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REPUBLIC ACT 6969

Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990

Approved by the President at October 26, 1990 Objectives 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;

Chemical substance means any organic or inorganic substance of a particular


molecular identity, including:
a)Any combination of such substances occurring in whole or in part as a result
of chemical reaction or occurring in nature; and
b)Any element or uncombined chemical.

Chemical mixture means any combination of two or more chemical


substances if the combination does not occur in nature and is not, in whole
or in part, the result of a chemical reaction, if none.

Objectives
*To inform and educate regarding the hazards and risks
Manufacture, handling, storage, transportation, processing,
distribution, use and disposal
*To prevent the entry, even in transit, as well as the keeping or storage and
disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes into the country

Functions, Power and Responsibilities


*To require chemical substances and mixtures presently being manufactured
or processed to be tested if they pose unreasonable risk or injury

*To evaluate the characteristics of chemicals that have been tested to


determine their toxicity and the extent of their effects
*To enter into contracts and make grants for research, development, and
monitoring of chemical substances and mixtures
*To conduct inspection of any establishment in which chemicals are
manufactured, processed, stored or held
*To confiscate or impound chemicals found not falling within said acts
*To monitor and prevent the entry, even in transit, of hazardous and nuclear
wastes and their disposal into the country

Chemicals Subject to Testing

-There is a reason to believe that the chemical substances or mixture may


present an unreasonable risk to health or the environment
-There are insufficient data and experience for determining or predicting the
health and environmental effects
-The testing of the chemical substance or mixture is necessary to develop such
data

Section 12. Public Access to Records, Reports or Notification

DENR may release information subject to claim of confidentiality to a medical


research or scientific institution where the information is needed for the
purpose of medical diagnosis or treatment of a person

Section 13. Prohibited Acts

a.) Knowingly use a chemical substance or mixture which is imported,


manufactured, processed or distributed in violation of the Act
b.) Failure or refusal to submit reports, notices or other information, access
to records, as required by this Act
c.) Failure or refusal to comply with the pre-manufacture and pre-importation
requirements
d.) Cause, aid or facilitate, directly or indirectly, in the storage, importation,
or bringing into Philippines territory any amount of hazardous and nuclear
wastes in any part of the Philippines

Section 14. Criminal Offenses and Penalties


-Confiscated and forfeited chemical substances shall turn over to DENR for
safekeeping or proper disposal

-Person or firm responsible or connected with bringing or importation into


the country of hazardous or nuclear wastes shall be obligated to transport
or send it back

Section 15. Administrative Fines


The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources is authorized to
impose a fine of not less than 10,000.00, but not more than 50,000.00 upon
any person or entity found guilty

* Violators shall be subject to fines, imprisonment, dismissal from office,


confiscation and forfeiture chemical substances and mixtures in favor of the
government
* Deportation and banned from entry into the Philippines in case of
foreigner violators

Section 20. Effectivity

The Act shall take effect after 15 days following its publication or in any
newspaper of general circulation
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Republic Act No. 6969 or the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear
Waste Control Act of 1990

Year of Enactment Enacted and Implemented in 1990


and Implementation
Purpose Control of Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste
Control Area Nationwide
Overview It has been recognized that the public and the environment are
at risk in the use or exposure to chemicals as well as the long
term damage brought about by careless handling or disposal of
hazardous wastes
To control, supervise and regulate activities on toxic chemicals
and hazardous waste. Under this act importation, manufacture,
processing, handling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution,
use and disposal of all unregulated chemical substances and
mixtures in the Philippines, as well as the entry even in transit,
or storage and disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes are
regulated.

Features The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall


be the implementing agency and shall be assisted by the Inter-
Agency Advisory Council
It provides for the regulation of all chemical substances that
may pose threat to public health and the environment through
import, manufacture, sale, use, distribution, and disposal as
well as the regulation of all hazardous wastes from generation,
transport, storage, re-use/recycling, treatment and disposal
Registration of the following is required to ensure that
industrial economic growth is achieved in an environmentally
sound manner to effectively manage hazardous wastes in order
to minimize human and environmental impacts cause by
industrial activities:
o Hazardous wastes generators
o Hazardous wastes treater
o Hazardous wastes transporter
Violators shall be subject to fines, imprisonment, dismissal
from office, confiscation and forfeiture chemical substances
and mixtures in favor of the government, deportation and
barred from entry into the Philippines in case of foreigner
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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
Policy
It is the policy of the State to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture,
processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that
present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the environment
The Role of
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The DENR is tasked to keep an inventory of chemicals, test potential hazardous substances,
evaluate, monitor, subpoena witnesses and disseminate information
The Inter-Agency Technical Advocacy Council
There is hereby created an Inter-Agency Technical Advisory Council attached to the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources; it shall assist the DENR to create pertinent
rules and regulations related to this act.
Prohibition
Penalties
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.
Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990
AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES,
PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
a) To keep an inventory of chemicals as may be considered relevant to the protection of health
and the environment;
b) To monitor and regulate the 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;
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
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.
Objectives
This act aims to...
Knowingly use a chemical substance or mixture which is imported, manufactured, processed or
distributed in violation of this Act
Failure or refusal to submit reports, notices or other information, access to records, as required
by this Act,
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.
In all cases of violations of this Act, including violations of implementing rules and regulations
which have been duly promulgated and published in accordance with Section 16 of this Act, the
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to impose a fine of not
less than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00), but not more than Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00) upon any person or entity found guilty thereof.
Administrative Fines

2008 Roxas Amendment


"The penalties and fines provided for under the present RA 6969 are not commensurate to the
gravity and seriousness of the dangers that toxic substances and hazardous and nuclear
wastes bring to health and environment.. It is, therefore, imperative that RA 6969 be amended
to impose stricter and stiffer penalties and fines in order to give more teeth to the said law

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