PROJECT DESCRIPTION REPORT

1. BASIC INFORMATION ON PROJECT AND PROPONENT

This Project Description Report for the SCRAP FOOD MATERIALS HAULING, BUYING AND SELLING PROJECT is hereby being submitted to the DENR-EMB CENTRAL OFFICE by the proprietor ETN TRADING in compliance with the DENR Administrative Order No. 37, Series of 1996, and DENR Administrative Order No. 13 Series of 2008. The proponent intends to apply for a CERTIFICATE OF NON-COVERAGE (CNC) for the operation for hauling, buying and selling of scrap food materials venture, located at Navotas City, Metro Manila. Other details of the proposed project are as follows: Name of Proponent: Type of Project: Location: Land Area: Owner/Proprietor: Business Address: ETN TRADING SCRAP FOOD MATERIALS HAULING, BUYING AND SELLING PROJECT VIFEL 2 COLD STORAGE, NAVOTAS CITY 450.0 square meters more or less ELEZER T. NARCISO BLK 22 LOT 56 AREA 1 NAVOTAS CITY

The project involves renting of a cold storage type depot for storing scrap food materials such as raw chicken trimmings and the like coming from the locators of Light Industry and Science Parks I and II, the Laguna Technopark, Canlubang Industrial Estate and other industries within PEZA. The project will be involved in non-toxic and non-hazardous solid wastes collection business particularly in hauling, buying and selling of scrap food materials.

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The hauling, buying and selling operation will involve entry into contracts for bulk disposal of non-hazardous solid recyclable wastes. Haulage of these waste materials (scrap food materials) may include raw chicken trimmings and other recyclable waste by-products, majority of which are scrap food wastes from the production line. These wastes shall be collected from refuse stations maintained by respective locators (waste generators) within their respective areas of operation.

Transportation from these industrial parks to the clients project site will employ the services of light to heavy refrigerated conveyance trucks depending on the volume of wastes. Waste collection interval will depend on the volume of wastes in the refuse station given the random interval of the amount coming to the refuse station.

The locators/contractee may perform the initial segregation and qualitative storage of wastes while still at their refuse stations. The proponent would collect these wastes for further segregation and repackaging.

The proponents storage facility is located inside the Vifel Cold Storage Facility with an area of more or less 450.0 square meters; the land use classification where the storage facility stands is basically industrial/commercial. The site is bounded by commercial warehouses, and other small and medium enterprises. 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 PROJECT LOCATION AND AREA

The Food Scrap Materials Hauling, Buying and Selling Project of ETN TRADING is located at Navotas City, Metro Manila. The project land area covers 450.0 square meters of land more or less. It is located within the VIFEL 2 COLD STORAGE FACILITY in Navotas City, Metro Manila

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2.2 PROJECT RATIONALE

With national legislations, environmental laws, rules and regulations, are keeping up with the emerging global trend exerting pressure to bring about the adoption and implementation of environmental management systems in every corporate undertakings, solid waste management has become one of the major concerns besetting our industries including those clustered inside industrial parks which should have a central facility for waste management.

As a consequence, this emerging trend leads to increase in numbers of service contractors handling the disposal of wastes generated by

organizational establishments. While things are still far from a new way of thinking about manufacturing, product cycles and the coming service economy, service contractors, majority of which are waste recyclers, have become vital in linking the disjoint sequence of by-products exchange (material recycle, re-manufacture and re-use) prevailing in the traditional marketing infrastructure, which are characterized by a fragmented network between waste generators and recyclers.

This particular case applies to all industrial parks and export processing zones were a lot of recyclable wastes are generated by the locators. Given the continual increase in industrial activities inside these parks, the opportunities for success of a scrap materials buying and selling project are in proportion to the ascending volume of non-hazardous and non-toxic recyclable wastes being generated.

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2.3 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PROCESS AND COMPONENTS

In concept, scrap materials buying and selling projects maintain the economic viability of waste management systems or programs for a company too small to establish and manage their own waste disposal facility and their wastes too enormous to be handled by traditional waste disposal practices.

In this connection, it is apparently suggestive of the viable opportunity in establishing a buy-back center typical of a redemption center that will engage in a contractual bulk disposition of recyclable and reusable waste materials, for such will remain as crucial as the desire of companies to obtain the green label recognition, that is ISO 14001, by way of adopting comprehensive environmental management systems.

This extended producer responsibility, therefore, shall stay as part of the longterm product identification and recognition reflecting the corporate

environmental stewardship of producing and manufacturing companies in nurturing the mutual interests shared among the waste generators, waste trading operators and waste recycling companies for a sustainable and productive by-products exchange.

2.4 PROJECT COMPONENTS AND ACTIVITIES

2.4.1 Pre-Operating Phase

The documentary requirements to support the following permit applications are being submitted to pertinent agencies.

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2.4.1.1 Application for DENR Certificate of Non-Coverage (CNC)

DENR CNC is a prerequisite for the issuance of a Local Business Permit therefore it should be one of the more important requirements to be secured. In the process of securing DENR CNC, the proponent understands that the project undertaking applied for is exempted from the EIA system requirements set forth by PD1586 and DAO 30-2003. 2.4.1.2 DTI Business Name Registration

As a sole proprietorship, the proponent had registered the business with the DTI. DTI registration is a prerequisite in securing DENR Certificate of Non-Coverage (CNC) and local Business License and Mayors Permit.

2.4.1.3 Local Clearances and Mayors Permits, Etc.

ETN TRADING shall dutifully comply with all the requirements of the city government unit of Navotas City prior to commencing any business operation. 2.4.1.4 Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)

Pursuant to the requirements set forth by the PEZA, all suppliers, contractors, operators, etc. with business operations inside eco-zones should register and secure proper

accreditation with PEZA.

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2.4.2 Development Phase

2.4.2.1 Cold Storage Facility

The cold storage warehouse type structure is designed as a permanent structure to house the collected raw food scrap materials such as chicken trimmings and the like.

2.4.2.2 Hauling and Loading Station

A loading section will be allocated for a convenient transfer of wastes into and out of the warehouse, the proximity of which to the warehouse should be made effective the monitoring and control of the operations of the project.

2.4.3 Operational Phase

2.4.3.1 Collection and Transfer of Recyclable Materials

Collection of these recyclable wastes will be done on a regular interval. On call collection of these wastes is also an option and will be applied at the convenience of the principal.

A light to heavy refrigerated conveyance vehicle maybe used to collect the recyclable wastes. The vehicle shall be a refrigerated closed van to prevent the wastes from spoilage and spilling along the road.

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2.4.3.2 Stocking Up of Wastes

All collected recyclable wastes will be stocked up in the cold storage warehouse type structure. It will be stored in the warehouse until recycling companies picked them up or the proponent delivers them for resale.

2.4.3.4 Sales of Wastes to Recycling Companies

The recyclable materials will be transported to traditional markets for recyclable scrap food materials or may be sold to other interested buyers and/or end-users. 2.4.3.4 Equipment to be used

Except for the loading of recyclable wastes which may employ the use of forklift at each refuse stations, the scrap food materials hauling, buying and selling project operation will not use any equipment of significant impact to overall operations and will be greatly dependent on manual labor. 2.4.4 Abandonment Phase

The operation will be terminated if the proponent declares bankruptcy. In case of termination, all equipment and supplies shall be removed and sold to other interested end-users. All residual waste materials from the facility will be disposed to DENR accredited Sanitary Landfill. Another scenario of abandonment is when the site is sold or used for other purpose. This phase will take a full month to complete.

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2.5 PROJECT EMISSION / EFFLUENT / HAZARDOUS WASTE / SOLID WASTE / OTHER WASTES

2.5.1 Identification of Potential Environmental Effects

Potential environmental effects of the operation may prove to be very insignificant because the nature of business is not environmentally critical and the business setting is not within a protected area. With respect to the size of operation and the types of wastes to be handled, only a handful of potential and likely impacts maybe deducted from its up-posed day-to-day operations.

2.5.2 Environmental Management Measures

During the operation of the proponent, a number of measures will be adopted to minimize if not mitigate the perceived negative effects the project may have on the environment. It should be noted however that the project is generally environmentally benign operation contributing insignificant impact on the environment and the community hosting its operation. The measures to be instigated will include the following: Fire Hazard Since the recyclable materials stored in the warehouse are not combustible, standard fire extinguishers will be placed inside the warehouse and in the transport vehicles, as well. Community Relations The proponent shall be supportive of any environmental awareness and advocacy program in the management of solid wastes that is practical and acceptable to the community. The project may hire help from the immediate community, some on per call basis while others may have a permanent tenure.

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The proponent shall exert best effort to build good community relations to win the confidence and support of the host community. It is then entailed that proper management of the project would be the most pressing task given that it can greatly induce inconvenience in an aesthetic sense. 2.6 MANPOWER

2.6.1 Manpower Requirements

ETN TRADING will be hiring six (6) employees/workers during the initial stages of its operation, as follows:

i. Two (2) Truck Drivers ii. Two (2) Helpers iii. One (1) Secretary and iv. One (1) Operations Manager

The Operations Manager shall be responsible for the overall operation of the project including implementation of standard operating procedures for warehousing; deals and transactions with prospective clients and/or waste generators; and administration of work force.

The Office Secretary shall take responsibility for records keeping, filing and documentation of all contracts and transactions made with prospective clients and principal waste generators and buyers.

Truck drivers and helpers shall be responsible for the proper waste handling and transport management.

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2.7 PROJECT COST

Estimated total operational cost of the project is about Two Thousand Pesos (Php 200,000.00). Aforesaid amount includes infrastructure rentals

(warehouse and office space), and office furniture and fixtures, but excluding cost of transport and conveyance vehicles.

2.8 PROJECT DURATION AND SCHEDULE

The

project

will

resume operation upon all pertinent

documentary

requirements, permits and licenses are duly complied with, and shall continuously operate for as long as the recyclable waste materials stream coming into similar projects remain substantial, making the buying and selling operation economically feasible. Given such condition, it would necessitate the obligatory renewal of permits from concerned government agencies annually and compliance with the local and national regulations. 3. BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

3.1 Climate

Navotas, being part of the National Capital Region (NCR) belong to the Type I climate. It is characterized by two pronounced seasons, composed of dry and wet season. This means that Navotas experiences an even distribution of dry and wet season in which the dry season comes in the middle of October tapering off in the middle of May. On the other hand, the wet season usually starts in the middle of May and ends by the first half of October. These two seasons are caused by the northeast monsoon from June to October respectively. It has an average of 136 rainy days with an annual rainfall of 2,105 millimeters.

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Heavy rains usually occur during the month of November to December with monthly rainfall reaching 600 mm. Highest rainfall occurs in the months of July, August, September while the lowest rainfall has been observed during the months of January, February, and March. The highest number of rainy days is 22 days per month occurring during the wet season. February has the least amount of rainfall with monthly rainfall reaching 5.5 mm. In terms of temperature, its mean temperature is 28 C with a maximum temperature of 33.4 C and minimum temperature of 23 C. The annual relative humidity is 74% with highest relative humidity of 82% in August and lowest humidity of 64% in the month of April. The prevailing wind comes from Northeast, Southwest and Southeast at an annual mean speed of 3 MPS. The mean sea level pressure is 1,010.4 MBS. The tropical cyclones and tidal fluctuations are the most important parameters that influence the hydrology of the municipality. Tropical cyclones are noted to affect Navotas at least three times a year.

3.2 Air Quality

The project locality meets the National Ambient Air Quality Standards because no toxic or hazardous emissions are emitted in the facility. Data on air quality were based on the regular monitoring of the Metro Manila Air shed conducted by EMB-DENR. Twelve sampling stations that measure road concentrations of total suspended particulates (TSP) across Metro Manila were considered for this study. Data from the Metro Manila Air shed Ambient Air Quality Monitoring, another project of the EMB, which has ten operating stations that continuously measure real time concentrations of PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2, and other parameters were also used. Meteorological conditions that can influence the behavior of air pollutants like wind speed and direction, temperature, rainfall and humidity were also measured in these stations.

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3.3 Noise Environment

The present noise emission condition still meets the Class A Standard considering that the adjacent settlements are rapidly growing. 3.4 Soils and Topography

The city of Navotas is characterized as a Long Island system presenting an aggregate shoreline of 4.5 kilometers fronting the Manila Bay. It is generally a flat land with a slope of 0 - 3%. As such, there is only one slope category for the city. It has an elevation of 2 meters above sea level (masl).

3.5 Geology

In Navotas, the dominant landform is the active tidal flats. These type of land form is not only limited to Navotas but are also observable in Malabon and Las Pias as well as in Paombong and Hagonoy in Bulacan. The common land uses for active tidal flats are fishponds, salt ponds, urban areas and sometimes rain fed paddy rice. The soils are composed mainly of tidal mudflats, with mucky and peaty materials and alluvial sediments. The active tidal flat area is submerged and flushed with seawater during high and low tides. It is very poorly drained and therefore suited mostly for fishpond and salt ponds. It must be noted that the coastal sandy system, that is, beach ridges, active and former tidal flats, are subject to seasonal flooding. The alluvial deposits of sand, silt and clay underlie the geology of Navotas. These soils are of deltaic deposit formed by the Navotas and the Malabon-Tullahan rivers mixed with marine faunas and corals. The thickness of the alluvial deposits range from 15-27 meters below which lies the Plio-Pleistocene tuffaceous rock (tuff and pyroclastic rocks) of the Guadalupe Formation, cemented in varied degrees and with undulating surface.

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3.6 Land Use

The total land resource of Navotas is 1,069 hectares including the 0.67 sq.km. of reclaimed area used as the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority Complex. Of this area, about 50% or 534.5 hectares are considered alienable and disposable lands while the other 50% or 534.5 hectares are forestland composed mostly of unclassified public lands such as those with mangroves and those areas devoted for fishponds. 3.7 Drainage/River System

The main river in Navotas is the Navotas-Malabon River. It is a part of the NM-T River system, which originates from the Novaliches watershed with a catchment area of 69.25 sq. kilometers. The NMTT river system of which the Navotas-Malabon River and other tributaries have a combined length of 23 kilometers and winds through Caloocan City and Valenzuela, down into Malabon and Navotas from which it spills its water into the Manila Bay. There are various smaller creeks and rivers that join the Navotas-Malabon River as it meanders its way from Novaliches to Manila Bay. At its widest in Navotas, its spans width of 60 meters from bank to bank. Other significant water bodies found and passing through Navotas are the Tangos River and Sawang Creek. 3.8 Soil and Erosion

There are two (2) distinct types of soils in Navotas: hydrosols and Obando fine sandy loam. Hydrosols type of soil which develops from former tidal flats is ideally being utilized for fishpond and salt beds. This particular type of soil is generally a conglomeration of clay materials and organic matters originating from the decay of marshy growth. Hydrosol is being classified as miscellaneous soil type and has no true profile, has little natural soil and has no agricultural value in its present state.
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About 10% or 108 hectares have this type of soil. Accordingly, the southern portion of Navotas with barangays Bagumbayan, Bangkulasi, San Rafael Village, and Sipac-Almacen have been characterized as being covered with hydrosols. The other soil type present is the Obando fine sandy loam occur in nearly level, broad landscape position adjacent to and slightly above the active tidal flats with a silty clay loam surface texture. It is formed from recent coastal deposits in which the surface soil is colored brown, fine, sandy loamy, gritty loose, and structureless. It has a depth ranging from 1030 cm with the subsoil characterize to be gray sand mixed with marine shells. It is mostly found in barangays Sipac-Almacen, Daanghari, San Jose, San Roque, Tangos and Tanza. A total of 969 hectares fall within this particular soil type or about 90% of the total area of Navotas. Soil erosion is defined as the transport of soil brought about by the combined action of wind and water. The movement of the soil is a function of different natural man-made factors such as soil type, rainfall intensity, slope or gradient and vegetation cover. In the case of Navotas, soil erosion is largely confined along riverbanks (stream banks) as well as along the coastal area fronting the Manila Bay. For coastal erosion, this is usually brought about by the combined action of the wind and the waves, especially if there are no barriers or structure to stabilize such areas. 3.9 Water Resources

3.9.1.

Surface Water

The rivers and creeks that crisscrossed Navotas comprise its surface water resources. Most notable of these is the Navotas-Malabon River, which is part of the Navotas-Malabon-Tullahan-Tinajeros river system, the Sawang Creek and other smaller water bodies.

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3.9.2.

Groundwater

Groundwater refers to water being held in aquifer. Water that infiltrates the soil trickles slowly downwards or percolates through the pores and cracks in soil and rocks. The rock strata or layer capable of holding water is known as the aquifer. The alluvial sediments found in the coastal plain in Navotas are considered as its principal groundwater resource. Alluvium, which offers good sources of groundwater, is largely derived from the erosion of the Guadalupe formation. It occurs in three separate areas and one of them is the Manila Bay Deltaic Plain, which includes the Navotas area. In the absence of specific groundwater resources data for Navotas, the extent of its groundwater resources can be inferred from related data of NCR. Thus, considering the coastal setting of Navotas, its proximity to Manila Bay, its geology, and topography, Navotas can be characterized as having a predominantly shallow to deep well areas. This can be substantiated by the formation from NWRB, which indicated the presence of some 29 deep wells for domestic water purposes with an estimated combined production output of 3.489 liters per second. 3.10 Socio-Economic Situation of Navotas City

In 1990, the population of Navotas is 187,479. In 1995, during the middecade census, Navotas population increased by 4.08 percent by logging a total population of 229,039. The National Statistics Offices Census of Population in 2000 marked a 0.12 percent increase in population with a total of 230,403. This is mainly due to the removal of structures along the riverbanks and other areas. In August 1, 2007, Navotas population is 245,344.

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The projected population from 1995 to 2000 is derived using a 2.1 percent growth rate. While a 0.51 percent growth rate is used for the population projection from 2001 to 2010.

3.10.1 Health

Navotas City has 9 health centers located in 9 barangays, and an emergency and lying-in clinic which is located in Barangay San Jose. There are five (5) health centers which are Sentrong Sigla accredited namely Tanza Health Center, Tangos Health Center, San Roque Health Center, NBBN Health Center and Kaunlaran Village Health Center respectively. However, there are four(4) health facilities which are not accredited because each was unable to meet the standard as required by DOH and these are Bangculasi Health Center, Sipac Health Center, Bagong Lipunan Health Center located in barangay San Jose and Bagumbayan Health Center. For Philhealth accredited facilities, all except one (1), the Sipac Health Center are PHIC accredited. For DOTS accredited Health Center, only one(1) Bagumbayan Health Center and this served also as the Citys Private Public Mixed DOTS unit. The nine (9) health centers including the Navotas Emergency and Lying-in Clinic offer basic health care services like Family Planning and Counseling, Maternal and Child Care. Nutrition, Care for Elderly, Adolescent Youth Health Care Development, Management of Infectious Disease, Risk management of lifestyle related diseases among others.

There are a total of 118 health personnel in Navotas. 15 of which are physicians, 10 dentists, 13 nurses, 6 medical technicians, 2 nutritionists/dieticians, inspectors. 34 midwives and 7 sanitary health

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Additional health workers in Navotas are the Barangay Nutrition Scholars, Barangay Health Workers and Health Volunteers. Base on the 2009 Estimated Population of 249,633 and the Rural Health Personnel Standards, the number of health personnel, particularly the dentists, midwives, and sanitary inspectors all fall short in the standard. As population grows, Navotas will need additional health personnel to fall within the Rural Health Personnel Standards.

3.10.2 Education and Culture

Education characteristic will reveal the trends, grade structure, and educational attainment, quantity of teachers and classroom, and educational performance. These parameters will show among others the potential capacity of the residents to be productive and innovative given the new developments in education and

intensification of knowledge-based economic activities in urban living in the city.

From 1990 to 1995, the total literacy of household population of Navotas 10 years old and over rose by 22.88% compared to NCRs 19.29% rise. The 1995 census data shows that the literacy of the population of Navotas have slightly improved since the 1990 census data.

There are 15 public elementary schools in Navotas, 9 are located at District 1 and 6 are located at District 2. There are 5 public schools offering secondary education. Twenty seven (27) private schools exist in the city offering pre-school, elementary, secondary and tertiary education. There are also 2 colleges in the city and a manpower-training center, which offers courses ranging from automotive to cosmetology classes.
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With regards to the condition of all public schools in Navotas, majority needs major repair. Seven (7) publics schools need minor repair while three (3) are under renovation or being repaired. Improvements are being made in terms of construction of additional classrooms in San Rafael National High School and Bagumbayan Elementary School. There are also unfinished construction in Navotas Polytechnic College, Navotas Manpower Training Center, Kaunlaran High School and North Bay Boulevard North Elementary School.

3.10.3 Housing

Based on the National Statistics Offices Census for 2000, Navotas has a total of 49,450 households. There is a significant decrease of 0.043% in the total number of households from the census in 1995 of 49,471 households in Navotas. Barangay North Bay Boulevard South has the most number of households occupying 30.57% of the total number of household population. The second is barangay Tangos with a 14.11% share followed by barangay San Jose with 9.74%. The barangay with the least number of household is Navotas East having only 0.97% of the total household population. The average household size in Navotas is 4.65 which is approximately the same as NCRs 4.62. The average household size of Navotas increased from its 1995 average household size of 4.63 indicating a 0.38% increase. Barangay Daanghari has the largest average household size with 4.94, the second and third barangay with the largest average household size are barangay Navotas West and Sipac-Almacen, respectively, while barangay Bangkulasi poses as the barangay with the smallest average household size of 4.24.
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3.10.4 Protected Services

The local PNP ensures public safety and civil defense supported by a vast network of volunteer barangay tanods. The Police and civil defense force has enough manpower to maintain moderate peace and order in the city.

3.10.5 Social Welfare and Development

The continued influx of the marginalized sector in Navotas has posed several issues that need to be addressed. The social welfare office of the city caters to the marginalized and distressed groups. Programs on hand have focused on the nutrition status of the residents, family and community welfare services, women welfare, and elderly welfare, to name a few.

4.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Following descriptive plans relative to environmental management system of the project are as follows: 4.1 Source of Environmental Impacts

The Food Scrap Materials Hauling, Buying and Selling Project of ETN Trading is in its operational stage and is expected that negligible level of environmental impacts will occur during this stage. These impacts are:

4.1.1 Negligible amount of solid wastes like paper, bottles and plastic products will be generated. These wastes are left-over materials after collection of the bulk of recyclable food scrap materials.

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4.1.2 Possible obstruction of local traffic will also occur during transporting of the scrap materials from the source to the prospective buyers

4.1.3 Negligible amount of noise will also be generated during storage and hauling of the food scrap materials. 4.2 Impact Mitigating Measures

In order to mitigate the occurrence of environmental impacts during project operation, the following mitigating measures will be implemented by ETN TRADING.

4.2.1 Noise Management

The occurrence of uncontrolled noise during hauling, storage and transporting of food scrap materials will be strictly controlled. As much as possible, hauling and transporting activities shall be done during daytime. Any hauling and transporting activities done during night are incidental and to be avoided or maintained at manageable level.

4.2.2 Management of Local Traffic

Transporting of scrap materials from the project site by proponent will cause possible obstruction of vehicular traffic in the community. This impact will be mitigated through proper timing of transportation activities. Ideally, the activity shall be done during lean hours of the day when the flow of vehicular traffic is light and moderate.

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4.2.3 Solid Waste Management

The solid waste generated will consist of recyclable paper and plastic products left behind after selling the food scrap materials. All those materials are considered biodegradable/recyclable and will be collected in accordance with the collection schedule of the barangay.

4.3

Storage Management Plan

The Food Scrap Materials Hauling, Buying and Selling Project of ETN TRADING located at Navotas City, will engage mainly on collecting of raw food scrap materials such as raw chicken trimmings and the like. Food scrap materials will be sourced from different industries and factories in industrial parks, and within the PEZA.

The Vifel Plant site will only be utilized for the temporary storage of the recyclable materials. The stored waste materials will be subdivided into:

o Scrap food materials waiting for disposal;

o Wastes being locally transferred between locations within area of operation;

Collected recyclable materials will be stored temporarily for at most 24 hours in a cold storage area within the Vifel cold storage warehouse facility prior to delivery to the concerned recyclers.

NO RESIDUAL WASTES are expected to be generated from the project operation. Minimal solid wastes generation by the working crew will be properly disposed through the City garbage collection system.

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4.4

Contingency and Emergency Plan

In dealing with spill, the working crew should be properly trained so as to judge whether or not the situation can be handled from within the site or whether outside assistance is needed.

Depending on the size and nature of the spill, the following steps shall be taken:

1. Eliminating the further spread of the waste involved by controlling it at its source if possible. This will be done through closure of spillage source.

2. In the event that the situation and the ability of the working crew is not enough to control the spill, outside assistance shall be sought from the Bureau of Fire Protection or any emergency response group available within the area of spillage.

3. Once the waste is safely stored or neutralized, the area of the spillage must be cleaned and decontaminated. All reasonable steps to clean up must be taken immediately.

An emergency team shall be organized to deal with the three types of problems encountered in an emergency situation, such as:

1. First Aid 2. Fire 3. Spillage

However, all workers must be trained to provide first aid, fight a fire and clean up a spill to support the role of the Emergency Team.

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Some form of first aid materials and equipment will be made available at the workplace. Trained first aid / medical personnel shall be assigned at the site. Upon application of the appropriate first aid, the victim will be brought to the nearest Barangay Health Center or community hospital. Assistance from Amarante Trading Enterprises will be secured in these cases.

The health and safety of the working crew and the public will be of prime importance to ETN TRADING Therefore, an EMERGENCY PLAN shall be made known to all personnel to familiarize them with their roles in the event of an emergency. The plan shall be tested through rehearsals in order to determine defects. The emergency planning rehearsals and exercises shall be thoroughly reviewed to take account any omission or shortcomings.

In order to ensure the implementation of the environmental management plan, a monitoring scheme shall be adopted as a matter of standard operating procedure encompassing all activities in the operation of a food scrap material recycler.

Pursuant to the environmental plan where several criteria for effective management are presented, records and documents from its implementation shall be regularly reviewed and referred to in the monitoring of overall project operations. Regular performance review on the aspect of compliance to relevant regulatory policies of the local and national agencies will be conducted, of adherence to the environmental objectives will be assessed and finally scheduled, and rooms for continuous improvement of the overall operations will be explored.

ETN TRADING
By:

ELEZER T. NARCISO Owner/General Manager

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