Definitions.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Definitions.—As used in this Decree: (a) "Pollution" means any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of any water, air and/or land resources of the Philippines, or any discharge thereto of any liquid, gaseous or solid wastes as will or is likely to create or to render such water, air and land resources harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare or which will adversely affect their utilization for domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other legitimate purposes. (b) "Sewage" means the water-carried human or animal wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments, or other places, together with such voter infiltration and surface water as may be present. The admixture of sewage and industrial wastes or other wastes as hereafter defined shall also be considered "sewage." (c) "Industrial Waste" means any liquid, gaseous or solid matter, or other waste substance or a combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing trade or business or from the development, processing or recovery of any natural resources which may cause or tend to cause pollution, or contribute to the pollution of the water, air and land resources of the Philippines. (d) "Other Waste" means garbage, refuse, wood residues, sand, lime cinders, ashes, offal, night-oil, tar, dye stuffs, acids, chemicals, and other substances not sewage or industrial waste which may cause or tend to cause pollution; or contribute to the pollution of the water, air and land resources of the Philippines. (e) "Sewage System or Sewerage System" means pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains, constructed drainage ditches, and all other constructions, devices, and appurtenances used for collecting or conducting sewage, and industrial wastes or other wastes to a point of treatment, discharge or ultimate disposal. (f) "Treatment Works" means any method, construction device of appliance appurtenant thereat, installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing, stabilizing, disinfecting, or disposing of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes or for the recovery of by-product from such sewage, industrial waste or other wastes. (g) "Sewage Works" means individually or collectively those constructions or devices used for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or other waste, or for the recovery of by-products from such sewage, industrial waste or other waste. (h) "Outlet" means the terminus of a sewage works or point of emergence in the water, air and land resources of the Philip-pines of any sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes. (i) "Commission" means the National Pollution Control Commission. (j) "Person" or "Persons" includes any being, natural or judicial, susceptible of rights and obligation or of being the subject of legal relations.