1. LLDA Jurisdiction 10.
AIR POLLUTION
2. CLEAN WATER ACT. Air pollution" means any alteration of the physical,
chemical and biological properties of the atmospheric
a) Contamination - means the production of air, or any discharge thereto of any liquid, gaseous or
substances not found in the natural composition solid substances that will or is likely to create or to
of water that make the water less desirable or render the air resources of the country harmful,
unfit desirable or unfit for intended use. detrimental, or injurious to public health, safety or
b) Dumping - means any unauthorized or illegal welfare or which will adversely affect their utilization for
disposal into any body of water or land of wastes domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
or toxic or hazardous material: Provided, That it recreational, or other legitimate purposes;
does not mean a release of effluent coming from
commercial, industrial, and domestic sources 11. CAUSES OF AIR POLLUTION
which are within the effluent standards.
c) Effluent - means discharge from known sources a) Pollution from smoking.
which is passed into a body of water or land, or b) Stationary Sources
wastewater flowing out of a manufacturing plant, c) Pollution from other mobile sources. -
industrial plant including domestic, commercial d) Fuels and Additives.
and recreational facilities. e) Misfueling.
d) Industrial waste - means any solid, semi-solid or f) Prohibition on Manufacture, Import and Sale
liquid waste material with no commercial value of leaded Gasoline and of Engines and/or
released by a manufacturing or processing plant Components Requiring Leaded Gasoline.
other than excluded material. g) Ozone-Depleting Substances. -
e) Wastewater - means waste in liquid state h) Greenhouse Gases.
containing pollutants. i) Persistent Organic Pollutants.
f) Water Pollution - means any alteration of the j) Radioactive Emissions.
physical, chemical, biological, or radiological
12. What is ODS- Ozone Depleting Substances
properties of a water body resulting in the
impairment of its purity or quality. 13. What is Disaster?
3. CLIMATE CHANGE-Make a child understand CC? “Disaster” – a serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society involving widespread human,
4. How is segregation done in your municipality?
material, economic or environmental losses and impacts,
5. Projects to implement if you are mayor? which exceeds the ability of the affected community or
society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are
6. Violations on SOLID WASTE often described as a result of the combination of: the
exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that
Section 48. Prohibited Acts - The following acts are are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to
prohibited: reduce or cope with the potential negative
consequences,
(1) Littering, throwing, dumping of waste matters in
public places, such as roads, sidewalks, canals, esteros Impacts of Disaster
or parks, and establishment, or causing or permitting the
same; Disaster impacts - may include loss of life, injury,
disease and other negative effects on human, physical,
(2) Undertaking activities or operating, collecting or mental and social well-being, together with damage to
transporting equipment in violation of sanitation property, destruction of assets, loss of services, Social
operation and other requirements or permits set forth in and economic disruption and environmental degradation.
established pursuant;
14. What is ZERO-CASUALTY?
(3) The open burning of solid waste;
(4) Causing or permitting the collection of non-
segregated or unsorted wastes;
(5) Squatting in open dumps and landfills; 15. Emission Standard: The LGU may deny the
application in case it failed to comply with the
7. Trash Fashion standard.
16. Writ of Kalikasan v Writ of Continuing Mandamus
Writ of Kalikasan?
It is a remedy available to a natural or juridical person,
entity authorized by law, people’s organizations, non-
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governmental organization, or any public interest group
9. OPEN DUMPSITE accredited by or registered with any government agency,
on behalf of persons whose constitutional right to a
balanced and healthful ecology is violated, or threatened
with violation by an unlawful act or omission of a public
official or employee, or private individual or entity without
involving environmental damage of such magnitude as
to prejudice the life, health or property of inhabitants in
two or more cities or provinces.
It rests in Article II, Section 16 on the Declaration of
Principles and State Policies of the 1987 Constitution,
which states that, “The State shall protect and advance
the right of the people to a balanced and healthful
ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of
nature”.
The magnitude requirement with regards to the
destruction or imminent destruction which is sought to be
prevented must be present.
Writ of Continuing Mandamus
It is writ issued by a court in an environmental case
directing any agency or instrumentality of the
government or officer thereof to perform an act or series
of acts decreed by final judgment which shall remain
effective until judgment is fully satisfied. It is filed by one
who is personally aggrieved.
17. STRATEGIC LAW LAW SUIT AGAINST PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
SLAPP as a defense; how alleged
. - In a SLAPP filed against a person involved in the
enforcement of environmental laws, protection of the
environment, or assertion of environmental rights, the
defendant may file an answer interposing as a defense
that the case is a SLAPP and shall be supported by
documents, affidavits, papers and other evidence; and,
by way of counterclaim, pray for damages, attorney’s
fees and costs of suit.
The court shall direct the plaintiff or adverse party to file
an opposition showing the suit is not a SLAPP, attaching
evidence in support thereof, within a non-extendible
period of five (5) days from receipt of notice that an
answer has been filed.
The defense of a SLAPP shall be set for hearing by the
court after issuance of the order to file an opposition
within fifteen (15) days from filing of the comment or the
lapse of the period.
