The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will issue a notice of violation of the Philippine Clean Water Act to the company operating the power barge that exploded and spilled oil off the coast of Iloilo City on Friday. Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda on Sunday said a technical conference would be called to look into the cleanup of the oil spill, which had spread to an area estimated to be as wide as 1,200 square meters as of Saturday evening. He said the matter would then be endorsed to the Pollution Adjudication Board of the Environmental Management Bureau for computation of fines against Ayala-owned AC Energy Corp., which operates Power Barge 102 docked at Barangay Barrio Obrero in Iloilo City’s Lapuz District.

Enano, J. O., Burgos, N. P. Jr., & Santos, T. G. (2020, July 6). Gov't to determine fines for oil spill. Philippine Daily Inquirer, pp. A1, A7.