EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN THE 
PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy (2016) defines 
environmental engineering as that branch of engineering concerned with the 
application of scientific and engineering principles for the protection of human 
populations from the effects of adverse environmental factors; protection of 
environments, both local and global, from potentially deleterious effects of natural and 
human activities; and improvement of environmental quality.
Environmental Engineering indubitably plays a vital and indispensable role for 
a sustainable nation building. The diverse pressing concerns and challenges along 
environmental protection, preservation, mitigation, among others, demand a breed of 
professionals specifically and specially trained to address such concerns. Momentarily, 
engineers from varied disciplines are covering the needs; albeit approached in a 
scattered and piecemeal manner. The efforts done surely are highly commendable; 
yet, it is the present need of the times that the collective environmental engineering 
concerns be approached as a common and related type of issues.
According to Worrel and Vesilind (2012), environmental engineering developed 
during the last 60 years as a major engineering discipline and is now established as


an equal alongside such major engineering fields as civil, chemical, mechanical, and 
electrical engineering. The emergence of environmental engineering is driven in great 
part by societal need to control the pollution of the environment.
Hence, environmental engineers are needed to provide expediency and quality 
in professional treatment and response in addressing these concerns. Their concerted 
efforts will significantly push relevant researches, regulations, and professional 
practice in these unified environmental engineering fields.
A legislative measure is sought to gather and streamline the common areas 
under environmental engineering and have those given effective treatment and 
attention by environmental engineers who are with a more focused academic and 
professional preparations. Such measure is now much needed while the country is 
beset with myriad of environmental issues and concerns.
In light of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is highly 
recommended.
R A M O T J/^^i^R E V ILLA , JR.


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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First Regular Session 
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NOV 20 
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Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN THE 
PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representative o f the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
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ARTICLE I
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TITLE, DECLARATION OF STATE POLICY, COVERAGE,
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DEFINITION OF TERMS, AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE
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Section 1. Short Title. -  This Act shall be known as the "Environmental
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Engineering Law o f the PhiHppined'.
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Sec. 2. Declaration o f Policy. -  The State recognizes the importance of
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environmental 
engineers, 
environmental 
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technologists, 
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environmental engineering technicians in nation building and development. As such,
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it is hereby declared the policy of the State to recognize, promote, strengthen, and
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regulate the practice of environmental engineering profession in the Philippines by
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instituting measures that will result in relevant environmental engineering education
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and enhanced roles and better career prospects for environmental engineering
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practitioners. The State shall develop and nurture competent, productive, and well-
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rounded environmental engineering practitioners whose standard of professional
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practice and service shall be excellent, world-class, and globally competitive through
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regulatory measures, programs and activities.


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Sec. 3. Coverage. -  This Act shall cover the following aspects of the practice
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of environmental engineering profession:
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(a) 
Examination, registration, and licensure of environmental engineering
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practitioners;
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(b) 
Regulation, supervision, and control of the practice of environmental
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engineering;
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(c) 
Development, 
upgrading, 
and 
updating 
of 
the 
curriculum 
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environmental engineering, environmental engineering technology, and
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environmental engineering technician professions, in coordination with
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the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and higher educational
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institutions (HEIs)and other stakeholders;
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(d) 
Development and improvement of the professional competence and
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practice of environmental engineering practitioners through, among
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others, continuing professional development (CPD); and,
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(e) 
Creation 
of 
relevant 
positions 
for 
environmental 
engineers,
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environmental engineering technologists and environmental engineering
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technicians and such other positions which require the knowledge and
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services of environmental engineering practitioners in all levels of local
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government 
units, 
relevant 
National 
Government Agencies 
and
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instrumentalities, 
including 
government-owned 
and 
-controlled
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corporations (GOCCs) as well as in industries, private establishments,
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firms, corporations, and institutions.
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Sec. 4, Definition o f Terms. -  As used in this Act:
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(a) 
Air PoHution Control Engineering refers to a branch of Environmental
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Engineering in which scientific and engineering concepts and principles
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are applied to control of air pollutant emissions, their generation and
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release from a source, their transport and transformation in and removal
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from the atmosphere, and their effects on human beings, materials, and
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ecosystems. 
It covers monitoring and correction of air pollution
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park impacted by one or more emission sources, to those from large
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of contaminants. The overall goal is to improve ambient air quality, to 
promote healthy environmental quality, and to protect property and 
public health;
(b) 
A ir pollution engineering refers to a branch of environmental engineering 
concerned with the control of pollutants in; 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 climatic 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 own 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 
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 
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(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 for 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. 
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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;
(k) 
Environmental Engineering Management refers to an entire spectrum of 
engineering 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 safe and 
healthy environment and protect public health;
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Environmental Engineering Technician refers to an environmental 
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Commission whose role is to apply established methods or techniques of 
environmental engineering. 
An environmental engineering technician 
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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 Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
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Environmental Health and Safety Engineering refers 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 condition to identify, monitor, evaluate and 
eliminate or control of hazards that expose people, environment or 
property to danger;
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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;
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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;
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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 
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activities greater than the clearance levels as established by the 
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), and for which no use is 
foreseen;
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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, conduct of 
risk assessment to estimate the health hazards of the contamination to 
humans and the ecosystem, and strategies to clean-up the site and 
return it to safe utilization;
(s) 
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;
(t) 
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;
(u) 
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 
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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;
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;
(v) : 
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,
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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 wastewater 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.


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Sec. 5. 
Scope o f Practice. -  The practice of environmental engineering
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practitioners shall include the following:
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(a) 
Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering;
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering;
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Air Quality and Noise Pollution Control Engineering;
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Site Remediation;
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Environmental Health and Safety Engineering; and,
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Environmental Engineering Management which covers Environmental
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Impact Assessment (EIA), Water Quality Management, Ambient Air
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Quality Management, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation,
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, and other programs and
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strategies to maintain safe and healthy environment and protect public
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health.
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1. Environmental Engineer shall perform the following:
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(a) 
Provide consultation services on environmental engineering;
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(b) 
Plan, design, approve, investigate, evaluate, supervise, and monitor
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environmental engineering processes, facilities including sanitary utilities
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in buildings, and other related projects;
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(c) 
Develop, implement, and manage programs for waste minimization and
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recycling, resource recovery, cleaner production, pollution abatement
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mitigation, 
polluted 
sites 
remediation, 
and 
other 
relevant
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environmental strategies;
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(d) 
Conduct research on environmental problems, including current and
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emerging contaminants, pollutants, and public health issues, and create
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and design innovative solutions;
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Teach courses in the environmental engineering and allied programs and
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serve as resource person; and
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Prepare and certify technical and environmental reports for compliance
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to environmental laws and regulation.
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2. Environmental Engineering Technologist shall perform the following services
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Conduct laboratory and field works pertaining to environmental
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engineering 
projects and undertakings;
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Recommend the issuance of environmental and other related permits,
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clearances, or licenses, including discharge permits and permit to
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operate air pollution source and control installations; and
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Assist environmental engineers in the practice of the profession.
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3. Environmental Engineering Technician shall perform the following services under
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the supervision of an environmental engineer and environmental engineering
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technologist, or both:
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Conduct inspection, investigation, and sampling in pollution control
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facilities, sanitary utilities in buildings, public places and establishments,
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and ambient environment (ambient air, water bodies, land);
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Perform well-defined functions related to the practice of environmental
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engineering 
as 
directed 
by 
an 
environmental 
engineer and/or
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environmental engineering technologist; and
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Prepare reports and correspondence pertaining to their activities.
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ARTICLE I I
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BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
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Sec. 6. Creation and Composition o f the Board. -  There is hereby created a
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Professional Regulatory Board of Environmental Engineering, hereinafter referred to
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as the Board, under the administrative supervision and control of the Professional
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Regulation Commission (PRC), herein referred to as the Commission. The Board shall
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consist of a Chairperson and four (4) Members:
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The Chairperson and two (2) members shall be responsible for the
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environmental 
engineering 
licensure 
examinations, 
whereas, 
the
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Chairperson and the remaining fourth (4th) and fifth (5th) members shall
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be responsible for the environmental engineering technologists and
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environmental engineering technicians examinations.
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The Chairperson and members of the Board shall be appointed by the
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President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Commission,
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from a list of at least three (3) nominees for each position who shall be


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endorsed by the duly accredited integrated professional organization
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(AIPO) of the environmental engineering practitioners in the Philippines.
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Terms o f Office. -T h e  Chairperson and members of the Board shall
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hold office for a term of three (3) years from the date of appointment, or until their
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successors shall have been appointed or qualified. 
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reappointed for only a second term as may be recommended by the Commission and
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the AIPO of the environmental engineering practitioners. Each member shall qualify
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by taking an oath of office before entering the performance of the duties. Vacancies
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in the Board shall be filled by the President of the Philippines, from the list of
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candidates endorsed by the Commission, who were chosen and recommended from
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the list of nominees submitted by the AIPO of the environmental engineering
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practitioners, but for the unexpired term only. At the expiration of the term or removal
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of the Board Chairperson, the most senior of the Board member shall temporarily
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assume and perform the duties and functions of the Chairperson, until a permanent
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one is appointed by the President.
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Sec. 8. Qualifications and Disqualifications o f the Members o f the Board. -  A
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member of the Board at the time of the appointment, shall possess the following
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qualifications:
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(a) 
Must be a Filipino citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at least five
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(5) years;
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(b) At least thirty-five (35) years of age, of good moral character, and of
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proven integrity in the personal and professional conduct;
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Holds a degree of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from
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a university, school, college, academy or institute in the Philippines that is
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recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED): Provided,
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That the Chairperson must preferably be a holder of a Master's or a
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doctorate degree in Environmental Engineering;
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A registered Environmental Engineer with a minimum of seven (7) years
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of relevant experience;
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Must neither be an official nor a faculty member, nor shall have pecuniary
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interest in any university, college, school or institution conferring
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bachelor's degree in environmental engineering for at least three (3) years
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prior to the appointment. A person must not be connected with a review
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center, or with any group or association which offers or conducts review
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classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examinations, at the
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time of the appointment and during the incumbency as chairperson or
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member of the Board.
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Must not be an incumbent officer of the AIPO of the environmental
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engineering practitioners within a period of three (3) years prior to
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nomination; and
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Must not have been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.
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Sec. 9. Compensation and Allowances. -T h e  Chairperson and members of the
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Board shall receive compensation and allowances comparable to those being received
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by the chairpersons and members of existing Boards under the Commission as
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provided for in the General Appropriations Act.
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Powers, Functions, and Responsibilities o f the Board. -  The Board
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shall exercise the following powers, functions and responsibilities;
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(a) 
To promulgate the implementing rules and regulations necessary in
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carrying out the provisions of this Act;
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To regulate the registration, licensure and the practice of environmental
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engineering, in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
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To issue the certificate of registration and professional identification
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cards to successful registrants;
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To administer oaths in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
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To issue special temporary permit to qualified foreign environmental
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engineering practitioners, who may be authorized by existing laws to
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practice environmental engineering in the Philippines for a specific
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project and duration of time only;
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To monitor the conditions affecting the practice of the environmental
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engineering profession and, whenever necessary, adopt such measures
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deemed proper for the enhancement of the profession and the
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maintenance of high professional technical and ethical standards;
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To hear and investigate cases arising from violations of this Act, its
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Rules 
and 
Regulations 
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Code 
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For this purpose, the Board shall issue subpoena ad testificandum audjor
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subpoena duces tecum X.o secure the attendance of the respondents or
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witnesses and the production of documents relative to the investigation
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conducted by the Board;
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To hear and investigate cases filed before the Board where the issue or
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question strictly concerns the practice of the professions, in which case.
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the hearing shall be presided over by at least one (1) member of the
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Board assisted by a Legal or Hearing Officer of the Commission;
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To conduct, through the Legal Officers of the Commission, summary
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proceeding on minor violations of this Act, its IRR, including the general
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instructions to examinees, and render summary judgment thereon,
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which, unless appealed to the Commission, shall become final and
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executory after fifteen (15) days from the receipt of the decision;
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To suspend, revoke, reissue, or reinstate the certificate of registration
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and professional identification card or special temporary permit for
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causes provided by this law;
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To prepare, adopt, and issue the syllabi or Tables of Specifications (TOS)
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of the subjects for examination, in consultation with the academe;
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determine and prepare the questions for the licensure examinations
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which shall strictly be within the scope of the syllabus or table of
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specifications of the subjects for examination; score and rate the
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examination papers and submit the results in all subjects duly signed by
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the members of the Board to the Commission within thirty (30) days
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from the last day of examination, unless extended for justifiable cause,
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and subject to the approval of the Commission;
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To prescribe and adopt a Code of Ethics for Environmental Engineers,
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Environmental
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Engineering Technicians in consultation with the AIPO;
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To prescribe guidelines in the Continuing Professional Development
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(CPD) program and to create the CPD Council with the objective of
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providing and ensuring the continuous development of all environmental
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engineering practitioners;
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To adopt an official seal of the Board; and
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To perform other functions and duties as may be necessary to implement
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this Act.
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The policies, resolutions, rules and regulations issued or promulgated by the
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Board shall be subject to review and approval of the Commission. However, the
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Board's decisions, resolutions and orders rendered in administrative cases shall be
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subject to review only if on appeal.
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Sec. 11. Annual Report. -T h e  Board shall, at the end of each calendar year,
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submit to the Commission a detailed report of its activities and proceedings during the
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year embodying also such recommendations as it may deem proper to promote the
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policies and objectives of this Act.
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Sec. 12. Removal o f Board Members. - l \ \ e  President, upon recommendation
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of the Commission, may remove any member of the Board on the following grounds:
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neglect of duty, incompetence, malpractice, tolerance of irregularities in the
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examinations, or for unprofessional, unethical, or dishonorable conduct, after having
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been given the opportunity to defend oneself in a proper administrative investigation.
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ARTICLE I I I
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LICENSURE, REGISTRATION AND PRACTICE
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OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
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Sec. 13. Examination Requirement -  Except as otherwise specifically provided
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in this Act, all applicants for registration for the practice of environmental engineering
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shall be required to pass a written technical examination which shall be given at such
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times and places as may be determined by the Commission.
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Sec. 14. Qualifications o f Applicants for the Environmental Engineers Licensure
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Examinations. -  An applicant for the licensure examination for environmental engineer
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shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board that the following qualifications are met:
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(a) 
A citizen of the Philippines or of a foreign country which has a policy on
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reciprocity for the practice of environmental engineering with the
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Has not been convicted by the court of any offense involving moral 
turpitude; and
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Holds a Bachelor's degree in Science of Environmental Engineering from 
a university, college, academy or institute, duly constituted and 
recognized by the CHED.
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:
(a) A holder of a degree in ecological and environmental engineering or 
environmental engineering, from a recognized and legally constituted 
school, college, or university in the Philippines;
(b) 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,
(c) 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 o f 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 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) 
A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering 
Technology;
(d) 
Has not been convicted by the court of any offense involving moral 
turpitude; and,
(e) 
Is in good health.
Sec. 16. Qualifications o f Applicants fo r the Environmental Engineering 
Technicians Licensure Examination. -  An applicant for the licensure examination for
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environmental engineering technicians shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board
2 
that the following qualifications are met:
3 
(a) 
A citizen of the Philippines or of a foreign country which has a policy on
4 
reciprocity for the practice of environmental engineering with the
5 
Philippines;
6 
(b) 
Has a good reputation and good moral values;
7 
(c) 
Is an Associate of or holds a Certificate in Environmental Engineering, or
8 
finished two years of the prescribed curriculum for BSEnE;
9 
(d) 
Has not been convicted by the court of an offense involving moral
10 
turpitude; and,
11 
(e) 
Is in good health.
12 
Sec. 17. Subjects o f the Environmental Engineering Licensure Examination. -
13 
Unless modified by the Board and the Commission, the Environmental Engineering,
14 
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Environmental Engineering Technicians
15 
Licensure Examination shall cover the following subjects:
16 
(a) 
Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering;
17 
(b) 
Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering;
18 
(c) 
Air Quality and Noise Pollution Control Engineering;
19 
(d) 
Site Remediation;
20 
(e) 
Environmental Health and Safety Engineering; and,
21 
(f) 
Environmental Engineering Management - covers Environmental Impact
22 
Assessment, 
Water 
Quality Management, 
Ambient Air 
Quality
23 
Management, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Disaster Risk
24 
Reduction and Management, and other programs and strategies to
25 
maintain safe and healthy environment, and to protect public health.
26 
The Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, may amend or revise
27 
the subjects, the syllabi, and the system and procedure in the Environmental
28 
Engineering, 
Environmental 
Engineering 
Technologists 
and 
Environmental
29 
Engineering Technicians Licensure Examination
30 
Sec. 18. 
Rating in the Licensure Examination. -  To be qualified as having
31 
passed the Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering Technologists and
32 
Environmental Engineering Technicians Licensure Examination, a candidate must
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obtain a weighted general average of at least seventy percent (70%), with no grade
2 
lower than fifty percent (50%) in any given subject. 
However, an examinee who
3 
obtains a weighted general average rating of seventy percent (70%) or higher, but
4 
obtains a rating below fifty percent (50%) in any given subject, must retake the
5 
examination in the subject or subjects where the grade obtained is below fifty percent
6 
(50%).
7 
An examinee who fails to pass the examination for the third (3rd) time shall be
8 
allowed to take another examination only after the lapse of one (1) year from the last
9 
examination taken and after having completed a refresher course in a government-
10 
recognized institution.
11 
Sec. 19. 
Oath o f Environmental Engineering Practitioner. -  All successful
12 
registrants, with or without examination, shall take the prescribed professional oath
13 
before any member of the Board or any other authorized official of the Commission
14 
prior to entering the practice of the profession.
15 
Sec. 20. Issuance o f Certificates o f Registration and Professional Identification
16 
Card. -T h e  Board and the Commission shall issue a certificate of registration to a
17 
registrant who has met all the requirements for registration under this Act. 
The
18 
certificate of registration shall bear the full name of the registrant, the signatures of
19 
the Chairperson of the Commission and all members of the Board, and the official
20 
seals of the Board and the Commission. The certificate of registration shall be the
21 
evidence that the person named therein is entitled to practice the environmental
22 
engineering, environmental engineering technology or environmental engineering
23 
technician profession, as the case may be, with all the privileges appurtenant thereto.
24 
A professional identification card indicating the registration number, and dates
25 
of its issuance and expiry, duly signed by the Commission Chairperson, shall likewise
26 
be issued to a successful registrant. 
The professional identification card shall be
27 
renewed every three (3) years, subject to compliance with the requirements as may
28 
be prescribed by the Board and the Commission.
29 
Sec. 21. 
Registration without Examination. -  Within the periods specified
30 
below, the Board shall issue certificates of registration and professional identification
31 
cards to the following qualified persons without examination: Provided, That the
32 
persons possess the following qualifications as validated by the Board: -
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1. Environmental Engineers must satisfy the following requirements:
2 
(a) Hold a degree in ecological and environmental engineering or
3 
environmental 
engineering, 
with 
at least five (5) years of
4 
environmental engineering experience; or a degree in any field of
5 
engineering plus a masters degree in environmental engineering
6 
from a recognized and legally constituted school, college or university
7 
in the Philippines, with at least three (3) years of environmental
8 
engineering experience; or a degree in engineering and a doctorate
9 
degree in environmental engineering from a recognized and legally
10 
constituted school, college or university in the Philippines; or
11 
(b)A Filipino citizen who has a baccalaureate degree in any field of
12 
engineering from a school, college, academy, or university in the
13 
Philippines or abroad which is recognized by the CHED, and with at
14 
least seven (7) years of environmental engineering experience and a
15 
registered engineer prior to the effectivity of this Act shall file his/her
16 
application for registration without examination not later than two
17 
(2) years from the effectivity of this Act.
18 
This provision may be exercised within seven (7) years after the effectivity of
19 
this Act.
20 
2. Environmental Engineering Technologists must satisfy the following
21 
requirements:
22 
(a) 
Employed as pollution control officers or environmental management
23 
specialists;
24 
(b) 
With ten (10) years experience; and,
25 
(c) 
Baccalaureate degree
26 
3. Environmental Engineering Technicians must satisfy the following requirements:
27 
(a) 
Employed as pollution control officers or environmental management
28 
specialists; and,
29 
(b) 
With ten (10) years experience;
30 
Provided further, That qualified Environmental Engineering Practitioners shall
31 
register within two (2) years after the effectivity of this Act.
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Sec. 22. Foreign Reciprocity. -  No foreigner shall be admitted to the licensure
2 
examination, or be given a certificate of registration and professional identification
3 
card, or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges under this Act, unless the
4 
requirements for the registration or licensing in said foreign country or state are
5 
substantially the same as those required and contemplated by the laws of the
6 
Philippines, and that the laws of such foreign country or state specifically permits
7 
Filipino environmental engineering practitioners to practice within its territorial limits
8 
on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of such foreign country or State.
9 
Sec. 23. Special Temporary Permits. -  The following are required to secure a
10 
special temporary permit from the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission:
11 
(a) 
Environmental engineering practitioners from other countries called in
12 
by the government for consultation and for a specific project; or both,
13 
Provided, That such foreign environmental engineering practitioners are
14 
legally qualified to practice environmental engineering in their country
15 
or State.
16 
(b) 
Foreign 
consultants 
specializing 
in 
the 
field 
of environmental
17 
engineering, who, in the judgment of the Board, may benefit the local
18 
practitioners through the transfer of technology: Provided, That such
19 
registrants shall satisfy the following conditions:
20 
(1) That, at the time of engagement, no Filipino environmental
21 
engineering practitioner in the country is competent, available and
22 
willing to perform the services for which the foreigner has been
23 
hired; and,
24 
(2) Any particular or specific engagement shall not be in excess of one
25 
(1) year, renewable at the discretion of the Board 
and the
26 
Commission.
27 
Sec. 24. Refusal to Register. -T h e  Board shall not register any applicant for
28 
registration with or without licensure examination, who suffers from any of the
29 
following disqualifications:
30 
(a) 
Conviction by final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction of any
31 
offense involving moral turpitude;
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(b) 
Conviction by final judgment in any administrative case involving
2 
immorality or notoriously undesirable conduct;
3 
(c) 
Adjudged guilty for violation of the General Instructions to Examinees
4 
by the Board;
5 
(d) 
Declared to be of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; or,
6 
(e) 
Proven to be afflicted with addiction to substance/s impairing the ability
7 
to practice the profession through a finding to this effect by a medical
8 
or drug testing facility accredited by the government.
9 
In case of refusal to register, the Board shall issue to the applicant a written
10 
statement setting forth the reasons for such refusal and shall file a copy thereof in its
11 
records.
12 
Sec. 25. 
Suspension and Revocation o f the Certificate o f Registration and
13 
Professional Identification Card or Special Temporary Permit. -  The Board shall have
14 
the power, after due notice and hearing, to suspend a member for a period of six (6)
15 
to twelve (12) months, depending on the gravity of the offense or revoke the
16 
certificate of registration and professional identification card or special temporary
17 
permit on any of the following grounds:
18 
For Suspension:
19 
(a) 
Unjustified refusal to join or to remain a member in good standing of the
20 
AIPO;
21 
(b) 
Unjustified or unexplained neglect or failure to pay the annual
22 
registration fees for five (5) consecutive years; and
23 
(c) 
Unjustified or unexplained non-renewal of the professional identification
24 
card for more than five (5) consecutive years.
25 
For Revocation:
26 
(a) 
Violation of any provision of this Act, its IRR, Code of Ethics, and other
27 
policies and regulatory measures of the Board and the Commission, or
28 
both;
29 
(b) 
Perpetration or use of fraud in obtaining the certificate of registration,
30 
professional identification card or special temporary permit;
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(c) 
Gross incompetence, negligence or ignorance in the practice or exercise
2 
of the profession resulting to death, injury of persons and damage to
3 
property;
4 
(d) 
Aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a person who is not an
5 
environmental engineering practitioner by allowing oneself to use the
6 
certificate of registration, professional identification card or special
7 
temporary permit, among others;
8 
(e) 
Practice of 
the profession during the suspension from the practice
9 
thereof; and,
10 
(0  
Addiction to a drug or alcohol abuse impairing oneself ability to practice
11 
the profession or being declared of unsound mind by a court of
12 
competent jurisdiction.
13 
The Board shall periodically evaluate the aforementioned grounds and revise
14 
or add new ones as the need arises, subject to approval by the Commission.
15 
Sec. 26. Filing o f Charges. -T h e  rules on administrative investigation of the
16 
Commission shall govern the filing of charges and the conduct of hearing and
17 
investigation, or both subject to applicable provisions of this Act, RA No. 8981 and the
18 
Rules of Court.
19 
Sec. 27. 
Reissuance o f Revoked Certificate o f Registration, Replacement o f
20 
Lost or Damaged Certificate o f Registration, Professional Identification Card or Special
21 
Temporary Permit. -  Suspensions imposed against a member shall be automatically
22 
lifted upon expiration of the period indicated in the suspension order. The Board may,
23 
upon petition, reinstate or reissue a revoked certificate of registration after two (2)
24 
years from the effectivity of the revocation, which is reckoned from the date of
25 
surrender of the said certificate of registration and professional identification card, or
26 
both to the Board and the Commission. The Board may not require the holder thereof
27 
to take another licensure examination. The petitioner shall prove to the Board that
28 
one has a valid reason to resume the practice of the profession. For the grant of one's
29 
petition, the Board shall issue a Board Resolution, subject to approval by the
30 
Commission.
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A duplicate copy of a lost certificate of registration, professional identification
2 
card or special temporary permit may be reissued in accordance with rules thereon
3 
and upon payment of the prescribed fee therefor.
4 
Sec. 28. Use o f Seal. -A ll environmental engineering practitioners shall obtain
5 
a seal of such design as the Board shall authorize and direct: Provided, however, That
6 
the certificate of registration number issued by the Board shall be included in the
7 
design of the seal. 
Plans and specifications prepared by, and under the direct
8 
supervision of an environmental engineer shall be stamped with such seal during the
9 
validity of the latter's certificate of registration. It shall be unlawful to affix the seal
10 
on any document after the environmental engineer's certificate of registration has
11 
expired or has been revoked, unless such certificate of registration shall have been
12 
renewed or re-issued.
13 
Sec. 29. Display o f Certificate o f Registration in the Place o f Practice. -  The
14 
proprietor or manager of a firm, partnership or association which employs an
15 
environmental engineer shall post or cause to be posted in a conspicuous place within
16 
the place of business of the firm, partnership or association, the certificate of
17 
registration of the environmental engineer.
18 
Sec. 30. Roster o f Environmental Engineering Practitioners. -  The Commission
19 
shall keep a roster of all duly licensed and registered environmental engineers,
20 
environmental engineering technologists and environmental engineering technicians,
21 
with their names; registration numbers and places of business. The Commission shall
22 
regularly update such roster and make it available to all interested parties, upon
23 
request.
24 
Sec. 31. 
Comprehensive Environmental Engineering Specialty Program. -
25 
Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Board, in coordination with
26 
the AIPO for environmental engineering practitioners and recognized specialty
27 
organizations, is hereby mandated to formulate and develop a comprehensive
28 
environmental engineering specialty program that would upgrade the level of skills
29 
and competence of environmental engineering specialists in the country, such as the
30 
areas of Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering, Solid and Hazardous Waste
31 
Engineering, Air Quality and Noise Pollution Control Engineering, Sanitary Engineering,
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Site Remediation, Environmental Health & Safety Engineering, Environmental
2 
Engineering Management and such other areas as maybe determined by the Board.
3 
Sec. 32. 
Environmental Engineering Code for Environmental Engineering
4 
Practitioners. -  The Board shall adopt and promulgate the Code of Ethics and
5 
Standards of Practice for environmental engineers, environmental technologists, and
6 
environmental technicians prescribed and issued by the AIPO of environmental
7 
engineers.
8 
ARTICLE IV
9 
PENAL AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
10 
Sec. 33. Practice o f Firms. -  The practice of environmental engineering is a
11 
professional service based on individual and personal qualifications. 
A firm,
12 
association or partnership may practice this profession: Provided, That the principals
13 
of the firm, association or partnership are environmental engineers.
14 
Sec. 34. 
Integration o f the Environmental Engineering Professions. -  The
15 
environmental engineering profession shall be integrated into one (1) national
16 
organization which shall be recognized by the Board as the one and only Accredited
17 
Integrated Professional Organization (AIPO) of the environmental engineering
18 
practitioners. Every environmental engineering practitioner shall, upon registration
19 
with the Board, ipso facto become a member of the AIPO and shall receive all the
20 
benefits and privileges appurtenant to their membership in the AIPO, upon payment
21 
of the required membership fees and dues.
22 
Sec. 35. Appointment o f Environmental Engineers to Relevant Positions in the
23 
Provincial, City and Municipal Governments and Establishments with Environmental
24 
Engineering Functions. -  Within two (2) years after the approval of this Act, all
25 
provinces, cities and municipalities may appoint an environmental engineer in their
26 
respective Provincial, City and Municipal Engineering Offices.
27 
No person shall be appointed to the position of environmental engineer or those
28 
vested with environmental engineering functions unless the person is a citizen of the
29 
Philippines, a resident of the local government unit concerned, of good moral
30 
character, and a licensed environmental engineer. The appointee must have acquired
31 
experience in the practice of the profession of environmental engineering for at least
32 
five (5) years in the case of the provincial or city environmental engineer, and three
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(3) years in the case of municipal environmental engineer. The appointment of an
2 
environmental engineer shall be mandatory for the provincial, city and municipal
3 
governments. The environmental engineer shall:
4 
(a) Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and objectives, plans and
5 
programs, 
techniques, 
procedures 
and 
practices 
in 
environmental
6 
engineering works in general of the local government unit concerned;
7 
(b) Advise the governor or mayor, as the case may be, on environmental
8 
engineering matters and concerns;
9 
(c) Administer, coordinate, supen/ise, and control the implementation of projects
10 
relevant to environmental engineering;
11 
(d) Provide engineering services to the local government unit concerned,
12 
including investigation and survey, engineering designs, feasibility studies
13 
and project management;
14 
(e)In the case of provincial environmental engineers, exercise technical
15 
supervision over all environmental engineering offices of component cities
16 
and municipalities; and,
17 
(f) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as
18 
may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
19 
Firms, companies, partnerships or associations which are engaged in the
20 
installation, 
construction, 
manufacture, 
operation, 
or sale 
of environmental
21 
equipment, facilities and other environmental engineering processes, or hold
22 
environmental permits such as Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC), Water
23 
Permit, Discharge Permit, shall hire or engage the services of at least one (1)
24 
environmental engineer. Industries, establishments, institutions, waterworks, and
25 
facilities which generate, treat, discharge or dispose waste shall also be required to
26 
hire or engage the services of at least one (1) environmental engineer who shall, at
27 
the same time, perform functions of a Pollution Control/Environmental Officer.
28 
Sec. 36, 
Ratio o f Environmental Engineers, Environmental Engineering
29 
Technologists and Environmental Engineering Technicians per population o f Local
30 
Government Units. -T h e  IRR of this Act shall set the standard ratio of environmental
31 
engineers, environmental engineering technologists and environmental engineering
32 
technicians per unit of population served in every province, city or municipality.
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Sec. 37. Pena! Provision. -  In addition to the administrative sanctions imposed
2 
under this Act, upon conviction, the penalty of imprisonment of not less than one (1)
3 
year but not more than five (5) years, or a fine of not less than One hundred thousand
4 
Pesos (PhP 100,000.00) but not more than Five hundred thousand Pesos (PhP
5 
500,000.00) or both, at the discretion of the Courts, shall upon conviction be imposed
6 
on a person who commits any of the following acts:
7 
a. Engaging in the practice of environmental engineering in the Philippines
8 
without having been registered or without having conformed with the
9 
provisions of this Act;
10 
b. Presenting or attempting to use as one's own the certificate of registration
11 
or professional identification card of another environmental engineer,
12 
environmental engineering technologists or environmental engineering
13 
technician, or special temporary permit of a foreign environmental
14 
engineering practitioner;
15 
c. Submitting any false or forged evidence to the Board for the purpose of
16 
securing a certificate of registration, professional identification 
card or
17 
special temporary permit, or impersonating any environmental engineering
18 
practitioner;
19 
d. Attempting to use or using a revoked or suspended certificate of
20 
registration, professional identification card or special temporary permit;
21 
e. Using or advertising any title or description tending to convey the impression
22 
that a person is an environmental engineering practitioner even without a
23 
valid certificate of registration, professional identification card or special
24 
temporary permit; or,
25 
f. Violating any of the provisions of this Act.
26 
In case the offender is a corporation, partnership or juridical person, the penalty
27 
of imprisonment shall be imposed on the environmental engineer jointly and solidarily
28 
with the responsible professionals, as well the officer or officers responsible for
29 
permitting or causing the violation.
30 
Sec. 38. Enforcement o f the Act by Officers o f the Law. -  The Board and the
31 
Commission shall implement and enforce the provisions of this Act, its IRR, and
32 
whenever warranted, investigate complaints for violations of this Act, its IRR and the
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1 
Code of Ethics and Standards for Environmental Engineers, Environmental Engineering
2 
Technologists and Environmental Engineering Technicians.
3 
The National Government, any of its provincial, city or municipal government
4 
or political subdivisions, shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act.
5 
The Department of Justice shall act as legal adviser of the Board and render such legal
6 
assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
7 
Sec. 39. 
Transitory Provision. -  The Board of Environmental Engineering
8 
created under Section 6 of this Act shall be constituted not later than six (6) months
9 
from the effectivity of this Act. 
The Board shall administer the Environmental
10 
Engineers Licensure Examination and register environmental engineering practitioners
11 
prior to the full implementation of the qualifications prescribed for environmental
12 
engineers, environmental engineering technologists and environmental engineering
13 
technicians in Sections 14, 15 and 16 of this Act.
14 
Sec. 40. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -  The Board shall, within ninety
15 
(90) days upon effectivity of this Act, formulate and issue the implementing rules and
16 
regulations (IRR) to carry out the provision of this Act.
17 
Sec. 41. 
Appropriations. -  The Chairperson of the Commission shall
18 
immediately include in the Commission's programs the implementation of this Act, the
19 
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).
20 
The amount necessary to carry out the initial implementation of this Act shall be
21 
charged against the current year's appropriations of the Commission. Thereafter, such
22 
sums as may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be
23 
included in the succeeding GAA.
24 
Sec. 42. Separability Clause. -  If any provision of this Act or the application
25 
thereof is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the same shall not affect
26 
the validity of the other provisions.
27 
Sec. 43. Act not Affecting other Professions. -  Nothing in this Act shall be
28 
construed as to affect or prevent existing rights of other professions as provided law.
29 
Sec. 44. Repeating Clause. -  All laws, parts of laws, decrees, orders, letters of
30 
instructions and ordinances, or regulations in conflict with the provisions hereof, are
31 
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
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Sec. 45. 
Effectivity. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
2 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
3 
Approved,
26