Legal Basis in requiring Discharge Permit & Posting of
permit/SMR/PCO/etc.
DAO 10, series of 2005 (Implementing Rules and
Regulations of RA 9275) Sec. 14 Discharge Permits. The Department shall require owners or operators of facilities that discharge regulated effluents pursuant to this Act to secure a permit to discharge. the discharge permit shall be the legal authorization granted by the Department to discharge wastewater: Provided, That the discharge permit shall specify among others, the quantity and quality of effluent that said facilities are allowed to discharge into a particular water body, compliance schedule and monitoring requirement. 14.9 Effectivity of the Discharge Permit. The Discharge Pemrit shall be valid for a maximum period of Five (5) years from date of its issuance, renewable for 5-years periods. The Department may, however, renew the discharge permit valid for a longer if the applicant has adopted waste minimization and waste treatment technologies, consistent with incentives currently provided has been paying the permit fees on time. 14.13 Posting of Permit. The permittee shall display the permit on the facility or installation in such manner as to be clearly visible and accessible at all times. In the event that the permit cannot be so placed, it shall be mounted in an accessible and visible place near the installation covered by the permit. Any person who shall will willfully deface, alter, forge, counterfeit, or falsify any permit shall be punished in accordance with law.
14.16 Self-Monitoring Reports. The Regional Offices shall
require the permittee to submit a quarterly self-monitoring report on a prescribed form under oath signed by the Managing Head and the Pollution Control Officer or any registered chemical or sanitary engineer as designated/assigned by the managing Head as PCO. Specifically, the report shall contain the quality and quantity of wastes discharged daily or periodically, as the case may be; the characterization and laboratory analyses conducted, preferably by a duly licensed and
recognized/accredited laboratory by the
Department; and such other material information the Regional
Office may require from the permittee. The DENR Regional Offices shall validate information in the SMRs. The self-monitoring report shall be submitted to the Regional Offices within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each quarter.
CHAPTER 5 CIVIL LIABILITY/PENAL PROVISIONS Sec. 27. Prohibited Acts. The following acts are hereby prohibited: a.
Discharging, depositing or causing to be deposited material of
any kind directly into the water bodies or along the margins of any surface water, where, the same shall be liable to be washed into such surface water, either by tide action or by storm, floods or otherwise, which could cause water pollution or impede natural flow in the water body;
i.
Discharging regulated water pollutants without the valid
required discharge permit pursuant to this Act or after the permit was revoked for any violation of any condition therein;
m.
Refusal or failure to submit reports whenever required by the
Department in accordance with this Act;
n.
Refusal or failure to designate pollution control officers
whenever required by the Department in accordance with this Act;
DAO 90-34 - Revised Water Usage and Classification Water Quality Criteria Amending Section Nos 68 and 69, Chapter III of The 1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations
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