The implementation of the Act is a multi-sectoral undertaking to be spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The institutions involved in the implementation of the various components of the Act are as follows:
A. Mitigation of air pollution from mobile sources
Motor Vehicle Inspection System:
- Land Transportation Office (LTO)
- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)
- private sector groups
Private Emission Testing Centers:
- DOTC-LTO
- Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
- DENR
- private sector groups
B. Reduction of emissions from vehicular use
Introduction of emission control technologies:
- DENR
- DOTC
- DTI
- Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
- Automotive industry
Regulation in the importation of second-hand vehicles:
- Bureau of Customs-DOF
- Bureau of Import Services-DTI
- DOTC-LTFRB-LTO
C.Mitigation of air pollution from stationary sources
Stack monitoring and related permitting:
- EMB and its regional offices
- authorized/recognized private sector groups
Adjudication of air pollution cases:
- - Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB)
Funds for the Installation of Air Pollution control Facility:
- Land Bank of the Philippines
- Development Bank of the Philippines
D. Strengthening of ambient air monitoring, reporting ad management
- EMB in cooperation with concerned government agencies
- EMB Regional Offices
E. Improvement of fuel quality
Change in composition of fuel quality:
- Department of energy (DOE)
- DENR
- DTI-Bureau of Product Standards
- DOST
- Chamber of automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc.
- Oil companies
- NGOs
Examination of potential for alternative fuels:
- DOE
- DOST
- private sector groups
F. Reduction in traffic congestion and improvement in traffic flow
Road rehabilitation Program:
- Department of Public Works and Highways
Traffic engineering and Management:
- DOTC
- MMDA
- LGUs
- concerned government agencies
Transport Policy Studies:
- MMDA
- DOTC-Light Railway Transport Authority
- Philippine National Railway
- LGUs
G.Increasing public awareness
- DENR Public Affairs Office and the Environmental Education and Information Division-EMB, with Partnership for Clean Air
- relevant government agencies
- Private sector
- Civil society
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Lifted from:
Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (2003, August). Primer on the Clean Air Act. Diliman: DENR-Public Affairs Office.