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Denr Emb Issues Amendment To Standby Genset

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) issued Memorandum Circular 2022-003 amending requirements for permits to operate standby generator sets. The amendment exempts standby generator sets operating less than 200 hours annually from emissions testing requirements for permitting if they operate less than 3 hours per day and 3 days per week. It also exempts generator sets used during emergencies from emissions testing. The memorandum circular updates requirements to allow certain standby generator sets to obtain operating permits without emissions testing in order to reduce costs and paperwork.

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Denr Emb Issues Amendment To Standby Genset

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) issued Memorandum Circular 2022-003 amending requirements for permits to operate standby generator sets. The amendment exempts standby generator sets operating less than 200 hours annually from emissions testing requirements for permitting if they operate less than 3 hours per day and 3 days per week. It also exempts generator sets used during emergencies from emissions testing. The memorandum circular updates requirements to allow certain standby generator sets to obtain operating permits without emissions testing in order to reduce costs and paperwork.

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  • News Release: A news release regarding the stand-by genset amendment issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU


DENR Compound, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon
City 1116Tel.Nos. (632)927-1517; 928-3725; Fax
No.(632)920-2258
Website: www.emb.gov.ph Email: [email protected]

News Release

DENR-EMB issues amendment to standby Genset

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau


(DENR-EMB) has issued Memorandum Circular 2022-003, amending MC 2016-008 relative to the
issuance of Permit to Operate (PTO) to all Standby Generator Sets (G.S) without requiring source emission
testing in accordance with Section 1 of DAO 2004-26 and DAO 2000-81 of R.A. 8749, otherwise known
as the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. This memorandum circular was signed by Engr. William P.
Cuñado.
MC 2022-003 was created to amend Section 5 of MC 2016-008. The earlier memorandum circular
provides uniform procedures in the conduct of stack emission testing by the DENR-EMB and its accredited
third-party source emission testing firms (TPSETF).
The newly-signed memorandum circular states that Standby G.S. regardless of capacity, if
operating not more than 200 hours annually, provided it operates not more than 3 hours per day nor more
than three (3) days per week, for light commercial and industrial operation (hotels, malls, banks, buildings,
schools, telecommunication towers, fuel dispensing facilities, manufacturing firms among others) shall
not be required to conduct source emission testing for permitting and compliance monitoring purposes.
Also, Standby G.S. during conditions, such as (a) emergency hospital operations; (b) rescue and
medical missions related to natural calamities; (c) conflict areas such as war, terrorist attacks, and the like;
or (d) all activities affecting national security shall not be required to conduct source emission testing for
permitting and compliance monitoring.
“PTO is the permit given by the bureau to companies/organizations allowing them to operate
sources of air pollution. Those Standby G.S. mentioned under the Section 2 of this memorandum circular
shall not be required to conduct source emission testing for permitting and compliance monitoring, but
there are still G.S. (Generator Sets) required to conduct source emission testing before the issuance of the
PTO, those that are used in Peaking Power Plants and all G.S. using Bunker Fuel Oil (BFO), regardless of
operating hours,” Engr. Cuñado said.
Those applicants covered under MC 2022-003 shall be required to submit to the respective EMB
Regional Offices their updated Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMOP) within thirty (30) days from the
effectivity of the memorandum circular.
To know more about this memorandum circular, you may visit www.emb.gov.ph . ###

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