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 | |||||||
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 | |||||||
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 | 3rd 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
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PM10/2.5, SO2, NO2, O3, CO, BTX | Partial operation. For repair/installation of power supply for gases analyzers (NO2, O3, CO). |
o Biñan City, Laguna
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PM10/2.5, SO2, NO2, O3, CO, BTX | Full operation | |
o Santa Rosa City, Laguna
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PM10/2.5, SO2, NO2, O3, CO, BTX | Partial operation. Parts of PM10/2.5 analyzer are for replacement. | |
CAAQMS | o Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite
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PM10/2.5, NO2 and O3 | Not operational
NO2 analyzer is for replacement; PM10/2.5 for repair and calibration; and O3 was 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 | |
Min | Max | |||||||
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 | |
Min | Max | |||||||
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.
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Antipolo Station |
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TEOM1405D Screen Display |
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AR500s Screen Display still not operational |
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Field Service of EECC on
June 11, 2020 |
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June 11, 2020 Site Visit Log sheet |
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Biñan CAAQM Station
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OPSIS AR500s / Thermo Scientific TEOM1405D / Thermo Scientific Model 48i CO Analyzer |
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Field Service of EECC on June 9, 2020. Checking of AR500s Analyzer |
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EECC staff checking the wall mounted logger |
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CO Analyzer shows Zero Cal Error |
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June 9, 2020 Site Visit log sheet |
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Sta. Rosa Station |
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Field Service of EECC on June 9, 2020 for TEOM1405DF |
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Control board of TEOM1405DF indicates error (red light indicator). |
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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.