Republic Act No. 6969 or the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990
| Year of Enactment and Implementation |
Enacted and Implemented in 1990 |
| 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.
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| 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:
- Hazardous wastes generators
- Hazardous wastes treater
- 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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