QuestionsQuestions (DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2013-22)
DAO No. 2013-22 cites Republic Act (RA) No. 6969 (Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990), Executive Order (EO) No. 192 (s. 1987), and DENR Administrative Order No. 2004-36.
The State policy is to regulate, restrict, or prohibit specified activities involving chemical substances and mixtures that pose unreasonable risk to health or the environment; to prohibit entry (even in transit) and disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes in Philippine territorial limits; and to advance research on toxic chemicals and hazardous/nuclear wastes.
It aims (1) to develop and present important aspects of Title III of DENR DAO 92-29 for generators, transporters, and treaters into a useful reference document; and (2) to streamline procedures for hazardous waste generation and compliance with legal and technical requirements in light of developments.
It states that DAO 2013-22 revises specified provisions of DENR DAO 2002-36, covering definitions, classification, roles of generators and transporters, facilities for treatment/storage/disposal, storage and labeling, transport record, contingency program, training, import/export aspects, prohibited acts and penalties, monitoring, and schedule of fees.
The identified chapters are: (1) Definition of Terms; (2) Classification of Hazardous Wastes; (3) Waste Generators; (4) Waste Transporters; (5) Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities; (6) Storage and Labeling; (7) Waste Transport Record; (8) Contingency Program; (9) Personnel Training; (10) Import of Recyclable Materials Containing Hazardous Substances and Export of Hazardous Wastes; (11) Prohibited Acts and Penalties; (12) Monitoring; and (13) Schedule of Fees.
The Revised Procedural Manual is appended and forms an integral part of the Order, containing detailed requirements and procedures for hazardous waste management.
If any section or provision of the rules or the manual is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions continue in force as if the invalidated parts had never been included.
It provides that all rules and regulations or parts thereof, or pertinent laws inconsistent with DAO No. 2013-22 are revised, amended, modified, and/or superseded as the case may be by the Order.
It states that these Rules and Regulations and the Revised Procedural Manual may be amended and/or modified from time to time by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation and upon acknowledgment of receipt of a copy by the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR).
It emphasizes prohibition of entry of hazardous and nuclear wastes even in transit and their disposal within Philippine territorial limits for whatever purpose.
Because DAO 2013-22 aims to ensure that key requirements under Title III for hazardous waste generators, transporters, and treaters are developed and presented in a practical information/reference document.
Hazardous waste generators, transporters, and treaters (as covered by Title III of DENR DAO 92-29).
It indicates that DAO No. 2013-22 (through the revised manual) also addresses administrative/financial requirements by revising the schedule of fees related to hazardous waste management.
The revised coverage includes a Contingency Program (Chapter 8) and Personnel Training (Chapter 9), indicating requirements for emergency preparedness and staff competence.
It includes a Waste Transport Record (Chapter 7), which relates to documenting hazardous waste transport activities.