Significant Improvements in Air Quality

“Blog Talk: Green Bloggers Meet Up”07 June 2016, Cocoon Botique Hotel, Quezon City

Presented by:

Engr. Jean N. RoseteChief, Air Quality Management Section

Environmental Management Bureau-DENR

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU

OUTLINE PRESENTATION

• WHAT IS THE PROBLEM: AIR POLLUTION SITUATION

AIR POLLUTION SOURCES

EMISSION INVENTORY, 2012

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING DATA, NCR

• EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN/TO BE UNDERTAKEN TO

CONTROL AIR POLLUTION FROM VEHICLE EMISSIONS

• SALIENT FEATURES OF DAO 2015-04

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM: AIR POLLUTION SITUATION

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU

MAN-MADE SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION

1. MOBILE 2. STATIONARY 3. AREA

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU

EMISSION INVENTORY, 2012

NATIONAL METRO MANILA

STATIONARY1%

MOBILE90%

AREA9%

NCR EMISSION INVENTORY BASE YEAR 2012 BY SOURCE

STATIONARY9%

MOBILE69%

AREA22%

NATIONAL EMISSION INVENTORY BASE YEAR 2012 BY SOURCE

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU

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AIR QUALITY SITUATION IN METRO MANILA FROM JANUARY 2010 TO DECEMBER 2015

Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Particulate Matter of 10 microns in diameter (PM10)

TSP standard 90 µg/Ncm PM10 standard 60 µg/Ncm

ACTIONS TAKEN/EFFORTS TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM

MOBILE SOURCES

Online Permitting and Monitoring System for issuing Certificate of Conformity

Launched in March 2015

applicants do not need to submit

the requirements in EMB office,

only need to register and upload

the requirements Online

Online issuance of COC

COC equipped with Bar Code for

security

NEW EMISSION STANDARDS FOR MOBILE SOURCES

DAO 2015-04: Implementation of Vehicle Emission Limits for

Euro 4/IV, and In-Use Vehicle Emission Standards

• Prescribes the new emission standards effective July 1, 2015.

• Prescribes mandatory compliance of Euro 4/IV emission limits

/ standards effective January 1, 2016 for new vehicles.

• Sets more stringent emission standards for in-use motor

vehicles

• Enjoins DOE to ensure the availability of Euro IV fuels by July

1, 2015

• Provides a comparative quality of Euro II and Euro IV Fuels

• CONDUCTS FREE GARAGE

EMISSION TESTING OF PUV

• CONDUCTS

SEMINARS/LECTURES ON

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE,

FUEL EFFICIENCY & ECO-SAFE

DRIVING

• COORDINATES WITH NCR LGU

ANTI-SMOKE BELCHING (ASB)

OPERATIONS

CONTINUING ACTIVITIES

INTENSIFIED FREE GARAGE EMISSION TESTING

• MOA SIGNED BY DENR, LTO, LTFRB, CCAAP AND TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONS OF

PUJS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FROM PUBLIC UTILITY JEEPNEYS (PUJ) IN

METRO MANILA

• DENR TO CONDUCT FREE AND NON-APPREHENSION GARAGE/TERMINAL

EMISSION TESTING OF PUBLIC UTILITY JEEPNEYS (PUJ) IN METRO MANILA

SPECIFICALLY; BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL MEMBERS OF LTOP, ACTO, FEJODAP,

PASANG MASDA IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL AND CURRENT STATE

OR CONDITION (IN RELATION TO SMOKE EMISSIONS) OF ALL ENGINES OF PUJS

TO SUPPORT POLICY FORMULATION, AMONG OTHERS

IMPROVED FUEL QUALITY

GASOLINE:

UNLEADED SINCE 2000

AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL/GASOLINE:

500PPM SULFUR CONTENT (EQUIVALENT TO EURO2),

50PPM SULFUR CONTENT (EQUIVALENT TO EURO4

FUELS ) SINCE JAN. 1, 2016

EXPANDED AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK

• INSTALLATION OF

ADDITIONAL

CONTINUOUS AMBIENT

AIR QUALITY

MONITORING

STATIONS (AUTOMATIC,

REAL-TIME)

NATIONWIDE

Type Quantity

Manual/Reference Method

PM10

27

Manual/Reference Method

TSP

22

Continuous Monitoring –

DOAS (PM10,PM2.5, O3,

SO2, NO2,CO & BTX)

14

Continuous Monitoring Van –

1 (Methane, O3, SO2, NO2

& CO) & 2 (PM10)

3

Continuous Monitoring – PMS

(PM10 & PM2.5)

27

Total Number of Station 93

Clean Air Music Video, Halina,

Produced by Dmitri Productions

Clean Air Concert

November 3, 2015,

Robinsons Galleria

Mall IEC material on

Clean Air

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November 27, 2014, Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan

Palace

Share the Road Exercises

UPCOMING PROGRAM: Non-contact Anti Smoke Belching Operation

Utilizing cameras to view smoke belching vehicles

In coordination with DOTC-LTO and

MMDA

Utilizes MMDA’s Metro Base system

EMB ASBU personnel will man the station

and gather video / screen capture of the

smoke belching vehicle and report to LTO

LTO will summon the owner of the smoke

belching vehicle and need to submit the

vehicle for testing

*Picture courtesy of Hong Kong Environmental

Protection Department

*MMDA Chairman in Metrobase. Picture grabbed from

Inquirer.net

Department of Environment and Natural Resourceshttp://denr.gov.ph+632-929-6626

Environmental Management Bureauhttp://emb.gov.ph+632-928-3785

• Air is a vital part of man’s daily struggle

for survival. Man can live several days

without food, few days without water, but

only precious minutes without air.

• By monitoring his environment, man has the

knowledge to protect air and his destiny.