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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
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SENATE
Senate Bill No.
2267
(In substitution of Senate Bill Nos. 151,177, 989 and 1746)
Prepared by the Committees on Energy; Environment, Natural Resources and 
Climate Change; Ways and Means; and Finance with Senators Sherwin T. 
Gatchalian, Francis 'To/^Tolentino, Ramon 
Revilla Jr., Juan Miguel "Migz"
F. Zubiri, and Raffy T. Tulfo as authors thereof
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND REGULATORY 
FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITIES UTILIZING WASTE-TO-ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title..-l\\\s Act shall be referred to as the "Waste-to-Energy
Act".
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. Tt is hereby declared the policy of the State to:
(a) Ensure protection of the public's health and the environment through a 
systematic and comprehensive ecological solid waste management program;
(b) Strengthen its commitment to solid waste avoidance and volume reduction by 
supplementing the latter with other solid waste management treatment 
technologies to include waste-to-energy;
(c) Encourage the development and utilization of environmentally sustainable new 
and alternative technologies in resource recovery, resource conservation, 
processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste, such as waste-to-energy 
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(d) Support the utilization of waste-to-energy facilities in order to attain sustainable
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energy and energy security;
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(e) Strengthen the integration of solid waste management, waste-to-energy
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promotion, and environmental protection towards healthful cities amidst
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economic growth and development; and
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(f) Promote collaboration, cooperation, and participation of various sectors in
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coordinated approaches to solid waste management and waste treatment
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technology towards national development and jobs creation.
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Sec. 3. Scope and Application. - This Act shall apply to all local government
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units (LGU) and waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities.
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Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms
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shall be defined as stated below:
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(a) Agricultural waste refers to waste generated from planting or harvesting of
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crops, trimming or pruning of plants, and wastes or run-off materials from
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farms or fields;
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(b) Biomedical waste or hazardous healthcare waste refers to waste from
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healthcare facilities that may pose a variety of environmental and health
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risks. It can be further classified into sharps waste, infectious waste,
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pathological and anatomical waste, pharmaceutical waste, genotoxic waste,
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chemical waste, radioactive waste, and pressurized containers as defined
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by the Department of Health (DOH);
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(c) City or Municipal Solid Waste Management Board refers to the entity
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established by each city or municipality pursuant to Section 12 of Republic
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Act No. 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management
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Act of 2000, as amended;
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(e) Clustering Is a strategy of pooling available resources of local government 
units (LGUs) for the establishment of a common solid waste management 
treatment facility or service;
(f) Collection refers to the act of removing solid waste from the source or from 
a communal storage point;
(g) Disposdirefers to the deposit, or placing of any solid waste into an approved 
disposal site pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003, as amended;
(h) Disposal site refers to a facility where solid waste is finally deposited and 
placed pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003, as amended;
(i) Emission means any air contaminant, pollutant, gas stream, or unwanted 
sound from a known source which is passed into the atmosphere;
(j) Hazardous waste refers to substances that are without any safe commercial, 
industrial, agricultural, or economic usage. It also includes those which are 
shipped, transported, or brought from the country of origin for dumping or 
disposal into or in transit through any part of the Philippines. It shall also 
refer to by-products, side-products, process residues, spent reaction media, 
contaminated plant or equipment, or other substances from manufacturing 
operations and as a customer discard of manufactured products, or a 
combination of solid waste which, because of its quantity, concentration, 
physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may:
(i) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase 
In a serious irreversible or Incapacitating reversible illness, or
(ii) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the 
environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, 
or otherwise managed;
(k) Incineration in a WTE facility refers to a waste treatment and resource 
recovery technology that involves the controlled combustion of waste 
materials for the purpose of recovering energy from it, and whose emissions 
and effluents are compliant with the guidelines pursuant to this Act and 
other relevant laws, rules, and regulations;
(l) Local Government Solid Waste Management Plan refers to the ten (10) year 
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Management Framework, prepared by the LGUs pursuant to Section 16 of 
Republic Act No. 9003, as amended;
(m) Municipal waste refers to waste produced from activities within LGUs which 
include a combination of domestic, commercial, institutional, and industrial 
wastes and street litters pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003, as amended;
(n) National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) refers to the body 
created and primarily tasked with overseeing the implementation of solid 
waste management plans and prescribing policies to achieve the objectives 
of Republic Act No. 9003, as amended;
(o) National Solid Waste Management Framework refers to a document 
prepared by the NSWMC based on the National Solid Waste Management 
Status Report pursuant to Section 15 of Republic Act No. 9003, as amended;
(p) National Solid Waste Management Status Report refers to a document 
prepared by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 
(DENR), which is used as a basis in formulating the National Solid Waste 
Management Framework pursuant to Section 14 of Republic Act No. 9003, 
as amended;
(q) Poisonous and toxic fumes means any emissions and fumes which are 
beyond internationally accepted standards, including but not limited to the 
World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines, as provided in 
Republic Act No. 8749, otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act of 
1999;
(r) Processing fee refers to the amount paid to avail of the services of a waste- 
to-energy facility as defined herein;
(s) Provincial Solid Waste Management Board refers to the entity established 
by each province pursuant to Section 11 of Republic Act No. 9003, as 
amended;
(t) Residue refers to substances that remain after a process in a waste-to- 
energy facility such as preparation, separation, purification, evaporation, 
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{u) Resource recovery refers to the collection, extraction, or recovery of 
recyclable materials from the waste stream for the purpose of recycling, 
generating energy, or producing a product suitable for beneficial use;
(v) Sanitary landfill refers to a waste disposal site designed, constructed, 
operated, and maintained in a manner that exerts engineering control over 
significant potential environment impacts arising from the development and 
operation of the facility pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003, as amended;
(w) Segregation refers to a solid waste management practice of separating 
different materials found in solid waste in order to promote recycling and 
re- use of resources, facilitate waste treatment processes, and to reduce 
the volume of waste for collection and disposal pursuant to Republic Act No. 
9003, as amended;
(x) Solid waste refers to all discarded household waste, commercial waste, non- 
hazardous institutional and industrial waste, street sweepings, construction 
debris, agricultural waste, and other non-hazardous or non-toxic solid 
waste. It shall not include:
(I) Waste identified or listed as hazardous waste of a solid, liquid, 
contained gaseous, or semisolid form, which may cause or contribute to 
an increase in mortality or in serious or incapacitating reversible illness, 
or acute or chronic effect on the health of persons and other organisms, 
(ii) Infectious waste from hospitals such as equipment, instruments, 
utensils, and fomites of a disposable nature from patients who are 
suspected to have or have been diagnosed as having communicable 
diseases and must therefore be isolated as required by public health 
agencies, laboratory wastes as pathological specimens, and disposable 
fomites that may harbor or transmit pathogenic organisms, and surgical 
operating room pathologic materials from outpatient areas and 
emergency rooms, and
(ill) Waste resulting from mining activities, including contaminated soil 
and debris;
(y) Solid waste management treatment facility refers to any resource recovery 
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transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, or disposal of solid waste;
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(z) Solid waste management refers to the discipline associated with the control
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of generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and
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disposal of solid wastes in a manner that is in accord with the best principal
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(aa) Waste refers to any material misplaced, unused or rejected by persons as
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worthless or unwanted. It includes, among others, agricultural, biomedical,
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chemical and industrial, hazardous, municipal, and solid wastes;
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(bb) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) refers to an energy system with a process of
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converting WTE feedstock with various technologies, usually the conversion
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of non-recyclable waste materials into usable heat, electricity, or fuel
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(cc) WTE facility refers to the facility where the WTE operations are conducted;
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(dd) WTE feedstock refers to the waste materials with calorific-value that are
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(ee) Waste generation refers to the act or process of producing solid waste; and
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(ff) WTE strategy refers to a plan of action with measurable targets for the
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utilization of WTE facilities for solid waste management treatment and
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as another kind of renewable energy resource. A WTE facility shall:
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(a) Be both a solid waste management treatment facility and an energy
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production facility;
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pursuant to Sections 6(c), 8(c), and 9(b) of this Act;
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(c) Ensure the proper management of its residue which should conform to
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Statement System, Republic Act No. 6969 otherwise known as the Toxic
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Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act, Republic Act No. 7638
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otherwise known as the Department of Energy Act of 1992 as amended,
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No. 9136 otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of
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2001, Republic Act No. 9275 otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Water
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Act of 2004, Republic Act No. 9367 otherwise known as the Biofuels Act of
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Care Act, and WHO Guidelines on Air Quality
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All waste treatment technologies in a WTE facility shall be allowed including
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incineration: Provided, that these technologies shall not emit toxic and poisonous
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fumes into the environment, operate in compliance with best available techniques
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and/or best existing practice for preventing and controlling pollution from waste
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treatment, and shall comply with all the laws mentioned hereof and other relevant
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In addition to the provisions of this Act, the segregation, collection, transfer,
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storage, and transport of solid waste as WTE feedstock for a WTE facility, and the
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waste treatment process of the WTE facility shall be governed by Republic Act No.
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9003, as amended, and Republic Act No. 8749, while the energy production aspect of
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the WTE facility shall be governed by Republic Act No. 7638, Republic Act No. 9136,
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Republic Act No. 9367, Republic Act No. 9513, and other relevant laws, rules, and
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Sec. 6. The National Solid Waste Management Commission. - The Secretary of
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the Department of Energy shall serve in ex officio capacity as member of the National
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Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), which shall now have fifteen (15)
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(a) Include a WTE strategy in the National Solid Waste Management Framework;
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(b)Act as the lead agency in ensuring streamlined standards, criteria, and
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guidelines for WTE facilities to avoid inconsistent and conflicting issuances;
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(c) Regularly determine, review, and publish the following:
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(i) Standards, criteria, and guidelines for:
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1. Determination of the feasibility of integrating a WTE strategy in
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the Local Government Solid Waste Management Plan, taking into
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account the volume of WTE feedstock that may be generated from
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municipal waste in an LGU or clusters thereof;
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2. Characterization and composition of solid waste utilized as WTE
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feedstock for WTE facilities to ensure emissions are compliant with
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3. Transport, storage, and pre-processing of WTE feedstock,
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4. Pre-operation, siting, design, operation, and maintenance of WTE
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facilities,
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5. Quality control and operational control of WTE facilities,
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6. Management of residue from WTE facilities, if any;
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WTE facilities,
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(ii) Minimum standards, criteria, and guidelines, in determining a fair, equitable,
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and reasonable processing fee for WTE facilities taking into consideration,
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(d) Consolidate and make available to the public, through its website and any
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(v) Specific locations of potential feedstock and WTE facilities; and
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(f) Ensure LGUs Incorporate a WTE strategy, if feasible, in their respective Local
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(g) Identify and recommend potential clustering of LGUs for a common WTE facility
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In accordance with the standards to be set forth in the Implementing Rules and
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Regulations;
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(h) Coordinate with the Provincial, City, and Municipal Solid Waste Management
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Boards especially for clustered LGUs employing a common WTE facility; and
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(i) Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary
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functions under Republic Act No. 7638, the Department of Energy (DOE) shall:
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(a) Issue permits to WTE facilities based on the energy output, and determine the
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standards, criteria, and requirements applicable for each kind of WTE facility
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pursuant to Republic Act No. 7638, Republic Act No. 9136, Republic Act No.
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9367, Republic Act No. 9513, and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations;
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(b) Include a WTE strategy in the Philippine Energy Plan, taking into consideration
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(a) Include a WTE strategy. If feasible, in the National Solid Waste Management
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Status Report;
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(b) Provide technical and other capacity building assistance and support to LGUs
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based on the policy guidelines created by the NSWMC pursuant to Section 6(e)
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guidelines issued pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003, as amended, on waste
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transport, pre-operation, waste acceptance, waste storage, pre-processing of
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waste, quality control, operational control, pollution abatement, management
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of residue, emissions monitoring, environmental monitoring, public health and
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under Section 6(c) of this Act and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations,
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and in consultation with relevant stakeholders;
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(d) Ensure compliance with Section 8(c) of this Act to Include continuous
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monitoring and testing of by-products of WTE facilities;
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(e) Make available to the public, through its website and any online means, the
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emissions, effluents and other by-products of WTE facilities;
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(f) Investigate, motu proprio or upon complaint, reports of non-compliance of WTE
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facilities with this Act, Republic Act No. 9003, as amended. Republic Act No.
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(i) Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary
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and functions, the DOH shall:
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(a) Ensure all WTE facilities undergo a Health Impact Assessment, pursuant to
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Environmental Impact Assessment System, to be jointly reviewed and approved
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by the DOH and DENR prior to construction and operation;
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(b) Implement and revise, when necessary, together with DENR, existing
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guidelines issued pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003, as amended, on waste
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transport, pre - operation, waste acceptance, waste storage, pre-processing of
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waste, quality control, operational control, pollution abatement, management
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of residue, emissions monitoring, environmental monitoring, public health and
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safety monitoring, decommissioning, closure, and abandonment, among
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others, taking into account the NSWMCs standards, criteria, and guidelines
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under Section 6(c) of this Act and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations,
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and in consultation with relevant stakeholders;
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(c) Regularly conduct an analysis of the effects of WTE facilities and disposal sites
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on public health and submit the same to the NSWMC for consolidation, and
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(e) Make available to the public, through its website and any online means, studies
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and analyses of the effects of WTE facilities and disposal sites on public health;
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Sec. 10. Role of Local Government Units. - In addition to their powers, 
functions, and responsibilities under Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the 
Local Government Code of 1991, and Republic Act No. 9003, as amended, LGUs shall:
(a) In the case of a city or municipality and if applicable, be responsible for the 
hauling of WTE feedstock to a WTE facility;
(b) In the case of a province and if applicable, provide necessary logistical and 
operational support for the processing of WTE feedstock in a WTE facility;
(c) Include a WTE strategy, if feasible, in their respective Local Government Solid 
Waste Management Plans;
(d) Comply with the standards, criteria, and guidelines on WTE feedstock and WTE 
facilities pursuant to Sections 6(c), 8(c), and 9(b) of this Act, if applicable; and
(e) Be authorized to enter into and shall comply with all obligations under the 
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(i) Clustering arrangements with other LGUs for a common WTE facility, on 
their own or upon recommendation of the Provincial Solid Waste 
Management Board or the NSWMC: Provided, That the province shall have 
the power to cluster component cities and municipalities based on the 
NSWMC approved provincial and local solid waste management plans and 
the recommendation of the NSWMC pursuant to Section 6(g) of this Act,
(ii) Long term contracts with WTE facilities, on their own or with clustered 
LGUs, and
(Hi)Public private partnerships pursuant to Republic Act No. 6957 otherwise 
known as An Act Authorizing the Financing, Construction, Operation and 
Maintenance of Infrastructure Projects by the Private Sector, and For Other 
Purposes as amended, cooperative undertakings under Section 33 of 
Republic Act No. 7160, and other contractual arrangements provided for 
under existing laws, rules, regulations as well as the LGUs' respective 
charters for the establishment of WTE facilities: Provided, That WTE 
projects submitted to the Investment Coordinating Committee pursuant to 
Republic Act No. 6957, as amended, shall be acted upon within thirty (30) 
working days from submission: Provided further. That failure to act within 
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implementation and the achievement of the policy objectives of this Act; Provided
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that the provision of support by the national government shall be compliant with
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the provisions all relevant laws, rules and regulations.
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its powers and functions under Republic Act No. 9003, as amended, the Provincial
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Solid Waste Management Board shall:
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(a) Integrate a WTE strategy, if feasible, in the Provincial Solid Waste Management
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Plan taking into consideration the Local Government Solid Waste Management
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Plans of all its component cities and municipalities;
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(b) Recommend potential locations for WTE facilities in the Provincial Solid Waste
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Management Plan;
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(c) Identify and recommend, or direct pursuant to Section 10 of this Act, clustering
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of component cities and municipalities for a common WTE facility, based on the
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Local Government Solid Waste Management Plans of all its component cities
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and municipalities who have the potential to be clustered, have decided to be
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clustered, or have been directed to be clustered pursuant to Section 10 of this
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Act, for a common WTE facility;
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component cities and municipalities for a common WTE facility; and
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(f) Coordinate with other Provincial, City, and Municipal Solid Waste Management
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Boards In identifying possible Inter- and intra- province clustering for a common
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addition to Its powers and functions under Republic Act No. 9003, as amended, the
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feasible, in its Local Government Solid Waste Management Plan, and shall submit a
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Sec. 13. Role of the Public-Private Partnership Center. - The Public-Private 
Partnership Center shall provide support to all LGUs towards the effective 
implementation and the achievement of the policy objectives of this Act in accordance 
with its mandate under existing laws, issuances, rules, and regulations.
Sec. 14. Permits and Licenses. - The procedure for the issuance of permits and 
licenses for all kinds of WTE facilities shall be governed by Republic Act No. 11234, 
otherwise known as the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop Act
Sec. 15. Prohibited Acts. - The following acts are prohibited:
(a) For LGUs:
(i) Failure to Include, if feasible, and implement, if applicable, the WTE strategy 
in their respective Local Government Solid Waste Management Plans, and
(ii) Failure to perform the responsibilities in Section 10 on the Role of Local 
Government Units, Section 11 on the Role of the Provincial Solid Waste 
Management Board, and Section 12 on the Role of the City or Municipal 
Solid Waste Management Board;
(b) For government agencies, failure to perform the powers and functions indicated
under Section 6 on the National Solid Waste Management Commission, Section
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Section 9 on the Role
of the Department of Health; and
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(i) Failure to comply with the responsibilities in Section 5 on Waste-to-Energy 
and Waste-to-Energy Facility, and
(ii) Use of imported municipal solid waste as WTE feedstock for a WTE facility.
Sec. 16. Penalties. - Without prejudice to civil and criminal liability, the following 
persons found to have violated the Sections mentioned below shall be meted with the 
following penalties:
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holding public office, and forfeiture of retirement benefits;
(b) Officials of government agencies who violate Section 15(b) shall suffer dismissal 
from service, perpetual disqualification from holding public office, forfeiture of 
retirement benefits, and imprisonment for one (1) to six (6) years with a fine 
of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) but not more than 
Two million pesos (P2,000,000.00);
(c) Any person who violates Section 14(c)(i):
(i) First offense: Fine of One million pesos (PI,000,000.00) and an amount 
not less than ten percent (10%) but not more than fifteen percent (15%) 
of the net annual income during the previous year,
(ii) Second offense: The same penalties as with the first offense including 
an additional penalty of imprisonment of a minimum period of one (1) 
year but not to exceed three (3) years,
(lii)Third offense: The same penalties as with the second offense and 
permanent revocation of the license of the WTE facility;
(d) Any person who violates Section 14(c)(il) shall pay a fine of One million pesos 
(PI,000,000.00) and an amount not less than ten percent (10%) but not more 
than fifteen percent (15%) of the net annual income during the previous year, 
and shall suffer imprisonment of a minimum period of one (1) year but not to 
exceed three (3) years and permanent revocation of the license of the WTE 
facility. The same person shall repatriate the imported municipal solid waste to 
its country of origin.
For Section 14, if the violation is committed by a corporation, partnership, or 
other juridical entity duly recognized in accordance with the law, the chief 
executive officer, president, general manager, managing partner, or such other 
officer-in-charge shall be liable for the commission of the offense penalized 
under this Act.
Sec. 17. Incentives. - WTE facilities, depending on their output, shall be entitled 
avail of the incentives under Republic Act No. 9367 otherwise known as the Biofuels
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Act of 2006 and Republic Act No. 9513 otherwise known as the Renewable Energy Act 
of 2008
Sec. 18. Establishment of Dedicated Offices. - The DOE, DENR, DOH and 
NSWMC shall establish dedicated offices for the effective implementation of this Act. 
The organizational structure and staffing complement shall be determined by the 
Secretaries of DENR, DOE, and DOH, In consultation with the Department of Budget 
and Management, and in accordance with existing civil service rules and regulations. 
The budgetary requirements necessary for the establishment of the dedicated offices 
shall be taken from the current appropriations of DOE, DENR, DOH and NSWMC. 
Thereafter, the funding for the dedicated offices shall be included in the annual 
General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 19. Appropriations. - The amount of Fifteen million pesos (P15,000,000.00) 
for DOE, Three hundred million pesos (P300,000,000.00) for DENR, Forty five million 
pesos (P45,000,000.00) for DOH, and Twenty seven million (P27,000,000.00) for 
NSWMC for the initial implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current 
year's appropriations of the DOE, DENR, DOH, and NSWMC respectively. Thereafter, 
such amounts necessary for the sustainable implementation of this Act shall be 
included In the Annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 20. Congressional Oversight - The Joint Congressional Energy Commission 
(JCEC), created under Republic Act No. 9136 and renamed under Republic Act No. 
11285, shall exercise oversight powers over the implementation of this Act. The 
Chairpersons of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives shall be automatic members of the JCEC.
Sec. 21. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The DOE together with the 
DENR in consultation with DOH, NSWMC, Department of Interior and Local 
Government, LGUs, and public and private stakeholders, shall issue the implementing 
rules and regulations of this Act within ninety (90) calendar days upon its effectivity.
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Sec. 22. Separability Clause. -If any portion or provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provisions not affected thereby shall 
remain in force and effect.
Sec. 23. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of Instruction, rule or regulation inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act Is hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
Sec. 24. Effectivity Clause. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following 
its complete publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
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