Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by HON. GUS S. TAMBUNTING 
AN ACT 
REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN THE 
PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Environmental Engineering is not new in the field of engineering and it has been practiced in the 
Philippines for more than four decades. Despite this, the Philippines is yet to embrace the promise 
of professionalizing the practice of Environmental Engineering. Environmental Engineering is the 
application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment to provide healthy 
water, air, and land for human habitation and other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites. 
Environmental engineers are actively involved in the design of systems and processes used for 
pollution control and mitigation. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of treatment processes 
are investigated and developed. 
Considering the worldwide threat of climate change due to human-induced activities and the 
country’s need to strive towards economic growth while sustaining the environment, there is a 
growing concern to adopt policies that give the right balance on both.  
In this light, this bill seeks to professionalize and regulate the practice of environmental 
engineering in the Philippines to advance the cause of a balanced and healthful environment amid 
industrial and economic growth. 
On behalf of the people of Parañaque City’s Second District, and for the common good of the 
Filipino people, the approval of the said measure is earnestly sought. 
REP. GUS S. TAMBUNTING 
2nd District, Parañaque City 
September 2, 2022
8:00 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by HON. GUS S. TAMBUNTING 
AN ACT 
REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN THE 
PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in congress 
assembled. 
ARTICLE I 
TITLE, DECLARATION OF STATE POLICY, COVERAGE, 
DEFINITION OF TERMS, AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE 
SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “Environmental Engineering Law of the 
Philippines.”  
SEC 2. Declaration of Policy. The State recognizes the importance of environmental engineers, 
environmental engineering technologists, and environmental engineering technicians in nation 
building and development. As such, it is hereby declared the policy of the State to recognize, 
promote, strengthen and regulate the practice of the environmental engineering profession in the 
Philippines by instituting measures that will result in relevant environmental engineering 
education and enhanced roles, and better career prospects for environmental engineering 
practitioners. The State shall develop and nurture competent, productive, and well-rounded 
environmental engineering practitioners whose standard of professional practice and service shall 
be excellent, world-class, and globally competitive through regulatory measures, programs, and 
activities.  
SEC. 3 Coverage. This Act shall cover the following aspects of the practice of the environmental 
engineering profession: 
a) Examination, registration, and licensure of environmental engineering practitioners,
b) Regulation, supervision, and control of the practice of environmental engineering;
c) Development. upgrading, and updating the curriculum of environmental engineering,
environmental engineering technology, and environmental engineering technician
professions, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and higher
educational institutions (HEIs)and other stakeholders,
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d) Development and improvement of the professional competence and practice of
environmental engineering practitioners through, among others, continuing professional
development (CPD); and
e) Creation of relevant positions for environmental engineers, environmental engineering
technologists, and environmental engineering technicians, and such other positions which
require the knowledge and services of environmental engineering practitioners in all levels
of local government units, relevant National Government Agencies, and instrumentalities,
including government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) as well as in industries,
private establishments, firms, corporations, and institutions.
SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. As used in this Act 
a) Air Pollution Control Engineering refers to a branch of Environmental Engineering in which
scientific and engineering concepts and principles are applied to control air pollutant
emissions, their generation, and release from a source, their transport and transformation
in and removal from the atmosphere, and their effects on human beings, materials, and
ecosystems. It covers monitoring and correction of air pollution problems originating from
relatively small areas, such as an industrial park impacted by one or more emission sources
to those from large areas, such as urban areas impacted by several sources and a variety
of contaminants. The overall goal is to improve ambient air quality, to healthy
environmental quality, and protect property and public health;
b) Air pollution engineering refers to a branch of environmental engineering concerned with
the control of pollutants, their generation and release from a source, their transport, and
transformation in and removal from the atmosphere and their effects on human beings,
materials. and ecosystems;
c) Climate Change Adaptation refers to the adjustment in natural or human systems in
response to actual or expected climactic stimuli or their effects which moderates harm or
exploits beneficial opportunities;
d) Disaster refers to a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society
involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts,
which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its resources;
e) Disaster Mitigation refers to the lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards
and related disasters. Mitigation measures encompass engineering techniques and
hazard-resistant construction as well as improved environmental policies and public
awareness, land use planning, and climate change.
f)
Disaster Risk Management refers to the systematic process of using administrative
directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies,
policies, and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards
and the possibility of disaster;
g) Disaster Risk Reduction refers to the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks
through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including
through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise
management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse
events;


h) Environmental Engineer refers to an environmental engineering practitioner duly 
registered with the Board and the Commission to practice environmental engineering as 
defined in this Act; 
i) Environmental Engineering encompasses the application of science and engineering 
principles to protect and improve the environment, including the air, water, and land 
resources, to provide safe water, air, and land for human habitation and other organisms, 
and to rehabilitate polluted sites, solid waste management, environmental impact 
assessment. environmental risk assessment and management, atmospheric pollution 
abatement; noise pollution abatement: conservation and protection of water resources, 
classification of water; protection of watersheds, and management of toxic and hazardous 
substances and radiological pollution The ultimate goal of environmental engineering is 
the protection of human populations from the effects of adverse environmental factors 
and the protection of environments, both local and global, from potentially deleterious 
effects of natural and human activities. 
j) Environmental Engineering Technologist refers to an environmental engineering 
practitioner duly registered with the Board and the Commission whose competence lies in 
the application of environmental engineering technologies. Environmental engineering 
technologists shall be graduates of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering 
Technology or its equivalent conferred by a school, academy, college, or university in the 
Philippines or abroad which is recognized by the CHED. An environmental technologist 
shall also refer to a sanitary inspector with civil service eligibility; 
k) Environmental Engineering Management refers to an entire spectrum of activities covering 
environmental impact assessment (EIA). Water quality management, ambient air quality 
management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction and 
management. and other programs and strategies to maintain a safe and healthy 
environment and protect public health; 
l) Environmental Engineering Technician refers to an environmental engineering practitioner 
duly registered with the Board and the Commission whose role is to apply established 
methods or techniques of environmental engineering. An environmental engineering 
technician shall be a graduate of associate or certificate programs for environmental 
engineering technicians offered by a school, academy, college, or university in the 
Philippines or abroad which is recognized by the CHED. An environmental engineering 
technician shall also refer to a sanitary inspector; 
m) Environmental Health and Safety Engineering refer to the branch of Environmental 
Engineering in which scientific and engineering concepts and principles are applied to the 
examination of indoor and outdoor environmental quality and conditions to identify. 
monitor evaluate and eliminate or control hazards that expose people, in the environment 
or property to danger; 
n) Environmental Impact Assessment refers to the process that involves predicting and 
evaluating the likely impacts of a project including cumulative impacts on the environment 
during construction, commissioning, operation, and abandonment. It also includes 
designing appropriate preventive, mitigating, and enhancement measures addressing 
these consequences to protect the environment and the community's welfare; 


o) Hazardous Wastes refers to those wastes defined and designated as hazardous wastes by 
Republic Act No. 6969, otherwise known as the “Toxic Substances and Hazardous and 
Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990”; 
p) Noise pollution control engineering refers to a branch of environmental engineering that 
is concerned with the control of the generation and propagation of environmental 
noise/sound that impact negatively on flora and fauna; 
q) Radioactive and Nuclear Waste Management refers to the branch of Environmental 
Engineering in which the basic principles of science and engineering are applied to 
responsible mining milling. processing, refining of radioactive materials, and disposal of 
any material that contains or is contaminated with radionuclides at concentrations or 
activities greater than the clearance levels as established by the Philippine Nuclear 
Research Institute (PNRI), and for which no use is foreseen; 
r) Sanitary Engineer refers to a person duly registered with the Board of Sanitary Engineering 
and the Commission as provided in R.A. 1364, otherwise known as the "Sanitary 
Engineering Law;" 
s) Sanitary Engineering refers to a branch of Environmental Engineering that covers the 
control of all factors in man's physical environment that adversely affect human life health 
and safety. It focuses on the identification and prevention of transmission of diseases 
through the control of physical aspects of the environment including food, water, air, 
refuse, soil, insects, and vermin, and also the control of domestic and personal hygiene 
practices Specific activities include sanitation of establishments, institutions and public 
places, insect and vermin control; industrial hygiene; nuisance abatement healthful 
lighting and ventilation; emergency water supply and sanitation; environmental health 
impact assessment; disposal of dead persons. water supply system design and 
management of both potable and used water and inclusive of those in 
buildings/structures; food sanitation; and other engineering services related to the 
protection of public health and welfare; 
t) Sanitary Inspector refers to a person performing the duties ascribed to an environmental 
engineering technologist or technician in this Act; 
u) Sanitary Utilities for Buildings refers to the water supply distribution system, sanitary 
drainage system, wastewater recycling, and reuse, storm drainage system. and 
wastewater treatment facility in buildings; 
v) Sanitary Utilities in Buildings refers to the water supply systems, sanitary and storm 
systems as well as fire protection systems in buildings; 
w) Site Remediation refers to a branch of Environmental Engineering in which scientific and 
engineering concepts and principles are applied to environmental quality investigation to 
characterize the concentrations and locations of contaminants in the soil and groundwater, 
the condition of risk assessment to estimate the health hazards of the contamination to 
humans and the ecosystem, and strategies to clean-up site and return it to safe utilization; 
x) Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering and Management refers to a branch of 
Environmental Engineering in which scientific and engineering concepts and principles are 
applied to the management of municipal solid and hazardous wastes to protect human 
health and the environment and the conservation of limited resources through resource 
recovery and recycling of waste materials. It covers research. siting, design, operation, 
and maintenance, monitoring, evaluation, and upgrading of facilities and related support 


structures including the functional elements for the control of the generation, 
characterization, onsite storage, collection, segregation, transfer, transport, processing, 
and recovery, recycling and ultimate disposal of waste materials in a manner that is in 
accord with the best principles of public health, economics, engineering, conservation, 
aesthetics, and other environmental considerations; 
y) Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste Management refers to the process which involves 
reducing the amount of hazardous substances produced, treating hazardous wastes to 
reduce their toxicity, and applying sound engineering controls to reduce or eliminate 
exposures to these wastes; 
z) Water Supply Engineering refers to a branch of Environmental Engineering concerned with 
the scientific principles and analysis of water supply systems; development of sources of 
water supply; quality assessment, collection and treatment of water from sources to 
drinking water, municipal water works, storm waters, groundwater, surface water, rain 
water, seawaters desalination, filtration systems and water re-use applications, Water 
quality criteria and standards and their relation to public health, environment and urban 
water cycle; Water quality concepts and their effect on treatment process selection: 
operation and maintenance of water supply systems evaluation of project alternatives on 
basis of chosen selection criteria for drinking water;  
aa) Water supply engineering within a watershed context to evaluate the water balance within 
a watershed management of watershed environment, determine the available water 
supply, the water needed for various needs in that watershed, the seasonal cycles of water 
movement through the watershed and development of the systems to store treat, and 
convey water for various uses; Design and rehabilitate raw water abstraction. transport, 
treatment and distribution processes and systems, Water supply and treatment to secure 
water supplies for potable and domestic use Provisions of potable water supply where 
water is treated to minimize risk of infectious disease transmittal, risk of non-infectious 
illness, and create a palatable water flavor that meet various end-user needs such as 
domestic use; 
bb) Water Quality Management refers to the protection and improvement of the physical, 
chemical, biological, microbiological, and radiological quality of water to maintain its most 
beneficial use; and 
cc) Wastewater Engineering refers to a branch of Environmental Engineering in which the 
basic principles of science and engineering are applied to the problems of water pollution 
control. It covers wastewater characterization, analysis and determination of waste water 
flow rates and constituent loadings, as well as physical, chemical, and biological treatment 
processes, and design, wastewater treatment plant residuals management, and other 
issues related to wastewater treatment plant performance and wastewater disposal. 
 
SEC. 5. Scope of Practice. The practice of environmental engineering practitioners shall include 
the following. 
 
a) Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering; 
b) Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering; 
c) Air Quality and Noise Pollution Control Engineering; 
d) Sanitary Engineering including Sanitary Utilities for Buildings; 
e) Site Remediation; 


f) Environmental Health and Safety Engineering; and 
g) Environmental Engineering Management which covers Environmental Impact Assessment 
(EIA), Water Quality Management, Ambient Air Quality Management, Climate Change 
Adaptation and Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, and other programs 
and strategies to maintain a safe and healthy environment and protect public health. 
 
1) Environmental Engineer shall perform the following: 
 
a. Provide consultation services on environmental engineering; 
b. Plan, design, approve, investigate, evaluate, supervise, and monitor environmental 
engineering processes. facilities including sanitary utilities in buildings, and other 
related projects; 
c. Develop implement, and manage programs for waste minimization and recycling, 
resource recovery, cleaner production, pollution abatement and mitigation, 
polluted sites remediation, and other relevant environmental strategies; 
d. Conduct research on environmental problems, including current and emerging 
contaminants, pollutants, and public health issues, and create and design 
innovative solutions. 
e. Teach courses in environmental engineering and allied programs and serve as a 
resource person; and 
f. Prepare and certify technical and environmental reports for compliance to 
environmental laws and regulations. 
 
2) Environmental Engineering Technologist shall perform the following services under the 
supervision of an environmental engineer: 
 
a. Conduct laboratory and field works pertaining to environmental engineering 
projects and undertakings, 
b. Recommend the issuance of environmental and other related permits. clearances, 
or licenses, including discharge permits, permit to operate air pollution source and 
control installations, sanitary permits, and 
c. Assist environmental engineers in the practice of the profession. 
 
3) Environmental Engineering Technician shall perform the following services under the 
supervision of an environmental engineer and environmental engineering technologist, 
or both: 
 
a. Conduct inspection, investigation, and sampling in pollution control facilities, 
sanitary utilities in buildings, public places and establishments and ambient 
environment (ambient air, water bodies, land), 
b. Perform well-defined functions related to the practice of environmental 
engineering as directed by an environmental engineer and/or environmental 
engineering technologist and 
c. Prepare reports and correspondence pertaining to their activities. 
 


ARTICLE II 
BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 
 
SEC. 6. Creation and Composition of the Board. There is hereby created a Professional 
Regulatory Board of Environmental Engineering, hereinafter referred to as the Board, under the 
administrative supervision and control of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), herein 
referred to as the Commission. The Board shall consist of a Chairperson and four (4) Members: 
 
a) The Chairperson and two (2) members shall be responsible for the environmental 
engineering licensure examinations, whereas, the Chairperson and the remaining fourth 
(4th) and fifth (5th) members shall be responsible for the environmental engineering 
technologists and environmental engineering technicians examinations. 
b) The Chairperson and members of the Board shall be appointed by the President of the 
Philippines upon the recommendation of the Commission, from a list of at least three (3) 
nominees for each position who shall be endorsed by the duly accredited integrated 
professional organization (AIPO) of the environmental engineering practitioners in the 
Philippines. 
 
SEC. 7. Terms of Office. The Chairperson and members of the Board shall hold office for a term 
of three (3) years from the date of appointment, or until their successors shall have been 
appointed or qualified. They may, however, be reappointed for only a second term as may be 
recommended by the Commission and the AIPO of the environmental engineering practitioners. 
Each member shall qualify by taking an oath of office before entering the performance of the 
duties. Vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the President of the Philippines, from the list of 
candidates endorsed by the Commission who were chosen and recommended from the list of 
nominees submitted by the AIPO of the environmental engineering practitioners, but for the 
unexpired term only. At the expiration of the term or removal of the Board Chairperson, the most 
senior of the Board member shall temporarily assume and perform the duties and functions of 
the Chairperson, until a permanent one is appointed by the President.  
 
SEC. 8. Qualifications and Disqualifications of the Members of the Board. A member of 
the Board at the time of the appointment, shall possess the following qualifications: 
 
a) Must be a Filipino citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at least five (5) years: 
b) At least thirty-five (35) years of age, of good moral character, and of proven integrity in 
the personal and professional conduct; 
c) Holds a degree of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering or Bachelor of Science 
in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering (BSEnSe) or Bachelor of Science in Sanitary 
Engineering (BSSE) from a university, school, college, academy or institute in the 
Philippines that is recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED); Provided, 
That the Chairperson must preferably be a holder of a Master's or a doctorate degree in 
Environmental Engineering; 
d) A registered Environmental Engineer with a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant 
experience; 
e) Must neither be an official nor a faculty member nor shall have pecuniary interest in any 
university, college, school or institution conferring bachelor's degree in environmental 


engineering for at least three (3) years prior to the appointment. A person must not be 
connected with a review center, or with any group or association which offers or conducts 
review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examinations, at the time of the 
appointment and during the incumbency as chairperson or member of the Board. 
f) Must not be an incumbent officer of the AIPO of the environmental engineering 
practitioners within a period of three (3) years prior to nomination: and 
g) Must not have been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude. 
 
SEC. 9. Compensation and Allowances. The Chairperson and members of the Board shall 
receive compensation and allowances comparable to those being received by the chairpersons 
and members of existing Boards under the Commission as provided for in the General 
Appropriations Act. 
 
SEC. 10. Powers, Functions, and Responsibilities of the Board. The Board shall exercise 
the following powers, functions and responsibilities: 
 
a) To promulgate the implementing rules and regulations necessary in carrying out the 
provisions of this Act; 
b) To regulate the registration, licensure and the practice of environmental engineering, in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act: 
c) To issue the certificate of registration and professional identification cards to successful 
registrants: 
d) To administer oaths in accordance with the provisions of this Act: 
e) To issue special temporary permit to qualified foreign environmental engineering 
practitioners, who may be authorized by existing laws to practice environmental 
engineering in the Philippines for a specific project and duration of time only; 
f) To monitor the conditions affecting the practice of the environmental engineering 
profession and, whenever necessary, adopt such measures deemed proper for the 
enhancement of the profession and the maintenance of high professional technical and 
ethical standards; 
g) To hear and investigate cases arising from violations of this Act, its Implementing Rules 
and Regulations (IRR), Code of Ethics administrative policies, orders and issuances 
promulgated by the Board. For this purpose, the Board shall issue subpoena ad 
testificandum and/or subpoena duces tecum to secure the attendance of the respondents 
or witnesses and the production of documents relative to the investigation conducted by 
the Board, 
h) To hear and investigate cases filed before the Board where the issue or question strictly 
concerns the practice of the professions. in which case, the hearing shall be presided over 
by at least one (1) member of the Board assisted by a Legal or Hearing Officer of the 
Commission; 
i) To conduct, through the Legal Officers of the Commission, summary proceeding on minor 
violations of this Act, its IRR, including the general instructions to examinees, and render 
summary judgment thereon, which, unless appealed to the Commission. shall become 
final and executory after fifteen (15) days from the receipt of the decision; 


j) To suspend, revoke, reissue, or reinstate the certificate of registration and professional 
identification card or special temporary permit for causes provided by this law; 
k) To prepare, adopt, and issue the syllabi or Tables of Specifications (TOS) of the subjects 
for examination, in consultation with the academe: determine and prepare the questions 
for the licensure examinations which shall strictly be within the scope of the syllabus or 
table of specifications of the subjects for examination; score and rate the examination 
papers and submit the results In all subjects duly signed by the members of the Board to 
the Commission within thirty (30) days from the last day of examination, unless extended 
for a justifiable cause, and subject to the approval of the Commission; 
l) To prescribe and adopt a Code of Ethics for Environmental Engineers, Environmental 
Engineering Technologists, and Environmental Engineering Technicians in consultation 
with the AIPO; 
m) To prescribe guidelines in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program and 
to create the CPD Council with the objective of providing and ensuring the continuous 
development of all environmental engineering practitioners: 
n) To adopt an official seal of the Board; and 
o) To perform other functions and duties as may be necessary to implement this Act. 
 
The policies, resolutions, rules, and regulations issued or promulgated by the Board shall be 
subject to review and approval of the Commission. However, the Board's decisions, resolutions 
and orders rendered in administrative cases shall be subject to review only if on appeal. 
 
SEC. 11. Annual Report. The Board shall, at the end of each calendar year, submit to the 
Commission a detailed report of its activities and proceedings during the year embodying also 
such recommendations as it may deem proper to promote the policies and objectives of this Act.  
 
SEC. 12. Removal of Board Members. The President, upon recommendation of the 
Commission, may remove any member of the Board on the following grounds: neglect of duty, 
incompetence, malpractice, tolerance of irregularities in the examinations, or for unprofessional, 
unethical, or dishonorable conduct, after having been given the opportunity to defend oneself in 
a proper administrative investigation. 
 
ARTICLE Ill 
LICENSURE, REGISTRATION AND PRACTICE 
OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 
 
SEC. 13. Examination Requirement. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, all 
applicants for registration for the practice of environmental engineering shall be required to pass 
a written technical examination which shall be given at such times and places as may be 
determined by the Commission.  
 
SEC. 14. Qualifications of Applicants for the Environmental Engineers Licensure 
Examinations. An applicant for the licensure examination for environmental engineer shall 
establish to the satisfaction of the Board that the following qualifications are met: 
 
a) A citizen of the Philippines or of a foreign country that has a policy on reciprocity for the 
practice of environmental engineering with the Philippines; 


b) Has a good reputation and good moral values; 
c) Has not been convicted by the court of any offense involving moral turpitude; and 
d) Holds a Bachelor's degree in Science of Environmental Engineering from a university, 
college, academy or institute, duly constituted and recognized by the CHED 
e) Subject to the evaluation of the Board, the following may be allowed to take the 
Environmental Engineering Board Examinations within seven (7) years upon the effectivity 
of this Act: 
f) A holder of a degree in ecological and environmental engineering, sanitary engineering, 
environmental and sanitary engineering, or sanitary and public health engineering from a 
recognized and legally constituted school, college, or university in the Philippines; 
g) A holder of a degree in any field of engineering plus a Master's Degree in Environmental 
Engineering from a recognized and legally constituted school, college or university in the 
Philippines; and 
h) A holder of a degree in any field of engineering from a recognized and legally constituted 
school, college or university in the Philippines, with at least two (2) years of environmental 
engineering experience. 
 
SEC. 15. Qualifications of Applicants for the Environmental Engineering Technologists 
Licensure Examination. An applicant for the licensure examination for environmental 
engineering technologists shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board that the following 
qualifications are met: 
 
a) A citizen of the Philippines or of a foreign country that has a policy on reciprocity for the 
practice of environmental engineering with the Philippines; 
 
SEC. 20. Issuance of Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Card. 
The Board and the Commission shall issue a certificate of registration to a registrant who has met 
all the requirements for registration under this Act. The certificate of registration shall bear the 
full name of the registrant, the signatures of the Chairperson of the Commission and all members 
of the Board, and the official seals of the Board and the Commission. The certificate of registration 
shall be the evidence that the person named therein is entitled to practice the environmental 
engineering, environmental engineering technology, or environmental engineering technician 
profession, as the case may be, with all the privileges appurtenant thereto.  
A professional identification card indicating the registration number, and dates of its issuance and 
expiry, duly signed by the Commission Chairperson, shall likewise be issued to a successful 
registrant. The professional identification card shall be renewed every three (3) years, subject to 
compliance with the requirements as may be prescribed by the Board and the Commission.  
 
SEC. 21 Registration without Examination. Within the periods specified below, the Board 
shall issue certificates of registration and professional identification cards to the following qualified 
persons without examination: Provided That the persons possess the following qualifications as 
validated by the Board: 
 
1) Environmental Engineers must satisfy the following requirements: 
a) Hold a degree in ecological and environmental engineering, environmental 
engineering, sanitary engineering, environmental and sanitary engineering, or 
sanitary or public health engineering, with at least five (5) years of environmental 


engineering experience; or a degree in any field of engineering plus a master’s 
degree in environmental engineering from a recognized and legally constituted 
school, college or university in the Philippines, with at least three (3) years of 
environmental engineering experience; or a degree in engineering and a doctorate 
degree in environmental engineering from a recognized and legally constituted 
school, college or university in the Philippines. 
 
This provision may be exercised within seven (7) years after the effectivity of this 
Act. 
 
2) Environmental Engineering Technologists must satisfy the following requirements: 
a) Employed as pollution control officers or environmental management specialists or 
employed with a permanent status as a Sanitary Inspector or Sanitarian at the 
Department of Health (DOH) or other local government agencies. 
b) With ten years’ experience; and 
c) Baccalaureate degree 
3) Environmental Engineering Technicians must satisfy the following requirements: 
a) Employed with permanent status as a Sanitary Inspector or Sanitarian at the 
Department of Health (DOH) or other local government agencies for at least ten 
(10) years; and 
b) With appropriate civil service eligibility. 
Provided further, That qualified Environmental Engineering Practitioners shall register 
within two (2) years after the effectivity of this Act. 
 
SEC. 22. Foreign Reciprocity. No foreigner shall be admitted to the licensure examination, or 
be given a certificate of registration and professional identification card, or be entitled to any of 
the rights and privileges under this Act, unless the requirements for the registration or licensing 
in said foreign country or state are substantially the same as those required and contemplated 
by the laws of the Philippines, and that the laws of such foreign country or state specifically 
permits Filipino environmental engineering practitioners to practice within its territorial limits on 
the same basis as the subjects or citizens of such foreign country or State: 
 
a) Has a good reputation and good moral values: 
b) A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Technology; 
c) Has not been convicted by the court of any offense involving moral turpitude; and 
d) Is in good health. 
 
SEC. 16. Qualifications of Applicants for the Environmental Engineering Technicians 
Licensure Examination. An applicant for the licensure examination for environmental 
engineering technicians shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board that the following 
qualifications are met: 
 
a) A citizen of the Philippines or of a foreign country which has a policy on reciprocity for the 
practice of environmental engineering with the Philippines; 
b) Has a good reputation and good moral values, 


c) Is an Associate of or holds a Certificate in Environmental Engineering, or finished two 
years of the prescribed curriculum for BSEnE. 
d) Has not been convicted by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude; and 
e) Is in good health. 
 
SEC. 17. Subjects of the Environmental Engineering Licensure Examination. Unless 
modified by the Board and the Commission, the Environmental Engineering. Environmental 
Engineering Technologists and Environmental Engineering Technicians Licensure Examination 
shall cover the following subjects: 
a) Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering; 
b) Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering; 
c) Air Quality and Noise Pollution Control Engineering; 
d) Sanitary Engineering including Sanitary Utilities for Buildings; 
e) Site Remediation; 
f) Environmental Health and Safety Engineering; and 
g) Environmental Engineering Management - covers Environmental Impact Assessment, 
Water Quality Management, Ambient Air Quality Management, Climate Change Adaptation 
and Mitigation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, and other programs and 
strategies to maintain safe and healthy environment, and to protect public health. 
 
The Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, may amend or revise the subjects, the 
syllabi, and the system and procedure in the Environmental Engineering, Environmental 
Engineering Technologists and Environmental Engineering Technicians Licensure Examination 
 
SEC. 18. Rating in the Licensure Examination. To be qualified as having passed the 
Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering Technologists and Environmental 
Engineering Technicians Licensure Examination, a candidate must obtain a weighted general 
average of at least seventy percent (70%), with no grade lower than fifty percent (50%) in any 
given subject. However, an examinee who obtains a weighted general average rating of seventy 
percent (70%) or higher, but obtains a rating below fifty percent (50%) in any given subject, 
must retake the examination in the subject or subjects where the grade obtained is below fifty 
percent (50%).  
 
An examinee who fails to pass the examination for the third (3rd) time shall be allowed to take 
another examination only after the lapse of one (1) year from the last examination taken and 
after having completed a refresher course in a government-recognized institution. 
 
SEC. 19. Oath of Environmental Engineering Practitioner. All successful registrants, with 
or without examination, shall take the prescribed professional oath before any member of the 
Board or any other authorized official of the Commission prior to entering the practice of the 
profession. 
 
SEC. 23 Special Temporary Permits. The following are required to secure a special temporary 
permit from the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission: 
 
a) Environmental engineering practitioners from other countries called in by the government 
for consultation and for a specific project; or both, Provided, That such foreign 


environmental engineering practitioners are legally qualified to practice environmental 
engineering in their country or State. 
b) Foreign consultants specializing in the field of environmental engineering, who, in the 
judgment of the Board, may benefit the local practitioners through the transfer of 
technology: Provided, That such registrants shall satisfy the following conditions: 
1) That, at the time of engagement, no Filipino environmental engineering practitioner 
in the country is competent, available, and willing to perform the services for which 
the foreigner has been hired; and 
2) Any particular or specific engagement shall not be in excess of one (1) year, renewable 
at the discretion of the Board and the Commission. 
 
SEC. 24. Refusal to Register. The Board shall not register any applicant for registration with 
or without licensure examination, who suffers from any of the following disqualifications: 
a) Conviction by final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction of any offense involving 
moral turpitude; 
b) Conviction by final judgment in any administrative case involving immorality or notoriously 
undesirable conduct; 
c) Adjudged guilty for violation of the General Instructions to Examinees by the Board; 
d) Declared to be of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; or 
e) Proven to be afflicted with addiction to substance/s impairing the ability to practice the 
profession through a finding to this effect by a medical or drug testing facility accredited 
by the government. 
 
In case of refusal to register, the Board shall issue to the applicant a written statement setting 
forth the reasons for such refusal and shall file a copy thereof in its records.  
 
SEC. 25. Suspension and Revocation of the Certificate of Registration and 
Professional Identification Card or Special Temporary Permit. The Board shall have the 
power, after due notice and hearing, to suspend a member for a period of six (6) to twelve (12) 
months, depending on the gravity of the offense or revoke the certificate of registration and 
professional identification card or special temporary permit on any of the following grounds: 
 
For Suspension: 
a) Unjustified refusal to join or to remain a member in good standing of the AIPO; 
b) Unjustified or unexplained neglect or failure to pay the annual registration fees for five 
(5) consecutive years; and 
c) Unjustified or unexplained non-renewal of the professional identification card for more 
than five (5) consecutive years 
 
For Revocation: 
a) Violation of any provision of this Act, its IRR, Code of Ethics, and other policies and 
regulatory measures of the Board and the Commission, or both; 
b) Perpetration or use of fraud in obtaining the certificate of registration, professional 
identification card or special temporary permit; 
c) Gross incompetence, negligence or ignorance in the practice or exercise of the profession 
resulting to death, injury of persons and damage to property; 


d) Aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a person who is not an environmental engineering 
practitioner by allowing oneself to use the certificate of registration, professional 
identification card or special temporary permit among others; 
e) Practice of the profession during the suspension from the practice thereof; and 
f) Addiction to a drug or alcohol abuse impairing oneself ability to practice the profession or 
being declared of unsound mind by a court of competent Jurisdiction. 
 
The Board shall periodically evaluate the aforementioned grounds and revise or add new ones 
as the need arises, subject to approval by the Commission. 
 
SEC. 26. Filing of Charges - The rules on the administrative investigation of the Commission 
shall govern the filing of charges and the conduct of hearing and investigation, or both subject 
to applicable provisions of this Act, RA No. 8981, and the Rules of Court.  
 
SEC. 27. Reissuance of Revoked Certificate of Registration, Replacement of Lost or 
Damaged Certificate of Registration, Professional Identification Card or Special 
Temporary Permit. Suspensions imposed against a member shall be automatically lifted upon 
expiration of the period indicated in the suspension order. The Board may, upon petition, reinstate 
or reissue a revoked certificate of registration after two (2) years from the effectivity of the 
revocation, which is reckoned from the date of surrender of the said certificate of registration and 
professional identification card, or both to the Board and the Commission. The Board may not 
require the holder thereof to take another licensure examination. The petitioner shall prove to 
the Board that one has a valid reason to resume the practice of the profession. For the grant of 
one's petition, the Board shall issue a Board Resolution, subject to approval by the Commission.  
A duplicate copy of a lost certificate of registration, professional identification card or special 
temporary permit may be reissued in accordance with rules thereon and upon payment of the 
prescribed fee therefor.  
 
SEC. 28. Use of Seal. All environmental engineering practitioners shall obtain a seal of such 
design as the Board shall authorize and direct Provided, however, That the certificate of 
registration number issued by the Board shall be included in the design of the seal. Plans and 
specifications prepared by, and under the direct supervision of an environmental engineer shall 
be stamped with such seal during the validity of the latter's certificate of registration. It shall be 
unlawful to affix the seal on any document after the environmental engineer's certificate of 
registration has expired or has been revoked unless such certificate of registration shall have 
been renewed or re-issued.  
 
SEC. 29. Display of Certificate of Registration in the Place of Practice. The proprietor or 
manager of a firm, partnership, or association that employs an environmental engineer shall post 
or cause to be posted in a conspicuous place within the place of business of the firm, partnership, 
or association, the certificate of registration of the environmental engineer.  
 
SEC. 30. Roster of Environmental Engineering Practitioners. The Commission shall keep 
a roster of all duly licensed and registered environmental engineers, environmental engineering 
technologists and environmental engineering technicians, with their names; registration numbers 
and places of business. The Commission shall regularly update such roster and make it available 
to all interested parties, upon request.  
 


SEC. 31. Comprehensive Environmental Engineering Specialty Program. Within ninety 
(90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Board. in coordination with the AIPO for 
environmental engineering practitioners and recognized specialty organizations, is hereby 
mandated to formulate and develop a comprehensive environmental engineering specialty 
program that would upgrade the level of skills and competence of environmental engineering 
specialists in the country, such as in the areas of Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering, 
Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering, Air Quality and Noise Pollution Control Engineering, 
Sanitary Engineering. Site Remediation Environmental Health & Safety Engineering, 
Environmental Engineering Management, and such other areas as may be determined by the 
Board. 
 
SEC. 
32. 
Environmental 
Engineering 
Code 
for 
Environmental 
Engineering 
Practitioners -The Board shall adopt and promulgate the Code of Ethics and Standards of 
Practice for environmental engineers, environmental technologists, and environmental 
technicians prescribed and issued by the AIPO of environmental engineers.  
 
ARTICLE IV 
PENAL AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 
SEC. 33. Vested Rights. All sanitary engineers registered under RA No 1364, otherwise known 
as the “Sanitary Engineering Law” shall automatically be registered under the provisions of this 
Act.  
 
SEC. 34. Practice of Firms. The practice of environmental engineering is a professional service 
based on individual and personal qualifications. A firm, association, or partnership may practice 
this profession Provided, That the principals of the firm, association, or partnership are 
environmental engineers. 
 
SEC. 35. Integration of the Environmental Engineering Professions. – The environmental 
engineering profession shall be integrated into one (1) national organization which shall be 
recognized by the Board as the one and only Accredited Integrated Professional Organization 
(AIPO) of the environmental engineering practitioners. Every environmental engineering 
practitioner shall, upon registration with the Board, ipso facto become a member of the AIPO and 
shall receive all the benefits and privileges appurtenant to their membership in the AIPO, upon 
payment of the required membership fees and dues.  
 
SEC. 36. Appointment of Environmental Engineers to Relevant Positions in the 
Provincial, City and Municipal Governments and Establishments with Environmental 
Engineering Functions. Within two (2) years after the approval of this Act, all provinces, cities 
and municipalities may appoint an environmental engineer in their respective Provincial, City and 
Municipal Engineering Offices. 
 
No person shall be appointed to the position of environmental engineer or those vested with 
environmental engineering functions unless the person is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
of the local government unit concerned, of good moral character, and a licensed environmental 
engineer. The appointee must have acquired experience in the practice of the profession of 
environmental engineering for at least five (5) years in the case of the provincial or city 
environmental engineer, and three (3) years in the case of municipal environmental engineer. 


The appointment of an environmental engineer shall be mandatory for the provincial, city and 
municipal governments. The environmental engineer shall: 
 
a) Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and objectives, plans and programs, 
techniques, procedures, and practices in environmental engineering works in general of 
the local government unit concerned; 
b) Advise the governor or mayor, as the case may be, on environmental engineering matters 
and concerns; 
c) Administer, coordinate, supervise, and control the implementation of projects relevant to 
environmental engineering; 
d) Provide engineering services to the local government unit concerned, including 
investigation and survey, engineering designs, feasibility studies, and project 
management; 
e) In the case of provincial environmental engineers, exercise technical supervision over all 
environmental engineering offices of component cities and municipalities; and 
f) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be 
prescribed by law or ordinance. 
g) Firms, companies, partnerships, or associations that are engaged in the installation, 
construction, manufacture, operation, or sale of environmental equipment, facilities, and 
other environmental engineering processes, or hold environmental permits such as 
Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC), Water Permit, Discharge Permit, shall hire or 
engage the services of at least one (1) environmental engineer. Industries, 
establishments, institutions, waterworks, and facilities which generate, treat, discharge or 
dispose waste shall also be required to hire or engage the services of at least one (1) 
environmental engineer who shall, at the same time, perform functions of a Pollution 
Control/Environmental Officer. 
 
SEC. 37. Ratio of Environmental Engineers, Environmental Engineering Technologists 
and Environmental Engineering Technicians per population of Local Government 
Units. The IRR of this Act shall set the standard ratio of environmental engineers, environmental 
engineering technologists and environmental engineering technicians per unit of population 
served in every province, city or municipality.  
 
SEC. 38. Penal Provision. In addition to the administrative sanctions imposed under this Act, 
upon conviction, the penalty of imprisonment of not less than one (1) year but not more than 
five (5) years, or a fine of not less than One hundred thousand Pesos (PhP 100,000.00) but not 
more than Five hundred thousand Pesos (PhP 500,000.00) or both, at the discretion of the Courts, 
shall upon conviction be imposed on a person who commits any of the following acts: 
a) Engaging in the practice of environmental engineering in the Philippines without having 
been registered or without having conformed with the provisions of this Act, 
b) Presenting or attempting to use as one's own the certificate of registration or professional 
identification card of another environmental engineer. environmental engineering 
technologists or environmental engineering technician, or special temporary permit of a 
foreign environmental engineering practitioner: 


c) Submitting any false or forged evidence to the Board for the purpose of securing a 
certificate of registration, professional identification card or special temporary permit, or 
impersonating any environmental engineering practitioner; 
d) Attempting to use or using a revoked or suspended certificate of registration. professional 
identification card or special temporary permit: 
e) Using or advertising any title or description tending to convey the impression that a person 
is an environmental engineering practitioner even without a valid certificate of registration, 
professional identification card or special temporary permit; or 
f) Violating any of the provisions of this Act. 
 
In case the offender is a corporation, partnership or juridical person, the penalty of 
imprisonment shall be imposed on the environmental engineer jointly and solidarily with the 
responsible professionals, as well the officer or officers responsible for permitting or causing 
the violation. 
 
SEC. 39. Enforcement of the Act by Officers of the Law. The Board and the Commission 
shall implement and enforce the provisions of this Act, its IRR, and whenever warranted, 
investigate complaints for violations of this Act, its IRR and the Code of Ethics and Standards for 
Environmental Engineers, Environmental Engineering Technologists and Environmental 
Engineering Technicians.  
 
The National Government, any of its provincial, city, municipal government, or political 
subdivisions, shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. The Department of 
Justice shall act as legal advisers of the Board and render such legal assistance as may be 
necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act.  
 
SEC. 40. Transitory Provision. The incumbent Chairperson and members of the Board of 
Sanitary Engineering shall continue to serve in such capacity for the purpose of administering the 
Sanitary Engineers Licensure Examination to the graduates of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary 
Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering until five (5) 
years from effectivity date of this Act. 
 
The Board of Environmental Engineering created under Section 6 of this Act shall be constituted 
not later than six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act. The Board shall administer the 
Environmental Engineers Licensure Examination and register environmental engineering 
practitioners prior to the full implementation of the qualifications prescribed for environmental 
engineers, environmental engineering technologists, and environmental engineering technicians 
in Sections 14, 15, and 16 of this Act.  
 
SEC. 41. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Board shall, within ninety (90) days 
upon effectivity of this Act, formulate and issue the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) to 
carry out the provision of this Act.  
 
SEC. 42. Appropriations. The Chairperson of the Commission shall immediately include in the 
Commission's programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in 
the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).The amount necessary to carry out the initial 
implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the 


Commission. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued implementation of 
this Act shall be included in the succeeding GAA.  
 
SEC 43. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the same shall not affect the validity of the other 
provisions.  
 
SEC. 44. Repealing Clause. All laws, parts of laws, decrees, orders, letters of instructions and 
ordinances, or regulations in conflict with the provisions hereof, are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly.  
 
SEC. 45. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official 
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,