RA 6969 Salient Points

Republic Act 6969:
Toxic Substances and Hazardous and

Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990
ENGR. KRISTEEN KREEM T. VILLANUEVA

OIC-CHIEF, TOXIC CHEMICALS & HAZWASTE MONITORING SECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
WHERE DO WE USE CHEMICALS?
 Agriculture
 Medicine
 Industries
 Households
We use chemicals in
almost every aspect
of our daily lives.
WHY DO WE NEED TO REGULATE CHEMICALS?
 There are chemicals identified to be

1. CARCINOGENIC
2. MUTAGENIC
3. TERATOGENIC
4. PERSISTENT
5. BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOMAGNIFICATION

Lead interferes with a hormonal Gingival lines
form of Vitamin D, which affects

multiple processes in the body,
including cell maturation and
skeletal growth.
Health Effects of Lead

Source: Dr. Irma R. Makalinao, MD FPSCOT DPPS
Pregnancy and Lead

Health Effects of Arsenic
Chloracne Liver Cancer
Health Effects of PCB

Ukrainian president viktor yushchenko suffered from extremely prominent
facial chloracne after being diagnosed with dioxin poisoning in late 2004.
His diagnosis of chloracne was claimed by prominent toxicologist john
henry.
Viktor yushchenko as he appeared in july 2004 (left), and as he appeared in
november 2004 after the supposed dioxin - poisoning (right).
Health Effects of Dioxin

Health Effects of Dioxin
Health Effects of Mercury
Health Effects of Mercury
EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
Exposure Pathways
Vapor
Ingestion of Inhalation
Drinking Water Ingestion
Soil of Fish
Contact
Runoff
Contaminated Soil
Contact with Water
Contaminated
ground water
Ground Water Flow
Coverage of RA 6969
1. Chemical Management (Title II)
2. Hazardous Waste Management

(Title III)
Title II
CHEMICALS
MANAGEMENT
PHILIPPINE INVENTORY OF CHEMICALS AND
CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES (PICCS)
➢Philippine Inventory of Chemicals & Chemical Substances
➢It is a list of all existing chemicals & chemical substances

used, sold, distributed, imported, processed, manufactured,
stored, exported, treated or transported in the Philippines
➢It serves as a guide for manufacturers and importers of

chemicals
PRE-MANUFACTURE &
PRE-IMPORTATION NOTIFICATION
(PMPIN)
➢Purpose is to screen harmful substances before they enter the

Philippine’s commerce
➢It is a very tedious and expensive process where the safety of
the chemical to be introduced must be adequately documented
(conduct of toxicological studies/risk assessment)
SMALL QUANTITY IMPORTATION (SQI)
➢required prior to the importation of small quantity of new

substances (less than 1000 kg/year) into the Philippines.
PRIORITY CHEMICAL LIST (PCL)
▪List of chemicals that are determined to pose significant or unreasonable risk

to human health and the environment
▪Chemicals and its compounds considered to be strictly regulated
▪Requires special reporting due to its significant toxic effects either acute or
chronic
▪ carcinogenic
▪ mutagenic
▪ teratogenic
▪ persistency
▪ bio-accumulation
DAO 98-58: Priority Chemical List
1,1,1,-Trichloroethane** Ethylene Oxide

1,2 Diphenylhydrazine Halons**
Arsenic compounds Hexachlorobenzene
Asbestos* Hexachloroethane
Benzene Lead Compounds
Berylium Compounds Mercury Compounds*
Cadmium Compounds Mirex
Carbon Tetrachloride PCB
Chloroflouro Carbons (CFCs)** Pentachlorophenol
Chloroform Phosgene
Chlorinated Ethers PBB
Chromium Compounds Selenium
Cyanide Compounds* Tributyltin
Ethylene Dibromide Vinyl Chloride
NOTE: * Are now subject to CCO **now belong to CCO for ODS
DAO 2005-27: Revised Priority Chemical List
Addition of 20 chemicals and compounds to the previous list of 28:

1,4 Chlorobenzene Formaldehyde
1,2 Dibromoethane Hydrazine
0-Dichlorobenzene Mercaptan, Perchloromethyl
1,4-Dichlobenzene Methyl Chloride (Methene, chloro)
1,2-Dichloroethane Methylene chloride (Methylene, dichloro)
3-Hydroxyphenol Perchloroethylene (Ethene, tetrachloro)
Antimony Pentachloride Phenic acid (Phenol)
Chloropicrin Phtalic Anhydride
Diethyl sulfate Trichloroethylene(Ethene, dichloro)
Glutaraldehyde) MBT (2(3H)-Benzothiazolthione
NOTE: users, manufacturers, distributors, and importers are required to register as hazardous waste generator
at the EMB ROs and submit biennial report on their production and management information.
Chemical Control Order (CCO)
▪ Prohibit, limit or regulate the use, manufacture, import, export,

transport, processing, storage, possession, and sale of chemicals
and chemical substances that DENR determines to regulate its
use, phase-out or ban due to its serious risks and adverse effects
to human health and the environment.
▪ CCO is issued as Department Administrative Order (DAO) of

RA6969
▪ Nine (9) CCOs have been issued since 1997

The Control in a CCO maybe in the form of:
⚫ Gradual phase-out plan that may apply to:

➢ Importation/Exportation
➢ Manufacturing & distribution
➢ Industrial use
⚫ Limitation of use that may apply to:

➢ Product or material/chemical
➢ Premise
➢ Industrial use
⚫ Substitution-substituting certain chemical substances that

pose less risks to human health and the environment
Chemical Control Order (CCOs)
DAO 1997-39: CCO for Cyanide and its compounds
DAO 2000-02: CCO for Asbestos
DAO 2000-18: CCO for Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
DAO 2004-01: CCO for Polychlorinated Biphenyls
DAO 2013-24: CCO for Lead and Lead Compounds

Chemical Control Order (CCOs)
DAO 2019-17: CCO for Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds
DAO 2019-20: CCO for Mercury and its compounds

(Amending DAO 1997-38)
DAO 2021- 08: CCO for Cadmium and Cadmium Compounds
DAO 2021- 09: CCO for Chromiun (VI) Compounds
DAO 2021- 09: CCO for Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

DOH Administrative Order No. 2008-0021
Gradual Phase-out of Mercury in All Philippine Health Care

Facilities and Institutions
Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Labels
Title III
HAZARDOUS
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
WHAT ARE HAZARDOUS WASTES?
DAO 2013-22
 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
WHAT ARE HAZARDOUS WASTES?
 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
From Cradle to Grave
“RULE OF  the GENERATOR has the

responsibility until the waste
has been disposed of
THUMB” properly in an
environmentally sound way
or liable in case of spill or
illegal disposal
CHARACTERISTICS
OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE
TOXICITY
(TCLP)
REACTIVITY
(explosivity,
stability)
IGNITABILITY
(temperature)
CORROSIVITY
(pH)
Source: Basel Action Network
Hazardous Constituents of E-Wastes
• Toxic Metals
Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Beryllium, Selenium,
Lithium, Antinomy, Arsenic
• Brominated Flame Retardants

TBBA (tetrabromo-bisphenol-A)
PBDE (polybrominateddiphenyl) etc.
• Other Halogenated Hydrocarbons

PVC (polyvinyl chloride)
CFCs (chloroflourocarbons)
• Rare Earth Elements

Yttrium, Europium, Americium
Source: Basel Action Network
Classification of Hazardous Wastes
CLASS WASTE NUMBER
A.Wastes with cyanide A101

B.Acid wastes B201 to B299
C.Alkali wastes C101 to C399
D.Wastes with Inorganic Chemicals D401 to D499
E. Reactive Chemical Wastes E501 to E599
F. Inks/Dyes/Pigments/Paint/Latex/Adhesives/Organic Sludge F601 to F699
G.Waste Organic Solvents G703 to G704

H. Putrescible/Organic Wastes H801 to H802
I. Oil I101 to I104
J. Containers J201
K. Immobilized Wastes K301 to K303
L. Organic Chemicals L401 to L406
M. Miscellaneous Wastes M501 to M507
PERMITS AND ISSUANCES
FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR
A person who generates or produces hazardous wastes, through

any institutional, commercial, industrial or trade activities
The company must secure HazWaste Generator Registration

Certificate
ONLINE HW GENERATOR’S ID REGISTRATION
HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER
 Entity registered to transport hazardous waste from the site of

waste generation to a waste treatment facility
 The entity must secure HazWaste Transporter Registration
Certificate
TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITY
 Are facilities where hazardous wastes are transported, stored,

treated, recycled, reprocessed or disposed of.
 The entity must secure HazWaste TSD Registration Certificate
PERMIT TO TRANSPORT (PTT)
Permit to Transport Hazardous Waste (PTT) is a legal

authorization to transfer or transport hazardous waste from
one place to another.
Applied online by the HW Generator, to be approved by the

Regional Office where the TSD Facility is located.
The Manifest System
(Chain of custody paper that documents the movement of the wastes)
Storage Facility
Transporter
Manifest Form Treatment

Facility
Generator
Disposal
Facility
COMPLIANCE
REQUIREMENTS FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE
GENERATORS
GOVERNING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR HW GENERATORS
(CHAPTER 3.0 OF DAO 2013-22)
Designate a full time PCO
Apply permits
Declare HW Generated,Transported and Treated thru the SMR
Implement proper waste management from the time the wastes are generated until they are rendered
non-hazardous by complying to the Hazardous Waste Storage and Transport Requirements.
Continue to own and be responsible for the wastes generated in the premises until the wastes have been
certified by an accredited waste treater as adequately treated, recycled, reprocessed or disposed off
Adhere to the HW Manifest System when transporting wastes for offsite treatment, storage and/or
disposal
GOVERNING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR HW GENERATORS
 Prepare and submit to EMB comprehensive emergency and preparedness response

program to mitigate spills and accidents involving chemicals and hazardous wastes
 Communicate to its employees the hazards posed by the improper handling, storage,
transport, use and disposal of hazardous waste and their containers
 Develop capability to implement the emergency preparedness and response
programs and continually train core personnel on the effective implementation of
such programs
HAZARDOUS WASTE
STORAGE AND LABELING
REQUIREMENTS FOR STORAGE FACILITIES
At a minimum, storage facilities shall meet the ff requirements:

a) Be accessible in cases of emergency and for purposes of inspection and monitoring
b) Be enclosed but adequately ventilated
c) Have floors that are impermeable to liquids and resistant to attack of chemicals, not slippery,
and constructed to retain spillages
d) Be properly secured and not easily accessed by unauthorized persons
e) Have provision for proper waste segregation (chemical properties, waste type)
f) Have provision for proper drum handling and storage
g) Have full emergency response equipment corresponding to the class of wastes stored and
potential emergencies associated with it; and
h) Ensure that all categories of wastes allowed to be stored within a prescribed period are
treated or sent to appropriate TSD facilities
STORAGE TIME LIMIT
The maximum hazardous waste accumulation time is

ONE (1) YEAR, except for wastes that have no existing
infrastructure for proper treatment and disposal
EXAMPLES OF HAZWASTE STORAGE AREA
HAZWASTE LABEL FOR TRANSPORT
UNRTDG SYMBOLS
THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING
Any questions?
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Republic Act 6969:

Toxic Substances and Hazardous and

ENGR. KRISTEEN KREEM T. VILLANUEVA

 There are chemicals identified to be

5. BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOMAGNIFICATION

WHY DO WE NEED TO REGULATE CHEMICALS?

Health Effects of Lead

Pregnancy and Lead

Health Effects of PCB

Health Effects of Dioxin

1. Chemical Management (Title II)

2. Hazardous Waste Management

➢Philippine Inventory of Chemicals & Chemical Substances

➢It is a list of all existing chemicals & chemical substances

➢It serves as a guide for manufacturers and importers of

➢Purpose is to screen harmful substances before they enter the

➢required prior to the importation of small quantity of new

▪List of chemicals that are determined to pose significant or unreasonable risk

▪Chemicals and its compounds considered to be strictly regulated

1,1,1,-Trichloroethane** Ethylene Oxide

Addition of 20 chemicals and compounds to the previous list of 28:

▪ Prohibit, limit or regulate the use, manufacture, import, export,

▪ CCO is issued as Department Administrative Order (DAO) of

▪ Nine (9) CCOs have been issued since 1997

⚫ Gradual phase-out plan that may apply to:

⚫ Limitation of use that may apply to:

⚫ Substitution-substituting certain chemical substances that

DAO 1997-39: CCO for Cyanide and its compounds

DAO 2000-02: CCO for Asbestos

DAO 2000-18: CCO for Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

DAO 2004-01: CCO for Polychlorinated Biphenyls

DAO 2013-24: CCO for Lead and Lead Compounds

DAO 2019-17: CCO for Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds

DAO 2019-20: CCO for Mercury and its compounds

DAO 2021- 08: CCO for Cadmium and Cadmium Compounds

DAO 2021- 09: CCO for Chromiun (VI) Compounds

DAO 2021- 09: CCO for Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

Gradual Phase-out of Mercury in All Philippine Health Care

 by-products, side-products, process residues, spent

“RULE OF  the GENERATOR has the

• Brominated Flame Retardants

• Other Halogenated Hydrocarbons

• Rare Earth Elements

A.Wastes with cyanide A101

G.Waste Organic Solvents G703 to G704

A person who generates or produces hazardous wastes, through

The company must secure HazWaste Generator Registration

 Entity registered to transport hazardous waste from the site of

 Are facilities where hazardous wastes are transported, stored,

Permit to Transport Hazardous Waste (PTT) is a legal

Applied online by the HW Generator, to be approved by the

Manifest Form Treatment

Designate a full time PCO

Declare HW Generated,Transported and Treated thru the SMR

 Prepare and submit to EMB comprehensive emergency and preparedness response

At a minimum, storage facilities shall meet the ff requirements:

The maximum hazardous waste accumulation time is

Email address: [email protected]