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    DAO 10 requires facilities that discharge regulated effluents to obtain a discharge permit from the Department. The discharge permit is valid for 5 years and renewable, and specifies the quantity and quality of effluent allowed to be discharged. Facilities must display the permit in a clearly visible location and submit quarterly self-monitoring reports within 15 days of the end of each quarter. Failure to obtain a valid discharge permit, submit required reports, or designate a pollution control officer are prohibited acts under the Civil Liability and Penal Provisions of RA 9275.

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    DAO 10 requires facilities that discharge regulated effluents to obtain a discharge permit from the Department. The discharge permit is valid for 5 years and renewable, and specifies the quantity and quality of effluent allowed to be discharged. Facilities must display the permit in a clearly visible location and submit quarterly self-monitoring reports within 15 days of the end of each quarter. Failure to obtain a valid discharge permit, submit required reports, or designate a pollution control officer are prohibited acts under the Civil Liability and Penal Provisions of RA 9275.

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    DAO 10 requires facilities that discharge regulated effluents to obtain a discharge permit from the Department. The discharge permit is valid for 5 years and renewable, and specifies the quantity and quality of effluent allowed to be discharged. Facilities must display the permit in a clearly visible location and submit quarterly self-monitoring reports within 15 days of the end of each quarter. Failure to obtain a valid discharge permit, submit required reports, or designate a pollution control officer are prohibited acts under the Civil Liability and Penal Provisions of RA 9275.

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    DAO 10 requires facilities that discharge regulated effluents to obtain a discharge permit from the Department. The discharge permit is valid for 5 years and renewable, and specifies the quantity and quality of effluent allowed to be discharged. Facilities must display the permit in a clearly visible location and submit quarterly self-monitoring reports within 15 days of the end of each quarter. Failure to obtain a valid discharge permit, submit required reports, or designate a pollution control officer are prohibited acts under the Civil Liability and Penal Provisions of RA 9275.

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    Legal Basis in requiring Discharge Permit & Posting of

    permit/SMR/PCO/etc.

    DAO 10, series of 2005 (Implementing Rules and


    Regulations of RA 9275)
    Sec. 14 Discharge Permits. The Department shall require owners
    or operators of facilities that discharge regulated effluents pursuant
    to this Act to secure a permit to discharge. the discharge permit
    shall be the legal authorization granted by the Department to
    discharge wastewater: Provided, That the discharge permit shall
    specify among others, the quantity and quality of effluent that said
    facilities are allowed to discharge into a particular water body,
    compliance schedule and monitoring requirement.
    14.9 Effectivity of the Discharge Permit. The Discharge
    Pemrit shall be valid for a maximum period of Five (5) years from
    date of its issuance, renewable for 5-years periods. The Department
    may, however, renew the discharge permit valid for a longer if the
    applicant has adopted waste minimization and waste treatment
    technologies, consistent with incentives currently provided has been
    paying the permit fees on time.
    14.13 Posting of Permit. The permittee shall display the
    permit on the facility or installation in such manner as to be clearly
    visible and accessible at all times. In the event that the permit
    cannot be so placed, it shall be mounted in an accessible and
    visible place near the installation covered by the permit. Any person
    who shall will willfully deface, alter, forge, counterfeit, or falsify any
    permit shall be punished in accordance with law.

    14.16 Self-Monitoring Reports. The Regional Offices shall


    require the permittee to submit a quarterly self-monitoring report
    on a prescribed form under oath signed by the Managing Head and
    the Pollution Control Officer or any registered chemical or sanitary
    engineer as designated/assigned by the managing Head as PCO.
    Specifically, the report shall contain the quality and quantity of
    wastes discharged daily or periodically, as the case may be; the
    characterization and laboratory analyses conducted, preferably by a
    duly licensed and

    recognized/accredited laboratory by the

    Department; and such other material information the Regional


    Office may require from the permittee. The DENR Regional Offices
    shall validate information in the SMRs.
    The self-monitoring report shall be submitted to the Regional
    Offices within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of each
    quarter.

    CHAPTER 5
    CIVIL LIABILITY/PENAL PROVISIONS
    Sec. 27. Prohibited Acts. The following acts are hereby
    prohibited:
    a.

    Discharging, depositing or causing to be deposited material of


    any kind directly into the water bodies or along the margins of
    any surface water, where, the same shall be liable to be
    washed into such surface water, either by tide action or by
    storm, floods or otherwise, which could cause water pollution
    or impede natural flow in the water body;

    i.

    Discharging regulated water pollutants without the valid


    required discharge permit pursuant to this Act or after the
    permit was revoked for any violation of any condition therein;

    m.

    Refusal or failure to submit reports whenever required by the


    Department in accordance with this Act;

    n.

    Refusal or failure to designate pollution control officers


    whenever required by the Department in accordance with this
    Act;

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