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The document outlines requirements for waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities in the Philippines. It details: 1) Requirements TSD facilities must meet, including obtaining permits, designating pollution officers, following waste acceptance procedures and submitting regular reports. 2) Categories of TSD facilities defined based on the types of waste treatment conducted. 3) The process for obtaining and renewing TSD facility permits, including submitting applications and meeting construction and operational standards. Facilities must apply for amendments if they want to change permitted waste types or capacities.

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Waste Treaters and TSD Facilities

The document outlines requirements for waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities in the Philippines. It details: 1) Requirements TSD facilities must meet, including obtaining permits, designating pollution officers, following waste acceptance procedures and submitting regular reports. 2) Categories of TSD facilities defined based on the types of waste treatment conducted. 3) The process for obtaining and renewing TSD facility permits, including submitting applications and meeting construction and operational standards. Facilities must apply for amendments if they want to change permitted waste types or capacities.

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Chapter 6

Waste Treaters and TSD Facilities

Section 30 of DAO 92-29 providing basic requirements for waste treaters and TSD
facilities is hereby amended as follows:

6-1 REQUIREMENTS FOR TSD FACILITIES

A person who wishes to treat, store, recycle, reprocess or dispose of hazardous wastes is
required to:
a. secure a TSD Facility Permit from the EMB Central Office;
b. designate a Pollution Control Officer (PCO)/Environmental Officer;
c. comply with the waste acceptance requirements and the Manifest System;
d. provide initial wastes acceptance procedure to ensure that the TSD facility shall
not accept wastes beyond its capacity (including quantity and quality);
e. submit residuals management plan including results of analysis of all hazardous
wastes treated, recycled and recovered;
f. conduct periodical (quarterly) inspection of the TSD facility in order to maintain
proper function of the TSD facility;
g. prepare and implement an emergency contingency plan;
h. train its personnel and staff on the implementation of the emergency
contingency plan and the hazard posed by improper handling, transport, and use
of chemical substances and their containers; and
i. submit a quarterly report on operation practices of the TSD facility to the EMB
Central Office.

The EMB shall monitor compliance of the TSD facilities to the above-mentioned
requirements.

6-2 Categories of TSD Facilities

Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities

1. No waste treater shall accept, store, treat, recycle, reprocess or dispose of hazardous
wastes unless done in the facilities as prescribed in Table 3 below and permitted by the
Department.

Table 3 Prescribed Waste Treatment Facilities


Categor Description
y
A Facilities that conduct on-site disposal of hazardous wastes generated within
the facility through industrial or commercial processes and activities other than
disposal via sewer
B Commercial or industrial hazardous waste thermal treatment facilities.
Facilities include those that conduct off-site thermal treatment (i.e. pyrolysis,

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autoclave, microwave and sterilization)
C Landfills that accept hazardous waste for disposal.
Facilities that accept only inert hazardous waste residues for final disposal and
not located on the waste generator’s facilities.
D Facilities that recycle or reprocess hazardous waste which are not generated or
produced at the facility.
Facilities include those that receive offsite of hazardous waste and recover
valuable materials from the hazardous wastes, use hazardous waste as input
materials or fuel for production, or produce compost by biological treatment of
hazardous waste.
It also includes, but are not limited to, facilities that regenerate oil and solvents
and recover metals from hazardous wastes.
E Facilities that immobilize, encapsulate, polymerize or treat hazardous wastes
off-site.
Facilities include those that receive hazardous waste outside the premises and
transform physical and/or chemical characteristics of the hazardous waste by
physicochemical or thermal treatment in order to dispose of them into the
facilities in Category C:

E-1 Facilities to solidify sludge, ashes, and other hazardous wastes


E-2 Facilities to melt and solidify inorganic sludge, ash, and other inorganic
hazardous wastes
E-3 Physicochemical treatment facilities including neutralization, oxidation,
and reduction of waste acid, waste alkali, or waste solution containing cyanide
or chromium
E-4 Facilities to thermally decompose waste containing cyanide
E-5 Facilities to decompose PCB
E-6 Facilities to chemically treat infectious waste
E-7 Facilities to rinse containers that used to contain hazardous waste
F Facilities that store hazardous wastes, which were not generated at that facility
Facilities include those that store hazardous waste generated offsite awaiting
treatment, disposal or export

F-1 Open space to place containers, vessels, or tanks containing hazardous


waste
F-2 Buildings to store containers, vessels, or tanks containing hazardous waste
F-3 Built tanks to store liquid hazardous waste

2. An application for issuance or amendment of a permit under this section shall be made in
accordance with a form and in a manner approved by the Department accompanied with
the payment of the prescribed fee and accompanied by such plans, specifications and
other information and a summary thereof as may be required by the Department.

3. The Department shall maintain a register of waste treaters.

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6-3 TSD FACILITY PERMIT

A person who wishes to operate a TSD facility is required to obtain a TSD Facility
Permit prior to commencement of operation in conjunction with Environmental
Compliance Certificate issued under DAO 96-37. The TSD Facility Permit shall be
valid for one (1) year.

(A) Requirements for establishing a TSD Facility

A person who wishes to establish a TSD facility shall submit the following
requirements:

1. Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) or Initial Environmental


Examination (IEE) under DAO 96-37 for the TSD facility has been secured;
2. A prospective waste treater has financial resources (i.e. letter of credit, surety
bond, trust fund) to conduct proper hazardous waste treatment continuously and
to cover liability for accidents

(B) Requirements for the issuance of a TSD Facility Permit

After the construction of the TSD facility, an applicant shall submit the following
documents and the payment of the prescribed fee to the EMB Central Office prior to the
issuance of the TSD Facility Permit:

a) Duly accomplished Application Form show for in Appendix E.


b) Emergency/Contingency Plans including Abandonment Plan
c) Process flow and detailed description of each treatment/recycling/disposal
process technologies including overall material balance identifying all/by-
products, and end-products and residues
d) Storage Management Plan for raw materials, residues, by products and end-
products
e) Long-term plan for the recycled/processed/end-product
f) Accountability statement, duly notarized

For New TSD Facilities

1. If the applicant meets all the requirements, the EMB Central Office shall within
twenty (20) days upon receipt of the requirements, evaluate the documents;
conduct an inspection of the TSD facility; and issue/deny the permit.
2. The permit may either a:
a. Temporary Facility Permit to allow a trial burn or test run for facilities in
Categories B and E; or
b. Regular Facility permit.

Please refer to Procedural Flowchart Appendix E-1.

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For Existing TSD facilities

Operators of the TSD facilities which are already in existence or for which an ECC has
already been issued before this Procedural Manual is adopted (hereinafter referred to as
existing TSD facilities) are required to apply for a Facility Permit within 30 days after
the approval of this Procedural Manual. The applicant should submit documents and
data (air and water monitoring data) to verify that the existing facility complies with
DENR emission and effluent standards.

If the applicant meets all the requirements, a Facility Permit shall be issued within
twenty (20) days after filing of the application.

(C) Requirements for Renewal of a TSD Facility Permit

A waste treater who wishes to renew the Facility Permit shall submit the accomplished
application form shown for in Appendix “E” together with a receipt of payment;

(D) Conditions to Amend a TSD Facility Permit

A waste treater shall apply for amendment of a TSD Facility Permit to the EMB
Central Office when the waste treater wishes to change any of the following:

a. Hazardous waste types that the TSD facility will accept without changes in
treatment processes;
b. Capacity of the facilities to treat, store, recycle, or dispose of hazardous
waste at the permitted TSD facility in Category D, E and F other than those
required the test run;
c. Operation plan (length of operation, closure plan, or post-closure plan)

The waste treater shall apply in writing and submit the above-mentioned information to
the EMB Central Office.

(E) Cancellation of a TSD Facility Permit

The following shall be grounds for the TSD Facility Permit cancellation:

a. Failure to comply with the permit conditions;


b. Failure to pay the penalties and fines imposed for violation of RA 6969 and its
IRR.

6-4 WASTE ACCEPTANCE

The waste treater should reject and return the waste load to the generator named on the
manifest if any of the waste acceptance requirements is in question or not in place.
Interim storage at the TSD facility (that is, storage until the issue is resolved) is not
permitted.

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(1) Waste acceptance requirements

A shipment of hazardous waste cannot be considered acceptable and received at a TSD


facility unless all the following requirements are in place at the time of arrival of the
waste at the TSD facility:

a. Proper manifest(s) must accompany the shipment (written and certified


documents from generator to transporter and to TSD facility).
b. The containers are properly labeled as to the type of wastes and any of its
potential hazards.
c. An independent random analysis undertaken by the TSD facility to verify
the type of hazardous waste indicated in its manifest.
d. The waste is transported by a licensed and registered hazardous waste
transporter.
e. The waste type (class and description) and mode of treatment has been
approved by the DENR EMB Central Office as indicated in the permit

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