Toxic Substances and Hazardous and

Nuclear Wastes Control

Act of 1990
 R.A. 6969
Section 3
This Act shall cover the importation,
manufacture, processing, handling, storage,
transportation, sale, distribution, use and disposal
of all unregulated chemical substances and mixtures
in the Philippines, including the entry even in
transit, as well as the keeping or storage and
disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes into the
country for whatever purposes.

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 R.A. 6969

DAO 1992-29

Title III:
Title II: Chemical Hazardous Waste
Management Management

DAO 1997-38
DAO 1997-39
DAO 2000-02 DAO 2013-22
DAO 2004-01
DAO 2013-24
DAO 2013-25
 Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical
Substances (PICCS)
• It is a list of all existing chemicals and chemical substances
used, sold, distributed, imported, processed, manufactured,
stored, exported, treated or transported in the Philippines.
 Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical
Substances (PICCS)
EXEMPTION
– Non-chemical substances
– Naturally occurring substances
– Mixtures
– Radioactive substances, pesticides, drugs, foodstuffs, and consumer
products that are regulated by other laws in the Philippines
– By-products
EXEMPTION TO THE PICCS UPDATING
– Small-quantity chemicals manufactured or distributed (not imported) for
market test and research and development in quantities less than 1,000 kg
per year 5
 Manufacturers and importers need
not notify and secure clearance from
DENR-EMB before they manufacture
or import chemicals included in PICCS
 Pre-Manufacturing And Pre-Importation Notification
(PMPIN)
• It is to screen harmful substances not listed in the PICCS before
they enter Philippine’s commerce with quantity less than 1,000
kg / year.
 PROCEDURAL Requirements
1. Notifier: Name of licensed Philippine Company and/or Firm
2. Substance must be defined as new chemical or fuel additive.
3. Notarized and completed PMPIN Abbreviated or PMPIN Detailed Form
4. MSDS / SDS
5. Specific Use of the Chemical
6. Annual volume of import
7. Payment of processing fee:
PMPIN Abbreviated – P 2,600; PMPIN Detailed – P 4,500
8. Request for Confidential Business Information (CBI)-optional
9. Submission of above requirements to the online application at the Online
Permitting and Monitoring System (OPMS) website.
Pre-Manufacturing And Pre-Importation Notification
(PMPIN)
 Manufacturers and importers of a new
chemical are required to notify DENR-EMB
of their intent to manufacture or import
the new chemical not sooner than 180
days and not later than 90 days.
 Small Quantity Importation (SQI) Clearance

• It is to screen harmful substances not listed in the PICCS before

they enter Philippine’s commerce with quantity less than 1,000
kg / year.
SQI Clearance List of Attachments

1. Official Request Letter

2. Official Receipt (Php 600.00/chemical)
3. Duly Accomplished Registration Form
4. Latest SQI Certificate (renewal)
5. Material Safety and Data Sheet (MSDS)
6. Bill of Lading
 Small Quantity
Importation Clearance
(SQI)

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 Chemical to Import is
listed in PICCS?

Yes No

NO permit Quantity is
Required <1
from EMB MT/year

Yes No

SQI PMPIN
 Priority Chemicals List (PCL)

• It is a list of existing and new chemicals that DENR-EMB has

determined to a potentially pose unreasonable risk to public
health, workplace, and the environment.

• Currently, there are 48 chemicals listed in the PCL

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 64-67-5 DIETHYL SULFATE / Sulfuric acid,diethyl ester

106-93-4 ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE / 1,2 Dibromoethane

CAS REGISTRY 75-21-8 ETHYLENE OXIDE / Oxirane
CHEMICAL NAME
NUMBER 111-30-8 GLUTARALDEHYDE / Pentanedial
50-00-0 FORMALDEHYDE
108-90-7 1,4-CHLOROBENZENE / Benzene,chloro-
HALONS**
106-93-4 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE / Ethane,1,2-dibromo 118-74-1 HEXACHLOROBENZENE / Benzene, hexachloro

95-50-1 O-DICHLOROBENZENE / Benzene,1,2-dichloro 67-72-1 HEXACHLOROETHANE / Ethane, hexachloro

106-46-7 1,4-DICHLOROBENZENE / Benzene,1,4-dichlro- 302-01-2 HYDRAZINE

LEAD COMPOUNDS*
107-06-2 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE / Ethane, l,2-dichloro- 149-30-4 MBT / 2(3H)-Benzothiazolethione
MERCAPTAN,
122-66-7 1,2 DIPHENYLHYDRAZINE / Hydrazobenzene 594-42-3
PERCHLOROMETHYL
108-46-3 3-HYDROXYPHENOL / 1,3-Benzenediol MERCURY COMPOUNDS*
74-87-3 METHYL CHLORIDE / Methane, chloro
7647-18-9 ANTIMONY PENTACHLORIDE / Antimony chloride
75-09-2 METHYLENECHLORIDE / Methylene,dichloro
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
1332-21-4 ASBESTOS* 2385-85-5 MIREX
87-86-5 PENTACHLOROPHENOL
71-43-2 BENZENE
127-18-4 PERCHLROETHYLENE
BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS 108-95-2 PHENIC ACID
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS 75-44-5 PHOSGENE / Carbonyl chloride
56-23-5 CARBON TETRACHLORIDE** 85-44-9 PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE / 1,3-Isobenzofurandione
CHLORINATED ETHERS POLYBROMINATED
CHLOROFLUORO CARBONS** BIPHENYLS
POLYCHLORINATED
67-66-3 CHLOROFORM / Trichloromethane
BIPHENYLS*
76-06-2 CHLOROPICRIN / Methane, trichloronitro 79-01-6 TRICHLOROETHYLENE
TRIBUTYLTIN
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
7782-49-2 SELENIUM
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS* 75-01-4 VINYL CHLORIDE / Chloroethylene
Priority Chemical List (PCL)
List of Attachments for PCL Compliance Cert.
1. List of users including the address, contact number and the volume
of usage
2. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
3. Chemical Management Plan
4. Contingency Plan
5.Certificate of Training on Knowledge and Awareness on hazards
posed by the use and release of chemicals, its handling and safety at
the workplace and into the environment.
6.Photographs of the Storage Facility/warehouse
7. Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC).
8. Official Receipt (Php 500.00)
 PCL Compliance
Certificate

Type of priority chemical

Volume to be
imported

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 Memorandum for PCL
Chemicals for Laboratory Use
has been issued: EMB MC
2017-007
 Chemical Control Orders (CCOs)
• These prohibit, limit, or regulate the use, manufacture, import,
export, transport, processing, storage, possession, and
wholesale of those priority chemicals that DENR-EMB
determined to be regulated, phase-out, or banned because of
the serious risks they pose to public health, workplace, and
environment.
• Currently, there are six (6) CCOs

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 CCOs
DAO 1997-38: for Mercury and
Mercury Compounds

DAO 2004-01: for

DAO 1997-39: for Cyanide and
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Cyanide Compounds (PCBs)

DAO 2004-08: for

Ozone Depleting
Substances (ODS)

DAO 2000-02:
for Asbestos DAO 2013-24: for Lead
and Lead Compounds
 Chemical Control Orders (CCOs)
CCO for Cyanide
Cyanide and cyanide compounds are highly toxic to humans
and aquatic life even at low concentrations.

Who are required to register ?

– Importers
– Distributors
– End-users
– TSD Facilities, transporters catering cyanide or cyanide-
contaminated wastes
CCO CN- List of Attachments PART 1

1. Official Request Letter

2. Duly notarized Registration Form
3. Business Permit/Mayor’s Permit
4. DTI/SEC Certificate
Pertinent Environmental Permits
5. Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC)
6. Permit to Operate Air (POA)
7. Wastewater Discharge Permit (WDP)
8. Certificate of Accreditation of Pollution Control Officer
CCO CN- List of Attachments PART 2

9. Chemical Management Plan

10. Chemical Inventory in the last two (2) years
11. Memorandum of Agreement between
Supplier/Importer/Distributor/End-User
12. Certification of liabilities of parties to compensate for damage to
life & properties in case of emergencies & accidents
13. Photo documentation of the storage facility and plant's operation.
14. Process flow chart
15. Result of air monitoring data at workplace of manufacturing
operation for Asbestos
16. Registration Fee Php 2,800.00
 CCO-CN Registration
Certificate
Registration
number

Annual
allocation

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 Chemical Control Orders (CCOs)
CCO for MERCURY
It has been shown to cause neurological
disorders through the inhalation of
mercury vapours and ingestion.

Who are required to register?

– Importers and distributors
– Manufacturers, processors and industrial users
– Transporters
– Treaters and disposers
List of Attachments
1. Official Request Letter
2. Official Receipt (Php 2,250.00)
3. Duly Accomplished Registration Form
4. Business Permit
5. DTI/SEC Certificate
6. Chemical Management Plan
7. Contingency Plan
8. Memorandum of Agreement between Importer/Distributor
9. Permit to Operate Air (POA)
10. Wastewater Discharge Permit (WDP)
11. Certificate of of Accreditation of Pollution Control Officer
12. ECC
 CCO-Hg Registration
Certificate
CCO Registration number

Volume to be used

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 Chemical Control Orders (CCOs)
CCO for asbestos
Asbestos is considered as known human
carcinogen by the International Agency for
Research on Cancer.

• Who are required to register?

– Involved in treatment, storage, demolition, transport and disposal of
asbestos and friable asbestos containing wastes
– Existing industrial, commercial, and institutional structures with
sprayed on asbestos and friable asbestos containing materials
List of Attachments
1. Official Request Letter
2. Official Receipt (Php 2,250.00)
3. Duly Accomplished Registration Form
4. Business Permit
5. DTI/SEC Certificate
6. Chemical Management Plan
7. Contingency Plan
8. Memorandum of Agreement between Importer/Distributor
9. Permit to Operate Air (POA)
10. Wastewater Discharge Permit (WDP)
11. Certificate of of Accreditation of Pollution Control Officer
12. ECC
 CCO-Asbestos
Registration Certificate

CCO Registration
number

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 Chemical Control Orders (CCOs)
CCO for PCB
respiratory tract symptoms,
gastrointestinal effects liver effects on skin and eye.

Who are required to register?

– Owners or operators of PCB equipment (≥ 500ppm), PCB-
contaminated equipment (50 < 500 ppm), non-PCB equipment (2 <
50 ppm), PCB wastes, PCB article or packaging
– Electric utilities, suppliers and waste service providers involved in the
treatment and disposal of PCB wastes
CCO Registration CCO-PCB Registration
number Certificate

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 How to apply for CCO-PCB?
Requirements:

• Online Registration at your EMB Regional Office (RO)

• Pay Php 2,800 at your EMB RO Cashier
• Present proof of payment to the EMB TCHWPS Staff
• Wait for application approval
 PCB Equipment Inventory and Mgt Plan
• Secure PCB Online Registration Cert. At the EMB RO
Records unit
• Present CCO-PCB certificate to the TCHWPS Staff
• Ask for assistance on the PCB Inventory and Mgt Plan
update on your CCO-PCB Online profile
• Wait for the Inventory and Mgt Plan approval
• Secure a letter of application completion
from the Records Unit
 Chemical Control Orders (CCOs)

CCO for Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

To abate or minimize risks and hazards to the
stratospheric ozone, public health, and the
environment
• Who are required to register?
Dealers, Re-sellers, and Retailers of ODS, any person who is
engaged in trading, selling, and or distribution of ODS
List of Attachments

1. Official Request Letter

2. Official Receipt (Php 2,250.00)
3. Duly Accomplished Registration Form
4. Company Profile
5. Material Safety and Data Sheet (MSDS)
6. Business Permit
7. DTI/SEC Certificate
8. Chemical Management Plan
9. Contingency Plan
10.Certificate of Training on Handling of Chemical
11.ECC
 CCO-ODS Registration
Certificate
CCO Registration
number

Types of ODS

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 Chemical Control Orders (CCOs)

CCO for LEAD

It is a very dangerous poison.
Who are required to register?
– Importers
– Distributors
– Manufacturers
– Industrial users
– Recyclers
– Waste service providers
List of Attachments

1. Official Request Letter

2. Official Receipt (Php 2,250.00)
3. Duly Accomplished Registration Form
4. Company Profile
5. Material Safety and Data Sheet (MSDS)
6. Business Permit
7. DTI/SEC Certificate
8. Chemical Management Plan
9. Contingency Plan
10.Certificate of Training on Handling of Chemical
11.ECC
List of all
chemicals PICCS
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chemicals
PCL

CCO
6 CCOs
 R.A. 6969

DAO 1992-29

Title III:
Title II: Chemical Hazardous Waste
Management Management

DAO 1997-38
DAO 1997-39
DAO 2000-02 DAO 2013-22
DAO 2004-01
DAO 2013-24
DAO 2013-25
DAO 2013-22 – Revised
Procedures and
Standards for the
Management of
Hazardous Wastes
(Revising DAO 2004-36)
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 What are Hazardous Wastes?
• 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 territory of the Philippines

• by-products, side-products, process residues, spent reaction media,

contaminated plant or equipment or other substances from
manufacturing operations and as consumer discards of manufactured
products which present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health and
safety and to the environment
 Corrosive
Classification

Toxic
Ignitable

Reactive
Table 2.1: Classification of Hazardous
Wastes
Class & Waste Number
Wastes w/Cyanide (A101) Waste containing cyanide
Acid Wastes (B201-B299) pH < 2.0
Alkali Wastes (C301-C399) pH > 12.5
Table 2.1: Classification of Hazardous
Wastes
Class & Waste Number

Wastes w/Inorganic D408 Fluoride & its

Chemicals (D401-D499) compounds (added)

Reactive Chemical Wastes Wastes containing oxidizing

(E501-E599) & reducing agents, explosive
& unstable chemicals and
highly reactive chemicals
 Table 2.1: Classification of Hazardous
Wastes
Class & Waste Number

Inks/Dyes/Pigments/ F604 resinous materials (added)

Paint/Resins/Latex/
Adhesives/Organic Sludge
(F601-F699)

Waste Organic Solvents (G703- Spent halogenated and non-

G704) halogenated solvents
Organic Wastes (H802) H801 - Animal/abattoir waste
(removed)
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Table 2.1: Classification of Hazardous
Wastes
Class & Waste Number
Used Oil (I101-I104) I102- vegetable oil including sludge
(added), I103- tallow and I104- oil-
contaminated materials
Containers (J201) Waste containers used to hold
hazwastes and toxic chemicals
Stabilized Waste (K301-K303) Solidified, chemically fixed &
polymerized and encapsulated wastes

Organic Chemicals (L401- Solid organic chemicals listed in PCL,

L404) ODS & PCB wastes
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 Table 2.1: Classification of Hazardous
Wastes
Class & Waste
Number
Miscellaneous Wastes M501- healthcare wastes containing
(M501-M507) pathological, pathogenic & infectious wastes,
sharps
M502- asbestos wastes
M503- expired drugs
M504- waste pesticides
M505- Persistent Organic Pollutants
M506- waste electrical and electronic
equipment
M507- special wastes
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 Table 2.2: Exempted Wastes
Description
1. Household wastes such as garbage under RA 9003 except special
wastes
2. Industrial and commercial wastewater which are disposed of on-
site through the sewerage system
3. Industrial and commercial solid wastes which do not contain
hazardous wastes as identified in Table 2.1
4. Materials from building demolition except those containing
asbestos
5. Septic tank effluents and associated sullage wastewaters
6. Untreated spoils from mining, quarrying and excavation works
but not materials in the nature of tailings
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 3 Key Players in Hazardous Waste
Management
Generator

Transporter
Treatment, Storage &
Disposal (TSD)Facility 53
 “RULE OF THUMB”
From Cradle to Grave

• the GENERATOR has the

responsibility until the waste has
been disposed of properly in an
environmentally sound way or liable
in case of spill or illegal disposal
 Hazardous Waste Generators need to:
Register On-line
www.emb.gov.ph -> HMS Online or https://119.92.161.30
DENR I.D. will be issued bearing no.
M-GR-RXI-AC-XXXXX

Sequence
Number
Area Code
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 HWG Registration
Certificate
Name of
Company
Registration
Number

https://www.emaze.c
om/@AOIQIORQO/ha
zardous-waste-
generator-id-
requirements

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 3 Key Players in Hazardous Waste
Management
Generator

Transporter
Treatment, Storage &
Disposal (TSD)Facility 57
 Hazardous Waste Transporters
• Vehicles must be in good condition
• Ensure that its transport vehicles have
warning signs, placards, markings
• Drivers and helpers undergo training
under hazardous waste management
• Notify EMB and other concerned
agencies in case of accidents or spills
• Have full emergency response
equipment
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Transporter Registration
Certificate
Registration number

Type of waste

Type of vehicle used

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 3 Key Players in Hazardous Waste
Management
Generator

Transporter
Treatment, Storage &
Disposal (TSD)Facility 60
 TSD Facility
Categories

A B C D E F

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 TSD Facility
Categories

A B C D E F
Facilities that conduct on-site treatment and disposal of
hazardous wastes generated within the facility that
employs or utilizes technologies from Categories B to E
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 TSD Facility
Categories

A B C D E F

Facilities that commercially treat industrial hazardous

wastes using thermal technologies either burn or non-
burn
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 TSD Facility
Categories

A B C D E F

Landfills that only accept hazardous wastes for final

disposal
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 TSD Facility
Categories

A B C D E F
Facilities that recycle or reprocess hazardous waste,
which are not generated at the facility
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 TSD Facility
Categories

A B C D E F
Facilities that accept and treat hazardous waste which
are not generated at facility using immobilization,
encapsulation, polymerization
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 TSD Facility
Categories

A B C D E F
Facilities that store hazardous wastes which
are not generated from the facility awaiting
transport
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 TSD Facilities
• Be enclosed but adequately ventilated
• Have floors that are impermeable to liquids and
resistant to attack by chemicals, not slippery and
constructed to retain spillages
• Have provision for proper waste segregation
• Have full emergency response equipment

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TSD Registration
Certificate
Registration
number

Type of waste treated by

the firm

69
 Hauling/transport of Hazardous Wastes
If all Certificates are valid, Hazardous Waste Issuance: 15
Transporter will then apply for a Permit to Transport
working days
(PTT).

Submission: 7
Generator must secure a Hazardous Waste working days
Manifest Form for every transport.

TSD Facility shall issue a Certificate of Treatment Submission: 30

once wastes are treated and rendered non- working days
hazardous 70
List of Attachments for Permit to Transport PART 1

1. Official Letter of Request

2. Notarized Application Form
3. Memorandum of Agreement (Generator-
Transporter- Treater)
4. Transporter Registration Certificate
5. TSD Registration Certificate
6. Generator Registration Certificate
List of Attachments for Permit to Transport PART 2

7. Valid Generator’s POA and WDP

8. Valid TSD’s POA and WDP
9. Transport Management Plan to include
Schedule and Route of Transport
10. Recent SMR of the Generator
11. Manifest Form and Certificate of Treatment
(Renewal)
12. Official Receipt (FEE: P1,025)
 ADD’L REQUIREMENTS…
• Generator’s ECC/CNC
• Generator’s PCO Accreditation
 Permit to Transport

Permit number

Type and quantity of waste to be

transported

Hazardous Waste Generator and

TSD Facility

Vehicles to be used

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Hazardous Waste Manifest Form
Information from
the Transporter

Hazardous Waste Information from

Generator fills in the TSD Facility
information on page 1

Duly notarized 75
 Hazardous Wastes
Transport Cycle
Transporter

Treatment
Manifest Form
Facility
Submission: 7
working days after
Generator complete transport

Submission of COT is within 30 working

Disposal
days after complete transport
Facility 76