible lead content in emissions of all types of motor vehicles and to enforce those standards.
The Ministry of Health must monitor on a regular basis the incidence of lead poisoning and recommend or take remedial measures to counteract adverse effects.
The National Pollution Control Commission (NPCC).
NPCC must coordinate with PNAC in establishing standards for permissible lead content in motor vehicle emissions; PNCC then enforces those standards.
Yes. The Decree requires the National Ethanol Program to include establishing alcohol distilleries in appropriate locations throughout the country, with preferential emphasis on sugar central districts.
They cite that TEL is poisonous, contributes to lead poisoning via exhaust particulates, leads to soil contamination, lead pollution is serious, urban children exceed tolerable limits, and ethanol can replace TEL while improving octane and can be locally produced efficiently from sugar cane.
It is expected to produce an additional benefit for the sugar industry by providing a new market for locally produced sugar-cane-derived ethanol during depressed world sugar prices.
All laws, decrees, executive orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations (or parts thereof) inconsistent with the Decree are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
It takes effect immediately.
It states it is issued by virtue of the powers vested in the President by the Constitution.