LTFRB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2000-015, July 20, 2000

AMENDING MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 94-004 (SMOKE BELCHING PUVS AND SANCTIONS THEREON)

National Administrative Register July 20, 2000
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On February 24, 1994, this Board issued Memorandum Circular No.
94-004, the subject of which is the life-threatening effect of air
pollution caused by motor vehicles emitting smoke daily plying different
routes in Metro Manila with the corresponding penalties for violations
committed relative thereto.

Considering that air pollution poses a clear danger to the health of
residents of the metropolis, causing respiratory ailments and sometimes
results in deaths, the Board hereby amends the sanctions imposed
therein as follows:

1.         First Violation

Suspension of Unit Involved Until Operator Has
Submitted A Certification From the LTO or Concerned Agency That Said
Unit Passed the Smoke Belching Test;

2.         Second Violation

One (1) month Suspension For The Unit Subject Of the First Violation With or Without The Certification and/or Clearance; and

3.         Third  Violation

Cancellation of the Same Unit Subject of the First and Second Violation From the CPC of the Operator.

All issuances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby deemed modified, superseded/revoked accordingly.

This amendatory circular shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
the filing of three (3) copies hereof with the U.P. Law Center, pursuant
to Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11 dated 09 October 1992.

Adopted: 20 July 2000

(Sgd.) DANTE M. LANTIN
Chairman

(Sgd.) REMEDIOS G. BELLEZA
Board Member