Ra 6969

REPUBLIC ACT NO.
6969
AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND
HAZARDOUS AND
NUCLEAR WASTES, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREOF,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
By Kenneth Glenn D. Montecalvo

Scope
This Act shall cover the importation, manufacture,
processing, handling, storage, transportation, sale,
distribution, use and disposal
of all unregulated chemical substances and mixtures
in the Philippines, including
the entry, even in transit as well as the keeping or
storage and disposal of
hazardous and nuclear wastes into the country for
whatever purpose.
Objectives
a) To keep an inventory of chemicals that are
presently being imported,
manufactured, or used, indicating, among others,
their existing and
possible uses, test data, names of firms
manufacturing or using them, and
such other information as may be considered
relevant to the protection of
health and the environment;
Objectives
b) To monitor and regulate the importation,
manufacture, processing,
handling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution,
use and disposal of
chemical substances and mixtures that present
unreasonable risk or injury
to health or to the environment in accordance with
national policies and
international commitments;
Objectives
c) To inform and educate the populace regarding
the hazards and risks
attendant to the manufacture, handling,
storage, transportation,
processing, distribution, use and disposal of
toxic chemicals and other
substances and mixture; and
Objectives
d) To prevent the entry, even in transit, as well
as the keeping or storage and
disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes into
the country for whatever
purpose.
Terms
• Chemical substance
• Chemical mixture
• Process
• Importation
• Manufacture
• Unreasonable risk
Terms
• Hazardous substances
• short-term acute hazards Hazardous
substances
• long-term environmental hazards
• Hazardous wastes
Pre-Manufacture and Pre-Importation
Requirements
Before
any new chemical substance or mixture can be
manufactured, processed or
imported for the first time as determined by the
Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, the manufacturer, processor or
importer shall submit the
following information: the name of the chemical
substance or mixture;
Pre-Manufacture and Pre-Importation
Requirements
its
chemical identity and molecular structure;
proposed categories of use; an
estimate of the amount to be manufactured,
processed or imported; processing
and disposal thereof; and any test data related to
health and environmental
effects which the manufacturer, processor or
importer has.
Criminal Offenses and Penalties
a) (i )The penalty of imprisonment of six (6)
months and one day to six (6) years
and one day and a fine ranging from Six hundred
pesos (P600.00) to Four
thousand pesos (P4,000.00) shall be imposed
upon any person who shall violate
section 13 (a) to (c) of this Act and shall not be
covered by the Probation Law
b) (i) The penalty of imprisonment of twelve (12)
years and one day to twenty
(20) years, shall be imposed upon any person
who shall violate section 13 (d) of
this Act. If the offender is a foreigner, he or she
shall be deported and barred
from any subsequent entry into the Philippines
after serving his or her sentence;
c) Every penalty imposed for the unlawful
importation, entry, transport, manufacture,
processing, sale or distribution of chemical substances
or mixtures into or within the Philippines shall carry
with it the confiscation and forfeiture in favor of the
Government of the proceeds of the unlawful act and
instruments, tools or other improvements including
vehicles, sea vessels, and aircrafts used in or with
which the offense was committed.
Prohibited Acts
a) Knowingly use a chemical substance
or mixture which is imported,
manufactured, processed or
distributed in violation of this Act or
implementing rules and regulations or
orders;
d) Cause, aid or facilitate, directly or indirectly, in
the storage, importation, or
bringing into Philippines territory, including its
maritime economic zones,
even in transit, either by means of land, air or sea
transportation or
otherwise keeping in storage any amount of
hazardous and nuclear
wastes in any part of the Philippines
Prohibited Acts
c) Failure or refusal to comply
with the pre-manufacture and
pre-importation
requirements; and
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REPUBLIC ACT NO.

By Kenneth Glenn D. Montecalvo

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