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An Act Creating the National Water and Air Pollution Control Commission

AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION.

R.A. No. 3931 | 1964-06-18

REPUBLIC ACT No. 3931
 
AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION.
 
Section 1. Statement of Policy. It is hereby declared a national policy to maintain reasonable standards of purity for the waters and air of this country with their utilization for domestic, agricultural, industrial and other legitimate purposes.
 
Section 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
 
(a) "Pollution" means such alteration of the physical, chemical and/or biological properties of any water and/or atmospheric air of the Philippines, or any such discharge of any liquid, gaseous or solid...