A. Periodic review of Air Quality Action Plan
B. Consistent Air Quality Monitoring
- Engage LGUs in air quality management and address sustainability (they are willing to conduct anti-smike belching)
C. Mobile Sources
- Intensify anti-smoke belching campaign
- Operationalize citizens suit against owners of smoke belching vehicles
- MVIS to be implemented in small scale for gross polluters
- Euro 2 standards for new vehicles and standard for 2nd hand vehicles
- Form multi-sectoral group to explore cost effective, mass transport solutions (e.g., BRT, bike lanes, pedestrianization)
- Engage LGUs in anti-smoke belching campaign especially pollution from tricycles
D. Improve Fuel Quality
- Alternative fuel: CNG mother-daughter stations up and running mid-2005; Ethanol to be made part of fuel mix (formulation of ethanol fuel standard) by 2005
- Euro 2 for gasoline (lower sulphur), implementation by 1st quarter 2005
- CME program wider implementation
- Ethanol (alcohol) 10% to be mandated in 2006, 25% in 2010
F. Open Burning
- Public awareness raising up to LGUs
- Send letters to LGU's DENR/League of Cities/League of Municipalities/MMDA
- Citizens Suit on Solid Waste Management, non-implementation of RA9033
G. Expand Clean Air Campaign to include Area Sources
- Construction (DPWH, MWSS, Meralco, PLDT, other utilities)
H. Indoor Air Pollution
- Tap cities outside Metro Manila, better quality of air outside Metro Manilia; tourism
- Mayor-to-Mayor (showcase best practices)
- Institutionalize Inter-agency Task Force
- Metro Air
- Glynda Bathan, CAI-Asia
- Dietmar Bogk, DEKRA
- Manny Camagay, National Center for Transport Studies
- Dennis Cunningham, US EPA
- Veronica Hitosis, League of Cities of the Philippines
- Bebet Gozun , Former Secretary, DENR
- Ricardo Infante, Department of Energy
- Mary Joy Jochico, USAEP a project of USAID
- Alma Bella Madrazo, AWMA
- Daniel McNamara, Manila Observatory
- Jojie Manalaysay, Partnership for Clean Air
- Nilo Marayag, Department of Health
- Charles Melhuish, ADB
- Desiree Narvaez, Department of Health
- Willie Obien, DENR
- Marylyn Perlas, University of the Philippines
- Ninette Ramirez, USAEP a project of USAID
- Jean Rosete, Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)
- Elizabeth Roxas, Environmental Broadcast Circle
- Jovenee Sagun, Puerto Princesa
- Bryan Willson, Colorado State University
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