Chapter 9

Environmental Administration
9.1 EMB Organizational Structure
EMB-10 has a total of Seventy-Four (74) regular employees, with two (2) detailed
employees and two (2) CTI employees. To efficiently and effectively run the Office, there are
a total of Seventy-Two (72) employees (Contract of Service) were also hired.

Table 61. Indicative Number of Regular Personnel, EMB-10

Name of Office Number of Personnel

Office of the Regional Director 5

(Legal Unit, Environmental Education & Information Unit, Planning
Unit, Management Information System Management Unit and
Provincial Management Unit)
Administrative and Finance Division 13
[(Co-Terminus Incumbent (CTI)]
Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement Division and Laboratory 30
Services
Clearance and Permitting Division 26

Total 74

9.2 Capacity Building

The Regional Office regularly sends employees as representatives in various trainings,
programs, workshops and courses that are held locally to enhance their skills, competence and
improve their performance in their respective line and field of work. Through the discretion of
the Division and Section Chiefs, and upon the approval of the Regional Director, Special
Orders are being issued and made to officially send the employees as participants.

Table 62 shows the training courses attended during over the course of the year
 Table 62. List of Training, Seminars, and Workshops CY 2020
SPECIAL PARTICIPANTS ACTIVITY DATE VENUE
ORDER
NUMBER
9.3 Budget & Expenditures

Table 63. Annual Budgetary Allocation, CY 2020

 Budget Item Annual Budgetary Allocation
Personnel Operations Total
Implementation of Clean Air 13,597,000.00 4,396,000.00 17,993,000.00
Regulation
Implementation of Clean Water 3,610,000.00 9,402,000.00 13,012,000.00
Regulation
Implementation of Ecological Solid 1,596,000.00 10,771,000.00 12,367,000.00
Waste Management Regulation
Environmental Impact Assessments 9,226,000.00 1,552,000.00 10,778,000.00
Implementation of Toxic Substance and 3,765,000.00 1,084,000.00 4,849,000.00
Hazardous Waste Management
Regulations
Environmental Education and 1,039,000.00 344,000.00 1,383,000.00
Information
TOTAL 32,833,000.00 27,549,000.00 60,382,000.00

Note: Annual Budgetary Allocation for Personnel were all under or included in the Air Budget Item.

In terms of operations, Air section has the biggest budget allocation while Environmental
Education section has the smallest budget for 2020.

9.4 Revenues Generated

The fines and penalties under PD 1586 are deposited under the Environmental Revolving Fund
(ERF). The utilization of the same for the implementation of the Philippine EIS System is provided for in
the EMB Memorandum Circular No. 3, Series of 2004.

Table 64. Annual Revenues Generated CY 2019

Source Annual Revenues
Fines and Penalties Regulatory Fees
PD1586 (ERF) 1,575,000.00 -
RA8749 - 3,745,022.00
RA9275 - 2,224,592.27
RA6969 - 643,700.00
Total 1,575,000.00 6,613,314.57

Fines and Penalties of Environmental Impact Assessment (PD 1586) are deposited to the
Environmental Revolving Fund (ERF). The accumulated annual revenues for 2019 from fines and
penalties and regulatory fees have a total of Php 8,188,314.57.