The Environmental Management Bureau will be adopting a Manual for Siting and Design of Air Quality Monitoring Stations in the Philippines, as mandated by EMB Memorandum Circular No 2021-06, issued on May 03, 2021. The Manual aims to guide the EMB’s regional offices in selecting the appropriate site(s) for their respective Air Quality Monitoring Stations continue reading : EMB Adopts Manual for Siting and Design of Air Quality Monitoring Stations
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is establishing a system which will act as a central repository of all data and information related to industrial emissions of firms with Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS) / Continuous Opacity Monitoring System (COMS). Through the Air Quality Network Operation Center, the Bureau aims to monitor the compliance of industries continue reading : EMB to establish its National Air Quality Network Operation Center
In compliance with RA 8749 or the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999, as well as Section 2 of DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2000-81 or the Review of Air Quality Guideline Values, the Environmental Management Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources (EMB-DENR), together with its created Technical Working Group (TWG)z reviewed the Particulate Matter 2.5 continue reading : DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON ESTABLISHING BREAKPOINTS FOR PM 2.5 AIR QUALITY INDEX REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY DENR
To support the capacity building for EMB Regional Offices (EMB ROs), the DENR Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) has successfully held the Seminar – Workshop on Emission Inventory (Stationary, Mobile, Area) and Air Dispersion Modelling for Region IX Personnel through Microsoft Teams Virtual platform last December 14-15, 2020. The workshop was hosted by EMB Central Office-Air continue reading : CONDUCT OF SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON EMISSION INVENTORY (STATIONARY, MOBILE, AREA) AND AIR DISPERSION MODELLING FOR EMB PERSONNEL
