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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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23 JAN 23 P4:31
SENATE
Senate Bill No.
RECEIVED BV;
Introduced by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND REGULATORY 
FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITIES UTILIZING WASTE-TO-ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As the country develops, our population increases and more improvements are 
made in our way of life, the volume of waste that we create increases too. The 
Environment and Management Bureau (EMB) projects that from 2022-2025 the 
country's generated waste will reach 92 million tons in total. Unfortunately, our 
solid waste disposal system is yet to keep up with the continuously increasing 
amount of household and domestic wastes that we produce.
This bill seeks to help address our solid waste management problems by 
encouraging the development of environmentally sustainable innovations in the 
recovery, conservation, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste by using 
waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies. Waste to energy uses various technologies 
to convert non-recyclable waste materials into usable heat, electricity or fuel 
through a variety of processes. This way, not only would we be able to prevent our 
landfills from being filled up, but we can actually harness usable energy from non- 
recyclable waste.
Under this proposed measure, waste-to-energy will be classified as another 
renewable energy resource. Waste to energy facilities will serve as a solid waste 
management facility and an energy production facility.
The protection of our environment is an important consideration, so safeguards 
are provided in the proposed measure to make sure that this innovation will not be 
at the cost of health or environment safety.


Innovative solutions to prevailing problems in solid waste management like the 
use of waste-to-energy technologies can be effective not only in the proper disposal 
of the tons of household and domestic waste produced by the country every day, 
but can also aid in addressing the energy problems of the country by serving as 
another renewable energy source. It can also address the problem of limited land 
in many local government units, particularly in our island provinces or municipalities 
which makes it difficult for them to provide for appropriate sanitary landfills.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly sought.
IGUEL F. ZUBIRI


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
Senate Bill No. 1 74R
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Introduced by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND REGULATORY 
FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITIES UTILIZING WASTE-TO-ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be referred to as the "Waste-to-Energy
Act".
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to:
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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;
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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 
facilities;
(d) Support the utilization of waste-to-energy facilities in order to attain sustainable 
energy and energy security;
(e) Strengthen the integration of solid waste management, waste-to-energy 
promotion, and environmental protection towards healthful cities amidst 
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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 and waste-to-energy facilities.
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Sec. 4. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall
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be defined as stated below:
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(a) Agricultural waste refers to waste generated from planting or harvesting of crops,
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trimming or pruning of plants, and wastes or run-off materials from farms or
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fields;
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(b) Biomedical waste or hazardous healthcare waste refers to waste from healthcare
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facilities that may pose a variety of environmental and health risks. It can be
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further classified into sharps waste, infectious waste, pathological and anatomical
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waste, pharmaceutical waste, genotoxic waste, chemical waste, radioactive
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waste, and pressurized containers as defined by the Department of Health
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(DOH);
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(c) City or Municipal Solid Waste Management Board refers to the entity established
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by each city or municipality pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9003,
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otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000;
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(d) Chemical and industrial waste refers to discarded solid, liquid, or gaseous
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chemicals from laboratories, industrial establishments, or other sources such as
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diagnostic and experimental work, environmental work, cleaning, housekeeping,
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and disinfecting procedures;
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(e) Clustering is a strategy of pooling available resources of local government units
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(LGUs) for the establishment of a common solid waste management treatment
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facility or service;
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(f) Collection refers to the act of removing solid waste from the source or from a
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communal storage point;
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(g) Disposal refers to the deposit, or placing of any solid waste into an approved
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disposal site pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;
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(h) Disposal site refers to a facility where solid waste is finally deposited and placed
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pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;
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(i) Emission means any air contaminant, pollutant, gas stream, or unwanted sound
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(j) Hazardous waste refers to substances that are without any safe commercial,
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industrial, agricultural, or economic usage and are shipped, transported, or
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brought from the country of origin for dumping or disposal into or in transit
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through any part of the Philippines. It shall also refer to by-products, side-
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products, process residues, spent reaction media, contaminated plant or
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equipment, or other substances from manufacturing operations and as a
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customer discards of manufactured products, or a combination of solid waste
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which, because of its quantity, concentration, physical, chemical, or infectious
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characteristics, may:
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(i) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in 
mortality or an increase in
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a serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or
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(ii) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the
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environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or
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otherwise managed;
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(k) Incineration in a WTE faciiity refers to a waste treatment and resource recovery
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technology that involves the controlled combustion of waste materials for the
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purpose of recovering energy from it, and whose emissions and effluents are
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compliant with the guidelines pursuant to this Act and other relevant laws, rules,
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and regulations;
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Locai GovernmentSoiid Waste Management Pian refers to the ten (10) year solid
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waste management plan, consistent with the National Solid Waste Management
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Framework, prepared by the LCDs pursuant to Section 16 of Republic Act No.
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9003;
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(m) Municipai waste refers to waste produced from activities within LGUs which
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include a combination of domestic, commercial, institutional, 
and industrial
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wastes and street litters pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;
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(n) Nationai Soiid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) refers to the body
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created and primarily tasked with overseeing the implementation of solid waste
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management plans and prescribing policies to 
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Act No. 9003;
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(o) National Soiid Waste Management Framework refers to a document prepared by
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the NSWMC based on the National Solid Waste Management Status Report
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pursuant to Section 15 of Republic Act No. 9003;
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(p) National Solid Waste Management Status Report refers to a document prepared
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by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which is used


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as a basis in formulating the National Solid Waste Management Framework
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pursuant to Section 14 of Republic Act No. 9003;
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(q) Poisonous and toxic fumes refer to any emissions and fumes which are beyond
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internationally accepted standards, including but not limited to the World Health
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Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines, as provided in Republic Act No. 8749,
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otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999;
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(r) Processing fee refers to the amount paid to avail of the services of a waste-to-
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energy facility as defined herein;
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(s) Provinciai Soiid Waste Management Board refers to the entity established by each
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province pursuant to Section 11 of Republic Act No. 9003;
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(t) Residue refers to substances that remain after a process in a waste-to-energy
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facility such as preparation, separation, purification, evaporation, combustion,
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distillation, or filtration;
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(u) Resource recovery refers to the collection, extraction, or recovery of recyclable
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materials from the waste stream for the purpose of recycling, generating energy,
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or producing a product suitable for beneficial use;
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(v) Sanitary iandfiii refers to a waste disposal site designed, constructed, operated,
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and maintained in a manner that exerts engineering control over significant
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potential environment impacts arising from the development and operation of the
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facility pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;
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(w) Segregation refers to a solid waste management practice of separating different
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materials found in solid waste in order to promote recycling and re-use of
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resources, facilitate waste treatment processes, and to reduce the volume of
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waste for collection and disposal pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;
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(x) Soiid waste refers to all discarded household waste, commercial waste, non-
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hazardous institutional and industrial waste, street sweepings, construction
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debris, agricultural waste, and other non-hazardous or non-toxic solid waste. It
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shall not include:
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(i) Waste identified or listed as hazardous waste of a solid, liquid, contained
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gaseous, or semisolid form, which may cause or contribute to an increase
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in mortality or in serious or incapacitating reversible illness, or acute or
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chronic effect on the health of persons and other organisms,
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(ii) Infectious waste from hospitals such as equipment, instruments, utensils,
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and fomites of a disposable nature from patients who are suspected to have
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or have been diagnosed as having communicable diseases and must
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wastes as pathological specimens, and disposable fomites that may harbor
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or transmit pathogenic organisms, and surgical operating room pathologic
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materials from outpatient areas and emergency rooms, and
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(iii) Waste resulting from mining activities, including contaminated soil and
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debris;
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(y) Solid waste management treatment facility refers to any resource recovery
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system or component thereof; any system, program or facility for resource
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conservation; or any facility for the collection, source separation, storage,
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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 of
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generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal
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of solid wastes in a manner that is in accord with the best principal of public
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health, economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics, and other
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environmental considerations, and that is also responsive to the public attitudes;
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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 converting
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WTE feedstock with various technologies, usually the conversion of non-
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recyclable waste materials into usable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety
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of processes;
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(cc) WTE facility ve^exs 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 taken in
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for WTE processing in a WTE facility;
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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 utilization
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of WTE facilities for solid waste management treatment and energy production.
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Sec. 5. Waste-to-Energy and Waste-to-Energy Facility. - WTE shall be
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classified 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 production
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facility;
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(b) Comply with establishment and operation guidelines for WTE facilities pursuant
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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 relevant
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sanitary landfill, or developing its own, prior to its operations, as a disposal site
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for any residue generated from its operations in accordance with NSWMC,
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DENR, and DOH guidelines issued pursuant to this Act; and
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(d) Comply with relevant laws, rules, and regulations including but not limited to
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Presidential Decree No. 1586 Establishing an Environmental Impact Statement
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System, Republic Act No. 6969 otherwise known as the Toxic Substances and
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Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act, Republic Act No. 7638 otherwise known as
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the Department of Energy Act of 1992 as amended. Republic Act No. 8749,
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Republic Act No. 9003, Republic Act No. 9136 otherwise known as the Electric
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Power Industry Reform Act of 2001, Republic Act No. 9275 otherwise known
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as the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, Republic Act No. 9367 otherwise
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known as the Biofuels Act of 2006, Republic Act No. 9513 otherwise known as
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the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, Republic Act No. 11223 otherwise known
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as the Universal Health Care Act, and WHO Guidelines on Air Quality.
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All waste treatment technologies in a WTE facility shall be allowed including incineration;
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Provided, that these technologies shall not emit toxic and poisonous fumes into the
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environment and shall comply with all the laws mentioned hereof and other relevant laws,
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rules, and regulations.
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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 waste
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treatment process of the WTE facility shall be governed by Republic Act No. 9003 and
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Republic Act No. 8749, while the energy production aspect of the WTE facility shall be
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governed by Republic Act No. 7638, Republic Act No. 9136, Republic Act No. 9367,
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Republic Act No. 9513, and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations.
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Sec. 6. The National Solid Waste Management Commission. - The
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Secretary of the Department of Energy shall serve in ex officio capacity as member of the
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National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), which shall now have fifteen
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(15) members from the government sector. In addition to its powers and functions under
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Republic Act No. 9003, the NSWMC shall:
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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 guidelines
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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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1. 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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Republic Act No. 8749 and other relevant laws, rules, and
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regulations,
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2. Transport, storage, and pre-processing of WTE feedstock,
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3. Pre-operation, siting, design, operation, and maintenance of WTE
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facilities,
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4. Quality control and operational control of WTE facilities,
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5. Management of residue from WTE facilities, if any;
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6. Pollution abatement, emissions monitoring, environmental
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monitoring, and public health and safety monitoring in relation to
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WTE facilities,
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7. Decommissioning, closure, and abandonment of WTE facilities, and
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8. Other guidelines pursuant to relevant laws, rules, and regulations,
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and
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Minimum standards, criteria, and guidelines, in determining a fair,
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equitable, and reasonable processing fee for WTE facilities taking into
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consideration, among others, the cost of construction, operation, and
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maintenance of the facility as well as the potential revenue from the sale of
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energy output, in consultation with relevant government agencies, experts,
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and stakeholders;
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(d) Consolidate and make available to the public, through its website, the following:
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Current and potential uses of WTE facilities in 
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management;
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(ii) Inventory of existing WTE facilities;
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(iii) General feedstock characterization;
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Status and projection of feedstock generation;
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Specific locations of potential feedstock and WTE facilities; and
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(e) Provide policy guidelines to assist LGUs in the development of WTE facilities to
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include the determination of the potential of WTE facilities in their respective
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localities;
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(f) Ensure LGUs incorporate a WTE strategy, if feasible, in their respective Local
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Government Solid Waste Management Plans;
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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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and incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.
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Sec. 7. Role of the Department of Energy. - In addition to its powers and
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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. 9367,
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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 the
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National Solid Waste Management Framework;
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(c) Regularly submit to the NSWMC and make available to the public, especially to
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potential WTE investors, national and local information on the following:
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(i) Current and potential uses of WTE facilities in relation to solid waste
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management,
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(ii) Inventory of existing WTE facilities, and
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(iii)Other relevant information; and
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(d) Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary
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and incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.
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In addition to its powers and functions under Republic Act No. 9003 and Republic Act No.
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8749, the DENR shall:
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(a) Include a WTE strategy, if feasible, in the National Solid Waste Management Status
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Report;
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(b) Provide technical and other capacity building assistance and support to LGUs based
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on the policy guidelines created by the NSWMC pursuant to Section 6(e) of this
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Act;
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(c) Implement and revise, when necessary, together with the DOH, existing guidelines
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issued pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003 on waste transport, pre-operation, waste
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acceptance, waste storage, pre-processing of waste, quality control, operational
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control, pollution abatement, management of residue, emissions monitoring,
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environmental monitoring, public health and safety monitoring, decommissioning,
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closure, and abandonment, among others, taking into account the NSWMC's
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standards, criteria, and guidelines under Section 6(c) of this Act and other relevant
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laws, rules, and regulations, and in consultation with relevant stakeholders;
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(d) Ensure compliance with Section 8(c) of this Act to include continuous monitoring
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and testing of by-products of WTE facilities;
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(e) Make available to the public, through its website, the emissions, effluents and other
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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 the provisions of this Act and other relevant laws, rules, and
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regulations;
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(g) Exercise visitorial and enforcement powers to ensure strict compliance of WTE
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facilities with this Act, Republic Act No. 9003, Republic Act No. 8749, and other
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relevant laws, rules, and regulations;
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(h) Recommend to the NSWMC policies to address challenges of WTE facilities from a
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solid waste management perspective; and
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(i) Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary
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and incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.
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functions, the DOH shall:
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(a) Ensure all WTE facilities undergo a Health Impact Assessment, pursuant to
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Republic Act No. 11223 and Presidential Decree No. 1586, as part of the
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Environmental Impact Assessment System, to be jointly reviewed and approved by
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the DOH and DENR prior to construction and operation;
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(b) Implement and revise, when necessary, together with DENR, existing guidelines
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issued pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003 on waste transport, pre-operation, waste
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acceptance, waste storage, pre-processing of waste, quality control, operational
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control, pollution abatement, management of residue, emissions monitoring,
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environmental monitoring, public health and safety monitoring, decommissioning,
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closure, and abandonment, among others, taking into account the NSWMC's
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standards, criteria, and guidelines under Section 6(c) of this Act and other relevant
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laws, rules, and regulations, and in consultation with relevant stakeholders;
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(c) Regularly conduct an analysis of the effects of WTE facilities and disposal sites on
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public health and submit the same to the NSWMC for consolidation, and DENR for
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proper action, if applicable;
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(e) Make available to the public, through its website, studies and analyses of the
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effects of WTE facilities and disposal sites on public health; and
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(f) Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary
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and incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.
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Sec. 10. Role of Local Government Units. - In addition to their powers, functions,
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and responsibilities under Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the Local
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Government Code of 1991, and Republic Act No. 9003, LGUs shall:
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(a) In the case of a city or municipality and if applicable, be responsible for the hauling
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of WTE feedstock to a WTE facility;
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(b)In the case of a province and if applicable, provide necessary logistical and
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operational support for the processing of WTE feedstock in a WTE facility;
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(c) Include a WTE strategy, if feasible, in their respective Local Government Solid
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Waste Management Plans;
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(d) Comply with the standards, criteria, and guidelines on WTE feedstock and WTE
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facilities pursuant to Sections 6(c), 8(c), and 9(b) of this Act, if applicable; and
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(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
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their own or upon recommendation of the Provincial Solid Waste
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Management Board or the NSWMC: Provided, That the province shail have
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the power to cluster component cities and municipalities based on the
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NSWMC approved provincial and local solid waste management plans and
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the recommendation of the NSWMC pursuant to Section 6(g) of this Act,
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(ii) Long term contracts with WTE facilities, on their own or with clustered LGUs,
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(iii) Public private partnerships pursuant to Republic Act No. 6957 otherwise
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known as An Act Authorizing the Financing, Construction, Operation and
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Maintenance of Infrastructure Projects by the Private Sector, and For Other
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Purposes as amended, cooperative undertakings under Section 33 of
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Republic Act No. 7160, and other contractual arrangements provided for
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under existing laws, rules, regulations as well as the LGUs' respective
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charters for the establishment of WTE faciiities: Provided, That WTE
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projects submitted to the Investment Coordination Committee pursuant to
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The national government shall provide support to all LGUs towards the effective 
implementation and the achievement of the policy objectives of this Act.
Sec. 11. Role of the Provincial Solid Waste Management Board. - In
addition to its powers and functions under Republic Act No. 9003, the Provincial Solid 
Waste Management Board shall:
(a) Integrate a WTE strategy, if feasible, in the Provincial Solid Waste Management 
Plan taking into consideration the Local Government Solid Waste Management 
Plans of all its component cities and municipalities;
(b) Recommend potential locations for WTE facilities in the Provincial Solid Waste 
Management Plan;
(c) Identify and recommend, or direct pursuant to Section 10 of this Act, clustering of 
component cities and municipalities for a common WTE facility, based on the Local 
Government Solid Waste Management Plans of all its component cities and 
municipalities;
(d) Provide the necessary logistical and operational support to component cities and 
municipalities who have the potential to be clustered, have decided to be clustered, 
or have been directed to be clustered pursuant to Section 10 of this Act, for a 
common WTE facility;
(e) Coordinate the efforts and oversee the implementation of the clustering of 
component cities and municipalities for a common WTE facility; and
(f) Coordinate with other Provincial, City, and Municipal Solid Waste Management 
Boards in identifying possible inter- and intra- province clustering for a common 
WTE facility.
Sec. 12. Role of the City or Municipal Solid Waste Management Board. -
In addition to its powers and functions under Republic Act No. 9003, the City or Municipal 
Solid Waste Management Board shall integrate a WTE strategy, if feasible, in its Local 
Government Solid Waste Management Plan, and shall submit a copy thereof to the 
Provincial Solid Waste Management Board.
Sec. 13. 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.
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(a) For LGUs:
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(i) Failure to include, if feasible, and implement, if applicable, the WTE strategy
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in their respective Local Government Solid Waste Management Plans, and
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(ii) Failure to perform the responsibilities in Section 10 on the Role of Local
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Government Units, Section 11 on the Role of the Provincial Solid Waste
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Management Board, and Section 12 on the Role of the City or Municipal
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Solid Waste Management Board;
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(b) For government agencies, failure to perform the powers and functions indicated
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under Section 6 on the National Solid Waste Management Commission, Section 7
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on the Role of the Department of Energy, Section 8 on the Role of the Department
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of Environment and Natural Resources, and Section 9 on the Role of the
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Department of Health; and
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(c) For WTE facilities:
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(i) Failure to comply with the responsibilities in Section 5 on Waste-to-Energy
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and Waste-to-Energy Facility, and
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(ii) Use of imported municipal solid waste as WTE feedstock for a WTE facility.
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Sec. 15. Penaities. - Without prejudice to civil and criminal liability, the following
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persons found to have violated the Sections mentioned below shall be meted with the
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following penalties:
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(a) Officials of LGUs and government agencies who violate Section 14(a):
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(i) First offense: six (6) months suspension,
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(ii) Second offense: Dismissal from service, perpetual disqualification from
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holding public office, and forfeiture of retirement benefits;
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(b) Officials of LGUs and government agencies who violate Section 14(b) shall be
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forfeiture of retirement benefits, and imprisonment for one (1) to six (6) years
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(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,
(iii) 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)(ii) shall pay a fine of One million pesos 
(P1,000,000.00) 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. 16. Incentives. - WTE facilities, depending on their output, shall be entitled 
to avail of the incentives under Republic Act No. 9367 otherwise known as the Biofuels 
Act of 2006 and Republic Act No. 9513 otherwise known as the Renewable Energy Act of 
2008.
Sec. 17. 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. 18. 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
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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. 19. 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. 20. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The DOE together with the 
DENR, in consultation with DOH, NSWMC, Department of Interior and Local Government, 
and public and private stakeholders, shall issue the implementing rules and regulations of 
this Act within ninety (90) calendar days upon its effectivity.
Sec. 21. Amendatory Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, 
and other issuances inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby deemed 
amended and modified accordingly.
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 modified 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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