The Philippine

Clean Air Act of

1999 (Republic Act
8749)
Salient Features of the Act
The State shall pursue a policy of balancing development and
environmental protection. To achieve this end, the framework for
sustainable development shall be pursued. As such, it shall be the
policy of the State to:

• Formulate a holistic national program of air pollution that shall be

implemented by the government through proper delegation and
effective coordination of function and activities;
• Encourage cooperation and self-regulation
among citizen and industries through the
application of incentives market-based
instruments;
• Focus primarily on pollution prevention
rather than on control and provide for a
comprehensive management program on
air pollution;
• Promote public information and education to
encourage the participation of an informed and
active public in air quality planning and
monitoring;
• Formulate and enforce a system of accountability
for short and long term adverse environmental
impact of a project, program or activity. This shall
include setting up of a funding or guarantee
mechanism for clean-up and environmental
rehabilitation and compensation for personal
damages.
It mandates the various government agencies
to do the following in support of the Act:
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – act as overall
of the lead agency; prepare a National Air Quality Status Report which
shall be used as a basis in formulating the Integrated Air Quality
Improvement Framework; issue rules and regulations in the
implementation of the Act.

• Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) – in

coordination with the DENR in case of industrial dischargers and the DOTC,
in case of motor vehicles, shall, based on environmental techniques,
design, impose on and collect regular emission fees from all said
dischargers as part of the emission permitting system or vehicle
registration renewal system, as the case may be; implement the emission
standards for motor vehicles
• Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – with
the DENR, other agencies, private sector , the
academe, non-government organizations and people’s
organization, shall establish a National Research
Development Program for the prevention and control
of air pollution.

• Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) , DOST Local

Government Units (LGUs) - together with the DENR
shall develop an action plan for the control and
management of air pollution from motor vehicles with
the Integrated Air Quality Management Framework.
• DOTC, DTI and DENR - shall establish the procedures for
the inspection of motor vehicles and the testing of their
emissions for the purpose of determining the
concentration and/or rate of emission of pollutants
discharged by the said sources.

• Department of Energy ( DOE) co-chaired with the DENR,

in consultation with the Bureau of Product Standards of
DTI, DOST with the fuel and automotive industries,
academe and the consumers – shall set specifications for
all types of fuel and fuel- related products, to improve
fuel composition for increased efficiency and reduced
emissions.
• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and astronomical
Service Administration (PAGASA) – shall regularly monitor
meteorological factors affecting environmental conditions
including ozone depletion and greenhouse gases.

• Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) – with the

DENR shall regulate all projects which will involve the use
of atomic and/or nuclear energy, and will entail relaease
of radioactive substances into the environment, incident
to the establishment or possession of nuclear energy
facilities and radioactive materials, handling, transport,
production, storage and use of radioactive materials.
• Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) , Department of Interior and
Local Governments (DILG) and the Philippine
Information Agency ( PIA) – shall encourage
participation of government agencies and the private
sector including NGOs, POs, academe, environmental
groups and other private entities in a multi-sectoral
campaign.
QUIZ
A. True or False

_______1. The state shall pursue a policy of balancing development and environmental
protection.

_______2. DENR or Development and Environmental of Natural Resources.

_______3. DOTC or Department of Transportation and Communication.

______ 4. DOST or the Department of Science and Technology shall regularly monitor
meteorological factors affecting environmental conditions including zone depletion and
greenhouse gases.

_______5. Philippine Information Agency or PIA shall encourage the participation of

government agencies and the private sector including NGOs, POs, academe,
environmental groups, and other private entities in a multi-sectoral campaign.
B. Identification

_______1.The government agency that coordinates with DENR in case of industrial

dischargers and, in case of motor vehicles, shall, based on environmental techniques,
design, impose on, and collect regular emission fees.
_______2.The government agency that establishes a National Research Development
Program for the prevention and control of air pollution.
_______3.It is a report of DENR that is used as a basis in formulating the Integrated
Air Quality Improvement Framework.
_______4.The government agency that regulates all projects which will involve the use
of atomic and/or nuclear energy, and will entail the release of radioactive substances
into the environment.
_______5.The government agency that acts as overall the lead agency and prepares a
National Air Quality Status Report.
Prepared by:
Maricar Ilagan
Daniel Par
Joseph Reynald Sison