PD 1586: THE PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM (1978)

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Introduced the first EIA

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US National Environmental Policy Act (January 1970)

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When did the PH follow the US in their initiatives

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1977

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Landmark law that requires submission of an environmental impact statement on projects and activities that may adversely affect the environment

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PD 1151

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“No person, partnership, or corporation shall undertake or operate any such declared environmentally critical project or area without first securing an Environmental Compliance Certificate”

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Section 4 of PD 1586

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Process that involves predicting and evaluating the likely impacts of a project (including cumulative impacts) on the environment during construction, commissioning, operation, and abandonment

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Environmental Impact Assessment

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includes designing appropriate preventive, mitigating and enhancement measures addressing these consequences to protect the environment and the community’s welfare

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Environmental Impact Assessment

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responsible for determining and disclosing all relevant information necessary for a methodical assessment of the environmental impacts of their projects.

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Project PROPONEN

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aids PROPONENTS in incorporating environmental considerations in planning their projects as well as in determining the environment’s impact on their project

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The EIS System

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concerned primarily with assessing of a project on the biophysical and human environment and ensuring that these impacts are addressed by appropriate environmental protection and enhancement measures

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EIS System

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Proclaiming Certain Areas and Types of Projects as Environmentally Critical and within the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement System Established Under Presidential Decree No. 1586

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PROCLAMATION NO. 2146 s.1981

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ECPS

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Environmentally Critical Projects

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ECAs

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Environmentally Critical Areas

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Included golf courses as ECP

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PROCLAMATION NO. 803 s.1996

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Incorporating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Concerns in the Philippines EIS System

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DAO2003-30

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Revised Guidelines for Coverage Screening and Standardized Requirements under the PEISS

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EMB Memorandum Circular
No. 2014-05

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Guidelines on Public Participation under the PEISS

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DAO 2017-15

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Criteria of Project Classifcation base on EMB MC 2014-005

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o Project type
o Location
o Nature of potential impact

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PROJECT CLASSIFICATION A (based on EMB MC 2014-005, 07 July 2014)

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ECP (ECC required)

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PROJECT CLASSIFICATION B (based on EMB MC 2014-005, 07 July 2014)

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Projects within ECA (ECC required)

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PROJECT CLASSIFICATION C (based on EMB MC 2014-005, 07 July 2014)

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Project that enhances the environments

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PROJECT CLASSIFICATION C (based on EMB MC 2014-005, 07 July 2014)

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Projects unlikely to cause significant adverse environmental impacts

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LIST OF ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL PROJECTS (ECP)

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Heavy Industries
Resource Extractive Industries
Infrastructure Project
Al golf course projects (from Proc No 803)

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LIST OF ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS (ECA)

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• national parks, watershed reserves, wildlife preserves, sanctuaries
• aesthetic potential tourist spots
• habitat of endangered or threatened species of Philippine wildlife
• unique historic, archaeological, or scientific interests
• traditionally occupied by cultural communities or tribes
• frequently visited and for hard-hit by natural calamities
• Areas with critical slopes
• prime agricultural lands
• Recharged areas of aquifers
• Water bodies (domestic use, protected areas, supports wildlife and fishery)
• Mangrove Areas
• Coral Reefs

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Project Status based on Status

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• New
• Existing without ECC (prior to 1982) but with expansion/modification
• Existing with expansion/modification

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documentation of the actual cumulative environmental impacts and effectiveness of current measures for single projects that are already operating but without ECC’s

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Environmental Performance Report and Management Plan (EPRMP)

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documentation of actual cumulative environmental impacts of co- located projects with proposals for expansion

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Programmatic Environmental Performance Report and Management Plan (PEPRMP)

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document similar to an EIS, but with reduced details and depth of assessment and discussion

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Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Report

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simplified checklist version of an IEE Report, prescribed by the DENR, to be filled up by a proponent to identify and assess a project’s environmental impacts and the mitigation/enhancement measures to address such impacts

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Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) Checklist

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document, that describes the nature, configuration, use of raw materials and natural resources, production system, waste or pollution generation and control and the activities of a proposed project.

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Project Description Report (PDR)

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document issued by the DEN/EMB after a positive review of an EC application, certifying that based on the representations of the proponent, the proposed project or undertaking will not cause significant negative environmental impact

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Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC)

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certification issued by the EMB certifying that, the project is not covered by the EIS System and is not required to secure an ECC

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Certificate of Non-coverage (CNC)

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contain an explanation for the disapproval of the application and guidance on how the application can be improved to a level of acceptability in the next EIA process

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Denial Letter

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BASIC CONTENTS OF ECC

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• Scope of project or undertaking
• Conditions conformed by the proponent to implement mitigating measures for potentially negative impacts and enhancement measures for potentially positive impacts
• Recommendations to concerned permitting, deciding and monitoring entities

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Once project is implemented, ECC remains valid and active for _______ of the project (unless otherwise specified)

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lifetime

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For Non-ECP, _________ has the authority to issue ECC

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the DENR-EMB Regional Office

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ECC expires if the project is not implemented within ________ from ECC issuance

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5 years

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Within ___________ to the expiration of the ECC, a letter for extension can be requested to extend the validity of the ECC

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3 months prior

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New ECC is unnecessary if baseline characteristics have significantly changed to the extent that the impact assessment which was the basis of the EMP is no longer appropriate

T or F

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F, its still necessary

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Max Processing Time frame for ECP

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120 days for AO 41; 40 days for MC 2010-14

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Guideline on Public Participation under the PEIS system

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DAO 2017-15

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MODULES

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Land, Water, Air, People, DRR/CCA

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OTHER requirements needed for the Application

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• If project is located in a protected area and/or forest land, a tenurial instrument has to be acquired first
• The presence of IPS/ICCs are considered in the process
• Proof of authority over the project site
• Compatibility to land use I zoning
• Affidavit of no complaint from the LGU