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[Audio] Article 5 .Composting Section 34. Inventory of Markets for Composts. - Within six ( 6) months after the effectivity of this Act, the DA shall publish an inventory of existing markets and demands for composts. Said inventory shall thereafter be updated and published annually: Provided, that the composting of agricultural wastes, and other compostable materials, including butArticle 5 Composting not limited to garden wastes, shall be encouraged. Section 35. Guidelines for Compost Quality. - Compost products intended to be distributed commercially shall conform with the standards for organic fertilizers set by the DA. The DA shall assist the compost producers to ensure that the compost products conform to such standards..

[Audio] Article 6 Waste Management Facilities Section 36 Inventory of Waste Disposal Facilities. -- Within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act, the Department, in cooperation with the DOH, DILG and other concerned agencies, shall publish an inventory of all solid waste disposal facilities or sites in the country. Section 37 Prohibition Against the Use of Open Dumps for Solid Waste. -- No open dumps shall be established and operated, nor any practice or disposal of solid waste by any person, including LGUs, which constitutes the use of open dumps for solid waste, be allowed after the effectivity of this Act: Provided, That within three ( 3) years after the effectivity of this Act, every LGU shall convert its open dumps into controlled dumps, in accordance with the guidelines set in Section 41 of this Act: Provided, further, That no controlled dumps shall be allowed five ( 5) years following effectivity of this Act..

[Audio] Section 38. Permit for Solid Waste Management Facility Construction and Expansion. -- No person shall commence operation, including site preparation and construction of a new solid waste management facility or the expansion of an existing facility until said person obtains an Environmental Compliance Certificate ( ECC) from the Department pursuant to P.D. 1586 and other permits and clearances from concerned agencies. Section 39. Guidelines for Controlled Dumps. -- The following shall be the minimum considerations for the establishment of controlled dumps: (a) Regular inert cover; (b) Surface water and peripheral site drainage control; (c) Provision for aerobic and anaerobic decomposition; (d) Restriction of waste deposition to small working areas; (e) Fence, including provision for litter control; (f) Basic record-keeping; (g) Provision of maintained access road; (h) Controlled waste picking and trading; (i) Post-closure site cover and vegetation; and (j) Hydrogeological siting..

[Audio] Section 40 Criteria for Siting a Sanitary Landfill. -- The following shall be the minimum criteria for the siting of sanitary landfills: (a) The site selected must be consistent with the overall land use plan of the LGU; (b) The site must be accessible from major roadways or thoroughfares; (c) The site should have an adequate quantity of earth cover material that is easily handled and compacted; (d) The site must be chosen with regard for the sensitivities of the community's residents; (e) The size must be located in an area where the landfill's operation will not detrimentally affect environmentally sensitive resources such as aquifer, groundwater reservoir or watershed area; (f) The site should be large enough to accommodate the community's wastes for a period of five ( 5) years during which people must internalize the value of environmentally sound and sustainable solid waste disposal; (g) The site chosen should facilitate developing a landfill that will satisfy budgetary constraints, including site development, operation for many years, closure, post-closure care and possible remediation costs; (h) Operating plans must include provisions for coordinating with recycling and resource recovery projects; and (i) Designation of a separate containment area for household hazardous wastes..

[Audio] Section 41. Criteria for Establishment of Sanitary Landfill. – The following shall be the minimum criteria for the establishment of sanitary landfills: (a) Liners – a system of clay layers and/or geosynthetic membranes used to contain leachate and reduce or prevent contaminant flow to groundwater; (b) Leachate collection and treatment system – Installation of pipes at the low areas of the liner to collect leachate for storage and eventual treatment and discharge; (c) Gas control recovery system – a series of vertical wells or horizontal trenches containing permeable materials and perforated piping placed in the landfill to collect gas for treatment or productive use as an energy source; (d) Ground water monitoring well system – wells placed at an appropriate location and depth for taking water samples that are representative of groundwater quality; (e) Cover – two ( 2) forms of cover consisting of soil and geosynthetic materials to protect the waste from long-term contact with the environment: (i) a daily cover place over the waste at the close of each day's operations, and; (ii) a final cover, or cap, which is the material placed over the completed landfill to control infiltration of water, gas emission to the atmosphere, and erosion. (f) Closure procedure – with the objectives of establishing low maintenance cover systems and final cover that minimizes the infiltration of precipitation into the waste. Installation of the final cover must be completed within six ( 6) months of the least receipt of wastes; and (g) Post-closure care procedure – During this period, the landfill owner shall be responsible for providing for the general upkeep of the landfill, maintaining all of the landfill's environmental protection features, operating monitoring equipment, remediating groundwater should it become contaminated and controlling landfill gas migration or emission..

[Audio] Section 42. Operating Criteria for Sanitary Landfills. – In the operation of a sanitary landfill, each site operator shall maintain the following minimum operating requirements: Disposal site records of, but not limited to: ( 1) Records of weights or volumes accepted in a form and manner approved by the Department. Such records shall be submitted to the Department upon request, accurate to within ten percent ( 10 %) and adequate for overall planning purposes and forecasting the rate of site filling; ( 2) Records of excavations which may affect the safe and proper operation of the site or cause damage to adjoining properties; ( 3) Daily log book or file of the following information: fires, landslides, earthquake damage, unusual and sudden settlement, injury and property damage, accidents, explosions, receipt or rejection of unpermitted wastes, flooding, and other unusual occurrences; ( 4) Record of personnel training; and ( 5) copy of written notification to the Department, local health agency, and fire authority of names, addresses and telephone numbers of the operator or responsible party of the site: (b) Water quality monitoring of surface and ground waters and effluent, and gas emissions; (c) Documentation of approvals, determinations and other requirements by the Department;.

[Audio] (d) Signs – ( 1) Each point of access from a public road shall be posted with an easily visible sign indicating the facility name and other pertinent information as required by the Department; ( 2) If the site is open to the public, there shall be an easily visible sign at the primary entrance of the site indicating the name of the site operator, the operator's telephone number, and hours of operation; an easily visible sign at an appropriate point shall indicate the schedule of charges and the general types of materials which will be accepted or not; ( 3) If the site is open to the public, there shall be an easily visible road sign and/or traffic control measures which direct traffic to the active face and other areas where wastes or recyclable materials will be deposited; and ( 4) Additional signs and/or measures may be required at a disposal site by the Department to protect personnel and public health and safety;.

[Audio] (e) Monitoring of quality of surface, ground and effluent waters, and gas emissions; (f) The site shall be designed to discourage unauthorized access by persons and vehicles by using a perimeter barrier or topographic constraints. Areas within the site where open storage or ponding of hazardous materials occurs shall be separately fenced or otherwise secured as determined by the Department. The Department may also require that other areas of the site be fenced to create an appropriate level of security; (g) Roads within the permitted facility boundary shall be designed to minimize the generation of dust and the tracking of materials onto adjacent public roads. Such roads shall be kept in safe condition and maintained such that vehicle access and unloading can be conducted during inclement weather; (h) Sanitary facilities consisting of adequate number of toilets and handwashing facilities, shall be available to personnel at or in the immediate vicinity of the site; (i) Safe and adequate drinking water supply for the site personnel shall be available; (j) The site shall have communication facilities available to site personnel to allow quick response to emergencies; (k) Where operations are conducted during hours of darkness, the site and/or equipment shall be equipped with adequate lighting as approved by the Department to ensure safety and to monitor the effectiveness of operations; (l) Operating and maintenance personnel shall wear and use appropriate safety equipment as required by the Department;.

[Audio] (m) Personnel assigned to operate the site shall be adequately trained in subject pertinent to the site operation and maintenance, hazardous materials recognition and screening and heavy equipment operations, with emphasis on safety, health, environmental controls and emergency procedures. A record of such training shall be placed in the operating record; (n) The site operator shall provide adequate supervision of a sufficient number of qualified personnel to ensure proper operation of the site in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, permit conditions and other requirements. The operator shall notify the Department and local health agency in writing of the names, addresses, and telephone number of the operator or responsible party. A copy of the written notification shall be placed in the operating record; ( o) Any disposal site open to the public shall have an attendant present during public operating hours or the site shall be inspected by the operator on a regularly scheduled basis, as determined by the Department; (p) Unloading of solid wastes shall be confined to a small area as possible to accommodate the number of vehicles using the area without resulting in traffic, personnel, or public safety hazards. Waste materials shall normally be deposited at the toe of the fill, or as otherwise approved by the Department;.

[Audio] (q) Solid waste shall be spread and compacted in layers with repeated passages of the landfill equipment to minimize voids within the cell and maximize compaction. The loose layer shall not exceed a depth approximately two feet before compaction. Spreading and compacting shall be accomplished as rapidly as practicable, unless otherwise approved by the Department; (r) Covered surfaces of the disposal area shall be graded to promote lateral runoff of precipitation and to prevent ponding. Grades shall be established of sufficient slopes to account for future settlement of the fill surface. Other effective maintenance methods may be allowed by the Department; and (s) Cover material or native material unsuitable for cover, stockpiled on the site for use or removal, shall be placed so as not to cause problems or interfere with unloading, spreading, compacting, access, safety, drainage, or other operations..

[Audio] Article 7 Local Government Solid Waste Management Section 43 Guidelines for Identification of Common Solid Waste Management Problems. – For purposes of encouraging and facilitating the development of local government plans for solid waste management, the Commission shall, as soon as practicable but no later than six ( 6) moths from the effectivity of this Act, publish guidelines for the identification of those areas which have common solid waste management problems and are appropriate units for clustered solid waste management services. The guidelines shall be based on the following: (a) the size and location of areas which should be included; (b) the volume of solid waste which would be generated; (c) the available means of coordinating local government planning between and among the LGUs and for the integration of such with the national plan; and (d) possible lifespan of the disposal facilities..

[Audio] Section 44. Establishment of Common Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities. – Pursuant to Sec. 33 of R.A. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code, all provinces cities, municipalities and barangays, through appropriate ordinances, are hereby mandated to consolidate, or coordinate their efforts, services, and resources for purposes of jointly addressing common solid waste management problems and/or establishing common waste disposal facilities..