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Republic of the Philippines

Province of La Union

MUNICIPALITY OF AGOO

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN

Article 7

Drainage

Section 117.01. Comprehensive Drainage Plan. All barangays shall prepare a barangay drainage plan and submit the same to the Municipal Engineering Office who will prepare a master drainage plan for the Municipality. Said plan shall be forwarded to the Sanggunian for adoption.

Section 1117.02. The Municipal Government shall ensure that canals within the Municipality are maintained, unclogged and uncontaminated by toxic effluents through regular desludging.

Section 1117.03. Other Restrictions on Waste Disposal. The following restrictions on waste disposal shall be followed:

A. No industrial or manufacturing facility as well as waste service facility shall be operated without proper solid and wastewater disposal facilities. Wastewater shall not be discharged into the public sewerage system to prevent contamination of ground water as well clogging of the system.

B. No industrial or manufacturing plant and waste service facility shall be operated at capacities beyond the limits of operation or capability of their respective waste treatment facilities in order to maintain the effluent quality within the standards required by law.

CHAPTER IV

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Article 1 General Provision

Section IV1.01. Statement of Policy. Given the complexity of clean air management and the insufficient technology and resources available to local governments for the conduct of atmospheric monitoring and evaluation, the Municipal Government shall to the greatest extent prevent the continued degradation of air quality within its territorial jurisdiction through necessary precautionary and preventive measures to ensure the maintenance of ambient air quality at such levels prescribed by the DENR. For the purpose, the erection, use, installation or operation of any article, machinery, plant, or any contrivance which would release any pollutants into the atmosphere which, together with the concentrations of existing air pollutants in the Municipality, would result to ambient air concentration greater than the quality standards set by the DENR, shall be subject to environmental inspection, control and banning as may be appropriate.

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