Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants
Letter of Instructions No. 588, issued on August 19, 1977, mandates the appointment of a Pollution Control Officer (PCO) by all entities involved in discharging pollutants into air, water, or land. The PCO, who must be knowledgeable in pollution control, is responsible for overseeing the installation and operation of pollution control devices, submitting reports to the National Pollution Control Commission (NPCC), and ensuring compliance with NPCC requirements. Additionally, the PCO will serve as a liaison with the NPCC and participate in relevant meetings. The NPCC is tasked with creating guidelines for effective implementation of this directive, which takes effect immediately.
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- What is Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants about?
- Letter of Instructions No. 588, issued on August 19, 1977, mandates the appointment of a Pollution Control Officer (PCO) by all entities involved in discharging pollutants into air, water, or land. The PCO, who must be knowledgeable in pollution control, is responsible for overseeing the installation and operation of pollution control devices, submitting reports to the National Pollution Control Commission (NPCC), and ensuring compliance with NPCC requirements. Additionally, the PCO will serve as a liaison with the NPCC and participate in relevant meetings. The NPCC is tasked with creating guidelines for effective implementation of this directive, which takes effect immediately.
- What type of law is Letter of Instructions No. 588?
- Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants (Letter of Instructions No. 588) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants enacted?
- Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants (Letter of Instructions No. 588) was enacted on Aug 19, 1977.
- What is the citation for Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants?
- Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants, Letter of Instructions No. 588, Aug 19, 1977 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 588
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 19, 1977
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 588
| TO | : | The Commissioner, National Pollution Control Commission |
| The Heads, Development Authorities | ||
| The Mayors, City and Municipal Governments | ||
| The Heads, Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations | ||
| All Concerned | ||
| SUBJECT | : | Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants |
In order to effectively enforce the National Pollution Control Decree and its implementing rules and regulations as they pertain to the requirements for the construction or installation of appropriate and adequate pollution control devices, and to insure their efficient operations as soon as they have been set up, you are hereby directed to implement the following:
1. All local governments, development authorities, government-owned or controlled corporations, industrial, commercial and manufacturing establishments, and all other public and private entities, whose functions involve the discharge or emission of pollutants into the water, air and/or land resources, or the operation, installation or construction of any anti-pollution device, treatment work or facility, sewerage or sewage disposal system, shall each appoint and/or designate a Pollution Control Officer;
2. The said Pollution Control Officer shall be a technical man knowledgeable in pollution control or environmental protection. He shall perform the following duties and responsibilities, in addition to those that may from time to time be prescribed by the National Pollution Control Commission (NPCC):
(1) To attend to the requirements for the construction or installation of anti-pollution device or devices of his establishment or agency; casia
(2) To supervise the operations of the existing or newly constructed pollution control device or devices of his establishment or agency;
(3) To promptly submit periodic reports to the NPCC on the working conditions of such devices or facilities, and the manner by which they are operated;
(4) To act as liaison officer with the NPCC to keep himself abreast with the requirements of the NPCC, and the latest technology on the prevention, control and abatement of pollution, and to inform his establishment or agency accordingly; and
(5) To attend the meetings of all pollution control officers as may from time to time be called by NPCC, and to submit reports of said meetings to his establishment or agency.
3. The National Pollution Control Commission shall promulgate the necessary guidelines for the effective implementation of this Letter of Instructions.
This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Seven.
Cite This Law
Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants, Letter of Instructions No. 588, Aug 19, 1977 (Philippines)
Designation of a Pollution Control Officer by All Entities Discharging or Emitting Pollutants, Letter of Instructions No. 588 (Phil. 1977)
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