DENR Department Administrative Order No. 2004-26 amending Rule XIX of DENR Administrative Order No. 2000-81 (Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 8749).

In order to expedite compliance of establishments having air pollution source equipment with the DENR standards and requirements, and considering that the knowledge on the field of air pollution control has been greatly enhanced by experience and adequate information/references from local and foreign sources, making it unnecessary for the government to regulate some aspects in this field, the "Authority to Construct requirement of the Rule XIX, of DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2000-81 is amended. New Rule XIX establishes that all sources of air pollution subject to these Implementing Rules and Regulations must have a valid Permit to Operate issued by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Regional Director, who will determine a fee to be paid for the following applications: a) Permit to Operate; b) Transfer of an existing and valid Permit; e) Revision of any existing and valid Permit to Operate; d) Renewal of an expired Permit to Operate; e) Any other application for a permit not mentioned above.
An application for a Permit to Operate shall be filed for each source emitting regulated air pollutants. Facilities having more than one source may group the sources under a single permit requirements, for each individual source. Applications shall be made in a formal prescribed by the Department through the Bureau, together with a copy of the official receipt of fees and other specific information. The owner or the pollution control officer in charge of the installation subject to the provisions of these Implementing Rules and Regulations shall keep a record of its operational data and control test indicating its operational efficiency, and shall furnish a copy of the same to the Department through the Bureau in accordance with the procedures and/or programmes approved by the Department through the Bureau for this purpose.