Philippine EIS System Legal and Regulatory Framework

Laws Year Features

Presidential 1977 Philippine Environmental Policy: requires sponsors of all
Decree (P.D.) government and private projects affecting the quality of the
1151 environment to prepare an environmental impact
assessment (EIA)
P.D. 1586 1978 Establishing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
System: centralizes the EIS System under the National
Environmental Protection Council (NEPC), & authorizes
the President and NEPC to proclaim projects and activities
subject to the EIS System
P.D. 1121 Creating the National Environmental Protection Council
Proclamation 1981 Proclaims certain areas and types of projects as
2146 environmentally critical and within the scope of the EISs.
OC # 3 1983 Technical Definition and scope of the Environmentally
Critical Projects and Areas Enumerated in Proclamation
2146
DAO 08 1991 Guidelines in the issuance of Environmental Compliance
Certificate or Environmental Clearance for the conversion
of Agricultural Lands to Non-agricultural uses
DAO 21 1992 Amending the Revised Rules and Regulations
Implementing PD 1586
DAO 11 Supplementing DAO 21, S. 1992 and Providing for
Programmatic Compliance Procedures within the EISs.
DAO 96-37 1996 Revising DAO 21, Series of 1992, to further strengthen the
implementation of the EIS System
AO 300 1996 Further strengthening the Philippine EISS and clarifying
the Authority to Grant or Deny the issuance of ECC
Proclamation 1996 Declaring the Construction, Development and Operation of
No. 803 a Golf Course as an ECP pursuant to PD 1586
EO 342 1996 Providing for the creation of the Golf Course Construction
Development Committee in connection with the issuance
of the ECC for the Construction and Development of Golf
Courses.
DAO 99-15 1999 Designating the Forest Management Bureau as the lead
agency in the implementation of the EIS System for
Forestry Projects.
DAO 2000-88 2000 Implementing Guidelines on Engineering Geological &
Geohazard Assessment as additional requirement for ECC
applications covering subdivisions, housing &other Land
Development & Infrastructure Projects.
DAO 2000-37 2000 Addendum to article VIII Section 1.0 of DAO 96-37 re:
Standard Costs & Fees for Various Services of the EMB
relative to the implementation of the PEISS.
MC 2000-21 2000 Clarifying certain provisions of DAO 2000-28
“Implementing Guidelines on Engineering Geological &
Geohazard Assessment as additional requirement for ECC
applications covering subdivisions, housing & other Land
Development & Infrastructure Projects” – Sections 1 & 3.2
of the above DAO are hereby clarified, respectively, as
follows:
AO 42 11/02/02 Rationalizing the Implementation of the PEISS and Giving
Authority, in Addition to the Secretary of the DENR, to the
Director and the Regional Directors of the EMB to Grant or
Deny the Issuance of ECCs.
DAO 2003-30 Implementing Rules and Regulations of AO 42