AIR QUALITY MONITORING SECTION

IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN AIR REGULATIONS

Monitoring and Enforcement

1 Industrial Compliance

Industries monitored and surveyed for the month of January to June of CY 2020 in compliance with RA 8749 is two hundred fourteen (214) and thirty-three (33), respectively. Due to COVID19 Pandemic, monitoring is based on submitted Source Emission Test Reports, Quarterly Self-Monitoring Report (SMR) and Compliance Monitoring Report (CMR) of the industries under the jurisdiction of CALABARZON Region. Table below shows the number of firms monitored per province.

Table 11. Compliance Monitoring for Air

Province	Annual Target	Accomplishment
Province	Annual Target	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total	%
Cavite	482		60	26	10	16	26	138	29
Laguna	588	35	92	61	39	61	93	381	65
Batangas	498	25	47	38	20	52	50	232	47
Rizal	275	20	74	46	30	0	38	208	76
Quezon	302	15	74	27	10	13	0	139	46
TOTAL	2,145	95	347	198	109	142	207	1098	51

Table 12. Survey of Firms and PETC Monitoring

Activity	Annual Target	Accomplishment
Activity	Annual Target	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total	%
Survey of Firms	210		66	13	1			80	38
PETC Monitoring	60			25	7	2		34	57

The region has also evaluated and approved forty-two (42) test plans for industries from different accredited third-party stack testers.

2 Airshed Management

EMB Calabarzon has an existing airshed, which was the Mak-Ban Geothermal Airshed (DAO 2009-02). Consecutive meetings were done for the previous year regarding the operationalization of this airshed. For this year 2020, organizing the airshed governing board will be the main target. This includes convening of board members, formulation of governing rules and organization of Executive Committee, Technical Working Group (TWG) and Multi-sectoral Monitoring Team. Formulation of Action Plan and Organizational Development of the Governing Board will be part of our 2021 target for the airshed.

Since the COVID19 Pandemic, we were not able to meet the original target for the airshed and we’ve come up with a contingency plan (see Table 1) for the operationalization of MAK-BAN Geothermal Airshed. Meetings and trainings will be conducted through an online platform (ex. Zoom or Teams).

Table 13. Operationalization of MAK-BAN Geothermal Airshed

KEY RESULT AREA	STRATEGIES	PERFORMANCE INDICATORS	MEANS OF VERIFICATION	TIME FRAME	RESPONSIBLE AGENCY	REMARKS
I. Organization of Governing Board
1. Convening of Board members	Send reiteration letter to the members of the Board who have not yet responded with the initial letter (sent on December 5, 2019) for the submission of names of their representative/s	Completed names of representative/s of each member agency and LGU in the Governing Board	Appointment letter from each member agency, LGU, NGO, PO and private sector in the Governing Board	3rd Quarter CY 2020	DENR EMB	Communication letter will be sent via IIS and email.
	Conduct of assembly meeting with the NGO, PO and private sector for the selection of their representatives in the Governing Board	Completed names of representative/s of each member NGO, PO and private sector in the Governing Board	Notice of meetings, attendance sheet, Minutes of Assembly Meetings conducted	3rd Quarter CY 2020	DENR EMB
	Convening of Organizational Meeting	No. of meetings conducted	Notice of meetings, attendance sheet, Minutes of Meetings conducted	3rd Quarter CY 2020	DENR EMB	Meeting will be conducted through ZOOM/TEAMS
2.Formulation of Governing Rules	Conduct of meeting/workshops for the formulation of Governing Rules	No. of meeting/workshop conducted	Notice of meeting/workshop, Attendance sheet, Minutes of workshop/s conducted, Board Resolution and approved Governing Rules	4th Quarter CY 2020	DENR EMB
3.Organization of Executive Committee, Technical Working Group and Multi-sectoral Monitoring Team	Conduct of Board meeting	No. of meeting conducted	Notice of meeting, Attendance sheet, Minutes of meetings conducted, Board Resolution	4th Quarter CY 2020	DENR EMB
II.Formulation of Action Plan
1.Review and approval of the draft Action Plan	Conduct of meeting/workshops for the review and approval of Action Plan	No. of meeting/workshop conducted	Notice of meeting/workshop, Attendance sheet, Minutes of workshop/s conducted, Board Resolution and approved Action Plan	1st Quarter CY 2021	DENR EMB & AIRSHED GOVERNING BOARD	Meeting will be conducted through ZOOM/TEAMS.
III.Organizational Development of the Governing Board
1. Training for the members of the Board	Conduct of capacity development training with the members of the Governing Board Theoritical and Visit to existing monitoring stations of EMB and industries	No. of trainings conducted	Notice of training, Attendance sheet, Minutes of training conducted	2nd Quarter CY 2021	DENR EMB & AIRSHED GOVERNING BOARD	Training will be conducted through ZOOM/TEAMS

Another objective of the region is the creation of Laguna Airshed from the existing Cavite-Laguna-Rizal Airshed based on the DAO 2011-11 or the Re-Designation of the Metro Manila Airshed into three Individual Airsheds and Establishment of its Governing Board. This airshed covers the Cities of Cabuyao, Calamba, Biñan, Sta. Rosa and San Pedro. The city’s economic background has developed fast and become industrialized that it cannot be established together with the other two provinces. Data gathered will justify the proposal for the Cavite-Laguna-Rizal Airshed to be divided into three different airsheds.

Table 14. TIMETABLE FOR THE PROPOSAL OF CCBSS AIRSHED

KEY RESULT AREA	STRATEGIES	TIME FRAME	REMARKS
I. Gathering of Data
i. Meteorological Data (wind speed and direction) of the area	Request data from PAG-ASA	3^rd Quarter CY 2020	Request letter will be sent through IIS/email if needed
ii. NAMRIA – generated topographic maps or GIS		3rd Quarter CY 2020	Request letter will be sent through IIS/email if needed
iii. Population distribution	Gather latest data from Philippine Statistics Authority	3rd Quarter CY 2020
iv. Land use map	Request data from City Planning and Development Office	3rd Quarter CY 2020	Request letter will be sent through IIS/email if needed
v. Major sources of emission, point and non-point, or emission inventory;	Consolidate emission and ambient test data submitted from Major industries under Calamba, Cabuyao, Biñan, Sta. Rosa & San Pedro	4th Quarter CY 2020
vi. Air Quality Data	Consolidate data from Sta. Rosa and Biñan CAAQM Stations	4th Quarter CY 2020
II. Proposal for the Designation of CCBSS Airshed	Draft proposal for the designation of CCBSS Airhsed.	1st Quarter CY 2021	Submission via IIS
	For review and approval of EMED Chief and the EMB Regional Director	1st Quarter CY 2021	Submission via IIS
	Once approved by the EMB Regional Director, proposal will be endorsed to EMB Central Office for their evaluation and assessment.	2nd Quarter CY 2021	Submission via IIS

A.03.b1.2.3 Air Quality Monitoring Stations

The DENR-EMB CALABARZON Region has an existing five (5) air quality monitoring stations. Three (3) of which is Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) which are located in Antipolo, Rizal and Biñan & Sta. Rosa, Laguna; another station is located in Indang, Cavite which monitors Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone and Particulate Matter; and a Mercury (Hg) Monitoring station which is located at Calaca, Batangas. Further, not all stations are fully operational.

Table 15. Status of Air Quality Monitoring Stations

EQUIPMENT	LOCATION	PARAMETERS MEASURED	REMARKS
DOAS – CAAQMS	o Antipolo City, Rizal	PM_10/2.5, SO₂, NO₂, O₃, CO, BTX	Partial operation. For repair/installation of power supply for gases analyzers (NO₂, O₃, CO).
	o Biñan City, Laguna	PM_10/2.5, SO₂, NO₂, O₃, CO, BTX	Full operation
	o Santa Rosa City, Laguna	PM_10/2.5, SO₂, NO₂, O₃, CO, BTX	Partial operation. Parts of PM_10/2.5analyzer are for replacement.
CAAQMS	o Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite	PM_10/2.5, NO₂ and O₃	Not operational NO2 analyzer is for replacement; PM_10/2.5for repair and calibration; and O₃was repaired but not yet installed. CAVSU will repair the power supply after the ECQ.
Mercury (Hg) Station	o Calaca, Batangas	Hg	not yet operational but was already installed.

Air Quality Data

Table 16. Air Quality Data of Antipolo Station

Criteria Pollutant Monitored	Month	Monthly Average	No. of Hour	No. of Days	Data Capture Rate %	Concentration (24-hour Average)		Quarter Average
Criteria Pollutant Monitored	Month	Monthly Average	No. of Hour	No. of Days	Data Capture Rate %	Min	Max	Quarter Average
PM2.5	Jan	20.74	525	21	68%	5.77	48.32	16.4721
	Feb	13.59	579	26	84%	6.07	25.07
	Mar	15.09	632	28	90%	6.16	41.05
	Apr	13.55	570	25	81%	6.06	26.50	18.1986
	May	20.81	519	16	52%	8.11	46.02
	Jun	20.24	498	23	74%	9.80	28.12
PM10	Jan	28.55	563	23	74%	7.23	58.07	22.1168
	Feb	18.92	607	27	87%	10.16	29.61
	Mar	18.88	684	31	100%	6.46	51.42
	Apr	15.46	612	27	87%	8.18	30.27	21.7425
	May	26.45	519	15	48%	10.73	47.96
	Jun	23.32	572	19	61%	11.36	33.30

Table 17. Air Quality Data of Biñan Station

Criteria Pollutant Monitored	Month	Monthly Average	No. of Hour	No. of Days	Data Capture Rate %	Concentration (24-hour Average)		Quarter Average
Criteria Pollutant Monitored	Month	Monthly Average	No. of Hour	No. of Days	Data Capture Rate %	Min	Max	Quarter Average
PM2.5	Jan	11.94	684	27	87%	3.26	32.28	8.9302
	Feb	7.25	696	26	84%	3.36	13.27
	Mar	7.59	692	31	100%	3.26	30.36
	Apr	8.26	596	22	71%	3.60	19.21	11.0839
	May	13.14	428	17	55%	4.29	21.38
	Jun	11.85	607	23	74%	4.80	19.26
PM10	Jan	13.56	682	29	94%	3.21	34.51	9.7891
	Feb	7.70	635	27	87%	2.96	13.69
	Mar	8.10	681	31	100%	3.74	30.58
	Apr	8.64	577	22	71%	4.81	17.97	11.7191
	May	13.72	415	16	52%	4.41	21.99
	Jun	12.80	586	21	68%	5.28	19.38

All parameters for both stations are within the National Ambient Air Quality Guideline Value as per RA 8749. However, for some months, the data capture rate is a little below 75% of the data requirement because for the past three (3) months, regular maintenance (changing of filters) were stopped due to community quarantine. This is one of the reasons for low data capture rate.

Site visit after the implementation of GCQ in Laguna and Rizal.

	Antipolo Station
	TEOM1405D Screen Display
	AR500s Screen Display still not operational
	Field Service of EECC on June 11, 2020
	June 11, 2020 Site Visit Log sheet
	Biñan CAAQM Station
	OPSIS AR500s / Thermo Scientific TEOM1405D / Thermo Scientific Model 48i CO Analyzer
	Field Service of EECC on June 9, 2020. Checking of AR500s Analyzer
	EECC staff checking the wall mounted logger
	CO Analyzer shows Zero Cal Error
	June 9, 2020 Site Visit log sheet
	Sta. Rosa Station
	Field Service of EECC on June 9, 2020 for TEOM1405DF
	Control board of TEOM1405DF indicates error (red light indicator).
	Preventive maintenance for Horiba Analyzer

A.03.b1.3 Challenges (Issues and Concerns)

The COVID19 Pandemic has altered the Bureau’s workforce and had adjusted to the “new normal”. Targets were set before the pandemic; hence, necessary adjustments are needed to adjust everything including meetings and trainings for the airshed. The shifting from online meetings and webinars caused some problems because not everyone has good internet connection.

For the first three (3) months of the quarantine within the region, Laguna area has different quarantine status among the rest of the provinces as Hon Governor Ramil Hernandez announced the lockdown earlier. It hindered the regular monitoring and maintenance of air quality stations in Binan and Sta. Rosa Cities. Same reason for the Antipolo Station because the team have to pass through NCR going to Rizal province.

Industry monitoring and actions to complaints are conducted only if needed to lessen social contact. As a strategy in meeting the targets for firms monitoring, table review and evaluation of submitted documents by the proponents like SMR is being undertaken. However, review of submitted document will not be as sufficient as actual monitoring for the basis of their compliance.