Consistent with the continuing effort of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to strengthen the implementation of Republic Act No. 6969 otherwise known as the "Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990 and pursuant to Section 7 of Executive Order No. 192 series of 1987, Department Administrative Order No. 29 series of 1992 is hereby revised and a Procedural Manual is hereby specifically developed for Title III (DAO 92-29) "Hazardous Waste Management".
SECTION 1. Basic Policy - It is the policy of the State to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the environment; to prohibit the entry, even in transit, of hazardous and nuclear wastes and their disposal into Philippine territorial limits for whatever purpose; and to provide advancement and facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals and hazardous and nuclear wastes.
SECTION 2. Objectives - This Administrative Order shall have the following objectives:
a. ensure that the important aspects of Title III of DENR Administrative Order 92-29, particularly the requirements for hazardous waste generators, transporters and treaters are developed and presented in a useful information/reference document for various stakeholders;
b. further streamline procedures for generation and compliance to the legal and technical requirements for hazardous waste management in the light of recent developments.
SECTION 3. Scope and Coverage - These Implementing Rules and Regulations shall revise pertinent provisions of Title III- Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes of DENR Administrative Order 29 series of 1992 such as:
1. Classification of Hazardous Wastes
| (Sec. 25) |
| 2. Waste Generators | (Sec. 26) |
| 3. Waste Transporters | (Sec. 27) |
| 4. Waste Transport Record | (Sec. 28) |
| 5. Hazardous Waste Storage and Labeling | (Sec. 29) |
| 6. Waste Treatment and Disposal Premises | (Sec. 30) |
| 7. Import and Export of Hazardous Substance | (Sec. 31) |
| 8. Prescribed Fees for Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes | (Sec. 38) |
| 9. Administrative Violations and Fines | (Sec. 43) |
A Procedural Manual prescribing detailed requirements and procedures for hazardous waste management is hereby appended and forms an integral part of this IRR.
SECTION 4. Separability Clause - If any section or provision of these Rules and Regulations is held or declared unconstitutional or invalid by a competent court, the other sections or provisions hereof shall continue to be in force as if the sections or provisions so annulled or voided had never been incorporated herein.
SECTION 5. Repealing Clause - All Rules and Regulations or parts of said rules and regulations of pertinent laws inconsistent with these Rules and Regulations are hereby revised, amended, modified and/or superseded as the case may be by these Rules and Regulations.
SECTION 6. Amendments - These Rules and Regulations may be amended and/or modified from time to time by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
SECTION 7. Effectivity - These Rules and Regulations shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its publication in a newspaper of general publication and acknowledgement of receipt by the Office of the National Administrative Register.
Adopted: 31 Aug. 2004
(SGD.) ELISEA G. GOZUN
Secretary
