CITY OF BALANGA - DILG Bataan, headed by Provincial Director, Belina T. Herman led the conduct of the 2022 Barangay Environmental Compliance Audit (BECA) provincial table validation at the DILG Bataan Provincial Office on September 19, 2022.

BECA documents and modes of verification of barangays audited and submitted by the City/Municipal Assessment Committees were evaluated and assessed by the Provincial Assessment Committee (PAC). Upon further review, the audit committee approved a unified decision on which barangays will represent Bataan in the city and municipal category for the regional level assessment.

The Bataan PAC is composed of PD Herman, DENR-PENR office chief Raul Mamac, PENRO Manila Bay focal person Miguela Ramirez, OIC-PG-ENRO Raphael De Leon, PIA Bataan head Camille Ann Bartolome and BPSU CSI Earth Head Engr. Gil Cruz as the audit's CSO representative.

Manila Bay provincial focal person, ADAS II Russel Jasper Rabacio, also provided assistance in the validation.

The DILG, through the Manila Bay Clean-up, Preservation and Rehabilitation Program (MBCRPP), developed BECA to assess the compliance of barangays to the pertinent provisions of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

The BECA regional best performing barangays will be conferred with plaques of excellence and cash prizes to be utilized for environmental programs and projects.