EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES }
Third Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez
House Bili No. 10155

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The first paragraph of Section 30 of Republic Act No. 9513 or the Renewable Energy Act of
2008 provides:

Section 30. Adoption of Waste-To-Energy Technologies. - The DOE shall,
where practicable, encourage the adoption of waste-to-energy facilities
such as, but not limited to, biogas systems. The DOE shall, in coordination
with the DENR, ensure compliance with this provision.

Unfortunately, more than a decade after the passage of said law, there is still a dearth of
waste-to-energy facilities in the country. There is a tremendous opportunity for the country to
be less reliant of oil and coal if only we can adopt and take advantage of waste-to-energy
technology.

This bili seeks to provide a framework for the entire value chain of waste to energy facilities
‘and hopefully urge the government and private companies to enter into the waste-to-energy
sector for the benefit of the Philippines.

in view of the foregoing, immediate approvai of this measure is earnestly requested.

RUFYS B. RODRIGUEZ


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
Third Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez

House Bill No. LOISS.

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR
FACILITIES UTILIZING WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Titie. - This Act shail be referred to as the “Waste-to-Energy Act

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to:

(a) Ensure protection of the public's health and the environment through a systematic and
comprehensive ecological solid waste management program;

(b) Strengthen its commitment to solid waste avoidance and volume reduction by
supplementing the latter with other solid waste management treatment technologies to
include waste-to-energy;

(c) Encourage the development and utilization of environmentally sustainable new and
alternative technologies in resource recovery, resource conservation, processing,
treatment, and disposal of solid waste, such as waste-to-energy 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 economic growth and
development; and

(f) Promote collaboration, cooperation, and participation of various sectors in coordinated
approaches to solid waste management and waste treatment technology towards
national development and jobs creation.

SEC. 3. Scope and Application. — This Act shall apply to all jocal government units and waste-
to-energy facilities.

SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. — For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall be defined
as stated beiow.

(a) Agricultural waste refers to waste generated from planting or harvesting of crops,
trimming or pruning of plants, and wastes or run-off materials from farms or fields;

(b) Biomedical waste or hazardous healthcare waste refers to waste from healthcare
facilities that may pose a variety of environmental and health risks. It can be further
classified into sharps waste, infectious waste, pathological and anatomical waste,
pharmaceutical waste, genotoxic waste, chemical waste, radioactive waste, and
pressurized containers as defined by the Department of Health (DOH);

(©) Cily or Municipal Solid Waste Management Board refers to the entity established by
each city or municipality pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9003, otherwise
known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000;

(d) Chemical and industrial waste refers to discarded solid, liquid, or gaseous chemicals
from laboratories, industrial establishments, or other sources such as diagnostic and


experimental work, environmental work, cleaning, housekeeping, and disinfecting
procedures;

(e) Clustering is a strategy of pooling available resources of local government units (LGUs)
for the establishment of a common solid waste management treatment facility or
service;

(f) Collection refers to the act of removing solid waste from the source or from a communal
storage point;

(g) Disposal refers to the deposit, or placing of any solid waste into an approved disposal
site pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003

(h) Disposal site refers to a facility where solid waste is finally deposited and placed
pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;

() Emission means any air contaminant, pollutant, gas stream, or unwanted sound from
a known source which is passed into the atmosphere;

() Hazardous waste refers to substances that are without any safe commercial, industrial,
agricultural, or economic usage and are shipped, transported, or brought from the
country of origin for dumping or disposal into or in transit through any part of the
Philippines. It shall aiso refer to by-products, side-products, process residues, spent
reaction media, contaminated plant or equipment, or other substances from
manufacturing operations and as a customer discards of manufactured products, or a
combination of solid waste which, because of its quantity, concentration, physical,
chemical, or infectious characteristics, may

(k) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in a serious
irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or

()) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment
when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed;

(m) incineration in a WTE facility refers to a waste treatment and resource recovery
technology that involves the controlled combustion of waste materials for the purpose
of recovering energy from it, and whose emissions and effluents are compliant with the
guidelines pursuant to this Act and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations,

(n) Local Government Solid Waste Management Plan refers to the ten (10) year solid
waste management plan, consistent with the National Solid Waste Management
Framework, prepared by the LGUs pursuant to Section 16 of Republic Act No. 9003;

(0) Municipal waste refers to waste produced from activities within LGUs which include a
combination of domestic, commercial, institutional, and industrial wastes and street
litters pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;

(p) National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) refers to the body created
and primarily tasked with overseeing the impiementation of solid waste management
plans and prescribing policies to achieve the objectives of Republic Act No. 9003;

(@) National Solid Waste Management Framework refers to a document prepared by the
NSWMC based on the National Solid Waste Management Status Report pursuant to
Section 15 of Republic Act No. 9003;

(") National Solid Waste Management Status Report refers to a document prepared by
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which is used as a
basis in formulating the National Solid Waste Management Framework pursuant to
Section 14 of Republic Act No. 9003;

(s) Poisonous and toxic fumes refer to any emissions and fumes which are beyond
internationally accepted standards, including but not limited to the World Health
Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines, as provided in Republic Act No. 8749,
otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999;

() Processing fee refers to the amount paid to avail of the services of a waste-to-energy
facility as defined herein;

(u) Provincial Solid Waste Management Board refers to the entity established by each
province pursuant to Section 11 of Republic Act No. 9003;


(v) Residue refers to substances that remain after a process in a waste-to-energy facility
such as preparation, separation, purification, evaporation, combustion, distillation, or
filtration;

(w) Resource recovery refers to the collection, extraction, or recovery of recyclable
materials from the waste stream for the purpose of recycling, generating energy, or
producing a product suitable for beneficial use;

(%) Sanitary landfill refers to a waste disposal site designed, constructed, operated, and
maintained in a manner that exerts engineering control over significant potential
environment impacts arising from the development and operation of the facility
pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;

(y) Segregation refers to a solid waste management practice of separating different
materials found in solid waste in order to promote recycling and re-use of resources,
facilitate waste treatment processes, and to reduce the volume of waste for coliection
and disposal pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003;

(2) Solid waste refers to all discarded household waste, commercial waste, non-
hazardous institutional and industrial waste, street sweepings, construction debris,
agricultural waste, and other non-hazardous or non-toxic solid waste. it shail not
include:

(aa) Waste identified or listed as hazardous waste of a solid, liquid, contained
gaseous, or semisolid form, which may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality
r in serious or incapacitating reversible iliness, or acute or chronic effect on the health
of persons and other organisms,

(bb) Infectious waste from hospitals such as equipment, instruments, utensils, and
fomites of a disposable nature from patients who are suspected to have or have been
diagnosed as having communicable diseases and must therefore be isolated as
required by public health agencies, laboratory wastes as pathological specimens, and
disposable fomites that may harbor or transmit pathogenic organisms, and surgical
operating room pathologic materials from outpatient areas and emergency rooms, and

(co) Waste resulting from mining activities, including contaminated soil and debris;

(dd) Solid waste management treatment facility refers to any resource recovery
system or component thereof; any system, program or facility for resource
conservation; or any facility for the collection, source separation, storage,
transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, or disposal of solid waste,

(ee) Solid waste management refers to the discipline associated with the control of
generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of
solid wastes in a manner that is in accord with the best principal of public health,
economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics, and other environmental
considerations, and that is also responsive to the public attitudes;

(ff) Waste refers to any material misplaced, unused or rejected by persons as worthless
or unwanted. It includes, among others, agricultural, biomedical, chemical and
industrial, hazardous, munici and solid wastes,

(g9) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) refers to an energy system with a process of
converting WTE feedstock with various technologies, usually the conversion of non-
recyclable waste materials into usable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of
processes;

(hh) WIE facility refers to the facility where the WTE operations are conducted;

(li) WTE feedstock refers to the waste materials with calorific-value that are taken in for
WTE processing in a WTE facility;

i) Waste generation refers to the ac or process of producing solid waste; and

(kk) WIE strategy refers to a plan of action with measurable targets for the
utilization of WTE facilities for solid waste management treatment and energy
production.

SEC. 5. Waste-to-Energy and Waste-to-Energy Facility. — WTE shall be classified as another
kind of renewable energy resource. A WTE facility shall:


(a) Be both a solid waste management treatment facility and an energy production facility;

(b) Comply with establishment and operation guidelines for WTE facilities pursuant to
Sections 6(c), 8(c), and 9(b) of this Act;

(c) Ensure the proper management of its residue which should conform to relevant laws,
fules, and regulations and should include making arrangements with a sanitary landfill,
or developing its own, prior to its operations, as a disposal site for any residue
generated from its operations in accordance with NSWMC, DENR, and DOH
guidelines issued pursuant to this Act; and

(d) Comply with relevant laws, rules, and regulations including but not limited to
Presidential Decree No. 1586 Establishing an Environmental Impact Statement
System, Republic Act No. 6969 otherwise known as the Toxic Substances and
Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act, Republic Act No. 7638 otherwise known as the
Department of Energy Act of 1992 as amended, Republic Act No. 8749, Republic Act
No. 9003, Republic Act No. 9136 otherwise known as the Electric Power industry
Reform Act of 2001, Republic Act No. 9275 otherwise known as the Philippine Clean
Water Act of 2004, Republic Act No. 9367 otherwise known as the Biofuels Act of 2006,
Republic Act No. 9513 otherwise known as the Renewable Energy Act of 2008,
Republic Act No. 11223 otherwise known as the Universal Health Care Act, and WHO
Guidelines on Air Quality.

Ail waste treatment technologies in a WTE facility shall be allowed including incineration:
Provided, that these technologies shall not emit toxic and poisonous fumes into the
environment and shall comply with all the laws mentioned hereof and other relevant laws,
rules, and regulations,

in addition to the provisions of this Act, the segregation, coliection, transfer, storage, and
transport of solid waste as WTE feedstock for a WTE facility, and the waste treatment process
of the WTE facility shall be governed by Republic Act No. 9003 and Republic Act No. 8749,
while the energy production aspect of the WTE facility shall be governed by Republic Act No.
7638, Republic Act No. 9136, Republic Act No. 9367, Republic Act No. 9513, and other
relevant laws, rules, and regulations

SEC. 6. The National Solid Waste Management Commission. - The Secretary of the
Department of Energy shali serve in ex officio capacity as member of the National Solid Waste
Management Commission (NSWMC), which shall now have fifteen (15) members from the
government sector. In addition to its powers and functions under Republic Act No. 9003, the
NSWNC shall

{a) include a WTE strategy in the National Solid Waste Management Framework;

(b) Act as the lead agency in ensuring streamlined standards, criteria, and guidelines for

WTE facilities to avoid inconsistent and conflicting issuances;
(©) Regularly determine, review, and publish the following:
a. Standards, criteria, and guidelines for:
b. Characterization and composition of solid waste utilized as WTE feedstock for

WTE facilities to ensure emissions are compliant with Republic Act No. 8749
and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations,
Transport, storage, and pre-processing of WTE feedstock,
Pre-operation, siting, design, operation, and maintenance of WTE facilities,
Quality control and operational control of WTE facilities,
Management of residue from WTE facilities, if any;
Pollution abatement, emissions monitoring, environmental monitoring, and
Public health and safety monitoring in relation to WTE facilities,
Decommissioning, closure, and abandonment of WTE facilities,
Other guidelines pursuant to relevant laws, rules, and regulations, and
Minimum standards, criteria, and guidelines, in determining a fair, equitable,
and reasonable processing fee for WTE facilities taking into consideration,
among others, the cost of construction, operation, and maintenance of the

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facility as well as the potential revenue from the sale of energy output, in
consultation with relevant government agencies, experts, and stakeholders;
(a) Consolidate and make available to the public, through its website, the following:

a. Current and potential uses of WTE facilities in relation to solid waste
management,

b. Inventory of existing WTE facilities;

c. General feedstock characterization;

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|. Status and projection of feedstock generatio
Specific iocations of potential feedstock and WTE facilities; and
f. Other relevant information;

(e) Provide policy guidelines to assist LGUs in the development of WTE facilities to include
the determination of the potential of WTE facilities in their respective localities;

() Ensure LGUs incorporate a WTE strategy, if feasible, in their respective Local
Government Solid Waste Management Plans;

(g) Identify and recommend potential clustering of LGUs for a common WTE facility;

(h) Coordinate with the Provincial, City, and Municipal Solid Waste Management Boards
especially for clustered LGUs employing a common WTE facility; and

(i) Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary and
incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.

SEC. 7. Role of the Department of Energy. — in addition to its powers and functions under
Republic Act No. 7638, the Department of Energy (DOE) shall
(a) Issue permits to WTE facilities based on the energy output, and determine the
standards, criteria, and requirements applicable for each kind of WTE facility pursuant
to Republic Act No. 7638, Republic Act No. 9136, Republic Aci No. 9367, Republic Act
No. 9513, and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations;
(b) Include a WTE strategy in the Philippine Energy Plan, taking into consideration the
National Solid Waste Management Framework,
(c) Regularly submit to the NSWMC and make available to the public, especially to
potential WTE investors, national and local information on the following:
(d) Current and potential uses of WTE facilities in relation to solid waste management,
(€) Inventory of existing WTE facilities, and
(f) Other relevant information; and
(g) Perform ail other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary and
incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.

SEC. 8 Role of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. - in addition to its
powers and functions under Republic Act No. 9003 and Republic Act No. 8749, the DENR
shall:
(@) Include a WTE strategy, if feasible, in the National Solid Waste Management Status
Report
(b) Provide technical and other capacity building assistance and support to LGUs based
on the policy guidelines created by the NSWMC pursuant to Section 6(e) of this Act;
(c) Implement and revise, when necessary, together with the DOH, existing guidelines
issued pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003 on waste transport, pre-operation, waste
acceptance, waste storage, pre-processing of waste, quality control, operational
control, pollution abatement, management of residue, emissions monitoring,
environmental monitoring, public health and safety monitoring, decommissioning,
closure, and abandonment, among others, taking into account the NSWMC's
standards, criteria, and guidelines under Section 6(c) of this Act and other relevant
laws, rules, and regulations, and in consultation with relevant stakeholders;
(d) Ensure compliance with Section 8(c) of this Act to include continuous monitoring and
testing of by-products of WTE facilities;
(e) Make available to the public, through its website, the emissions, effluents and other
by-products of WTE facilities;


(f) investigate, motu proprio or upon complaint, reports of non-compliance of WTE
facilities with the provisions of this Act and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations;

(9) Exercise visitorial and enforcement powers to ensure strict compliance of WTE
facilities with this Act, Republic Act No. 9003, Republic Act No. 8749, and other
relevant laws, rules, and regulations;

(h) Recommend to the NSWMC policies to address challenges of WTE facilities from a
solid waste management perspective; and

() Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary and
incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.

SEC. 9. Role of the Department of Health. — In addition to its existing powers and functions,
the DOH shall:

(a) Ensure ail WTE facilities undergo a Health impact Assessment, pursuant to Republic
Act No. 11223 and Presidential Decree No. 1586, as part of the Environmental Impact
Assessment System, to be jointly reviewed and approved by the DOH and DENR prior
to construction and operation;

(6) impiement and revise, when necessary, together with DENR, existing guidelines
issued pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003 on waste transport, pre-operation, waste
acceptance, waste storage, pre-processing of waste, quality control, operational
control, pollution abatement, management of residue, emissions monitoring,
environmental monitoring, public heaith and safety monitoring, decommissioning,
closure, and abandonment, among others, taking into account the NSWMC's
standards, criteria, and guidelines under Section 6(c) of this Act and other relevant
laws, rules, and regulations, and in consultation with relevant stakeholders;

(©) Reguiarly conduct an analysis of the effects of WTE facilities and disposal sites on
public health and submit the same to the NSWMC for consolidation, and DENR for
proper action, if applicable;

(d) Undertake research on the public health impact of WTE facilities together with
government agencies, the academe, and private stakeholders;

(e) Make available to the public, through its website, studies and analyses of the effects
of WTE facilities and disposal sites on public health; and

() Perform all other acts that are analogous to the foregoing, which are necessary and
incidental to accomplish the policy objectives of this Act.

SEC. 10. Role of Local Government Units. - In addition to their powers, functions, and
responsibilities under Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code
of 1991, and Republic Act No. 9003, LGUs shail
(@) In the case of a city or municipality and if applicable, be responsible for the hauling of
WTE feedstock to a WTE facility;
(b) In the case of a province and if applicable, provide necessary logistical and operational
support for the processing of WTE feedstock in a WTE facility;
(c) Include a WTE strategy, if feasible, in their respective Local Government Solid Waste
Management Plans;
() Comply with the standards, criteria, and guidelines on WTE feedstock and WTE
facilities pursuant to Sections 6(c), 8(c), and 9(b) of this Act, if applicable; and
(e) Be authorized to enter into and shall comply with all obligations under the following:
a. Clustering arrangements with other LGUs for a common WTE facility, on their
‘own or upon recommendation of the Provincial Solid Waste Management
Board or the NSWMC: Provided, That the province shali have the power to
cluster component cities and municipalities based on the NSWMC approved
provincial and local solid waste management plans and the recommendation
of the NSWMC pursuant to Section 6(g) of this Act,
b. Long term contracts with WTE facilities, on their own or with clustered LGUs,
and


©. Public private partnerships pursuant to Republic Act No. 6957 otherwise known
as An Act Authorizing the Financing, Construction, Operation and Maintenance
of Infrastructure Projects by the Private Sector, and For Other Purposes as
amended, cooperative undertakings under Section 33 of Republic Act No.
7160, and other contractual arrangements provided for under existing laws,
rules, regulations as well as the LGUs’ respective charters for the
establishment of WTE facilities

The national government shail 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;

(©) 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 Locai
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 (o 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.

SEC. 14. Prohibited Acts. - The following acts are prohibited:
For LGUs:
(@) Failure to inciude, if feasible, and implement, if applicable, the WTE strategy in their
respective Local Government Solid Waste Management Plans, and
(b) Failure to perform the responsibilities in Section 10 on the Role of Local Government
Units, Section 11 on the Role of the Provincial Solid Waste Management Board, and
Section 12 on the Role of the City or Municipal Solid Waste Management Board;

For government agencies, failure to perform the powers and functions indicated under Section
6 on the National Solid Waste Management Commission, Section 7 on the Role of the
Department of Energy, Section 8 on the Role of the Department of Environment and Naturai
Resources, and Section 9 on the Role of the Department of Health; and


For WTE facilities
(a) Failure to comply with the responsibilities in Section 5 on Waste-to-Energy and Waste-
to-Energy Facility, and
(b) Use of imported municipal solid waste as WTE feedstock for a WTE facility.

SEC. 15. Penalties. — Without prejudice to civil and criminal liability, the following persons
found to have violated the Sections mentioned below shall be meted with the following
penalties:

Officiais of LGUs and government agencies who violate Section 14(a):
(a) First offense: six (6) months suspension,
(b) Second offense: Dismissal from service, perpetual disqualification from holding
public office, and forfeiture of retirement benefits;

Officials of LGUs and government agencies who violate Section 14(b) shall be suffer dismissal
from service, perpetual disqualification from holding public office, forfeiture of retirement
benefits, and imprisonment for one (1) to six (8) years with a fine of not less than Five hundred
thousand pesos (500,000.00) but not more than Two million pesos (P2,000,000.00);

Any person who violates Section 14(c)(i)

{a) First offense: 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,

{b) 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,

(c) Third offense: The same penalties as with the second offense and permanent
revocation of the license of the WTE facility;

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, shail 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 Oifices. - Tne DOE, DENR, DOH and NSWMC shail
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 against the current year’s appropriations of
the DOE, DENR, DOH, and NSWMC respectively. Thereafier, such amounts necessary for
the sustainable implementation of this Act shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEG. 49. 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 shail 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 stakehoiders, 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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