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1. What are criteria pollutants? Give the criteria pollutants enumerated in R.A. 8749. Complete table below: (35 pts)
2. If you will be in-charge with the site selection for an industrial plant, which would you prefer, in an attainment area or
in a non-attainment area? Explain your answer using RA 8749 Provisions on Attainment and Non-attainment areas. (15
pts)
Non-attainment areas encounter persistent air pollution due to the inadequacy of the technologies within the areas.
Hence, such areas are "still developing," and may have violated the national and local air quality standards more
than industries within attainment areas. Maintenance and solution for air quality problems are also limited available
in non-attainment areas. Hence, the most suitable site for starting up an industry is within attainment areas.
ADNieva LEARNING TASK Page 2 of 3
ENV20
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
1st Term 2017-2018
3. What will you do if a problem arise in the plant (i.e. boiler broke down) to avoid violations of Clean Air Act? (10 pts)
Boilers are essential equipment in many industrial processes. For example, these equipment supply steam to the
processes for heating. Sudden breakdown of boilers may cause great interruption to the energy supply, thus,
immediate action must be taken by experienced engineers to avoid production of contaminants to the
environment. In order to avoid these problems, the person in charge within the plant should have an intensive
knowledge of the process in order to properly troubleshoot the equipment. Immediate action includes filing of a
written report to the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR). The report must contain a descriptive timeline for the events during air emission, as well as
the proposed sources and maintenance solutions
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we
rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
habit.
- ARISTOTLE