300 Subic locators told to secure ECCs
By Blanche Rivera Inquirer News Service
AT LEAST 300 firms in the Subic Bay Freeport zone could get closure orders if they do not secure environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) from Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) soon.
The DENR, through its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), has requested the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to submit the names of all locators in the freeport.
In a letter dated Aug. 5, Lormelyn E. Claudio, EMB regional director, asked the SBMA’s ecology center to inform all locators of the ruling from the Court of Appeals (CA) requiring firms to secure an ECC from the regional bureau.
“Recognizing the urgency of the matter, we are willing to extend assistance to your office to address these procedural requirements at the soonest possible time to avoid any administrative sanction that may be imposed on your locators,” Claudio said.
Claudio said the DENR-EMB would issue notices of violations to firms that do not immediately apply for an ECC. The notice usually precedes a cease-and-desist order.
“We have to issue NOVs (notices of violations), so we’re now making an evaluation and reviewing previous applications filed in the central office,” she said.
The ECCs are a prerequisite to the operation of all establishments in the country, but the SBMA and the DENR had a dispute over the jurisdiction of the issuance of ECCs to locators in the freeport. The zone is managed by the SBMA, an autonomous authority.
With the CA decision that was deemed final and executory in March, the DENR was given the mandate to issue ECCs to locators in the Subic freeport.
AT LEAST 300 firms in the Subic Bay Freeport zone could get closure orders if they do not secure environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) from Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) soon.
The DENR, through its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), has requested the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to submit the names of all locators in the freeport.
In a letter dated Aug. 5, Lormelyn E. Claudio, EMB regional director, asked the SBMA’s ecology center to inform all locators of the ruling from the Court of Appeals (CA) requiring firms to secure an ECC from the regional bureau.
“Recognizing the urgency of the matter, we are willing to extend assistance to your office to address these procedural requirements at the soonest possible time to avoid any administrative sanction that may be imposed on your locators,” Claudio said.
Claudio said the DENR-EMB would issue notices of violations to firms that do not immediately apply for an ECC. The notice usually precedes a cease-and-desist order.
“We have to issue NOVs (notices of violations), so we’re now making an evaluation and reviewing previous applications filed in the central office,” she said.
The ECCs are a prerequisite to the operation of all establishments in the country, but the SBMA and the DENR had a dispute over the jurisdiction of the issuance of ECCs to locators in the freeport. The zone is managed by the SBMA, an autonomous authority.
With the CA decision that was deemed final and executory in March, the DENR was given the mandate to issue ECCs to locators in the Subic freeport.
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SBMA Administration is now working on a possible Memo of Agreement with DENR in order for the Ecology Center to be deputized by EMB to issue ECC
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