Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Framework of
Environmental
Regulations in
The Philippines
JAN EVAN R. CALLEJO, MiSDS, MPA
Senior Environmental Management Specialist
Environmental Impact Assessment Section
Clearance and Permitting Division
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means without author’s prior consent and information derived from it should be acknowledge.
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What is……..
Department of
Environment and Natural
Resources or DENR
(Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran
at Likas na Kayamanan)?
•Improved
Quality of Life
Environmental
Management Bureau
(EMB) or
Kawanihan ng
Pamamahalang
Pangkapaligiran?
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EMB History
Created as a staff bureau of DENR by virtue of
1988 E.O. 192
• Environmental Impact
Assessment Section
• Discharge Permitting and
Permit to Operate Section
• Hazardous Waste and Chemical
Permitting Section
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Clearance & Permitting Division
Environmental Impact Assessment
Section
reviews and processes the
applications for Environmental
Compliance Certificates (ECC’s)
for project under Environmentally
Critical Areas
processes the applications for
Certificate of Non-Coverage for
Category D projects
PD 1586
The Philippine
EIS System
JAN EVAN R. CALLEJO, MSDS
Senior Environmental Management Specialist
Environmental Impact Assessment Section
Clearance and Permitting Division
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The copyright of this presentation rests with author. No part of this work should be reproduced or published by any
means without author’s prior consent and information derived from it should be acknowledge.
OUTLINE
Environmental Impact Assessment
Presidential Decree 1586
Scope of PD 1586
Classification of Projects
Fines, Penalties and Sanctions
Environmental Compliance Certificate
(ECC)
Certificate of Non-Coverage (CNC)
Online System and Updates
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Environmental
Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
process that involves evaluating and
predicting 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 (EIA)
It also includes designing appropriate
preventive, mitigating and enhancement
measures addressing these consequences
to protect the environment and the
community’s welfare.
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Purpose of the EIA Process
to enhance planning and guide decision-
making.
adverse environmental impacts of
proposed actions are considerably
reduced through a reiterative review
process of project siting, design and other
alternatives, and the subsequent
formulation of environmental
management and monitoring plans
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PD 1586
PD 1586
Establishing an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) System including other
environmental management related
measures and for other purposes
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Important Issuances
DAO 30, series of 2003
Revised Procedural Manual for PEISS
Implementing Rules and Regulation of PD
1586
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The basic DENR
policy governing the
Implementation of
the Philippine EIS
system is:
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PD 1586 - Section 4
No person, partnership or corporation
shall undertake or operate any such
declared ECP or ECA without first
securing an ECC issued by the
President or his duly authorized
representative.
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Scope of the EIS System – PP 21 46
Environmentally
Critical Projects
(ECPs)
Projects Located
in Environmentally
Critical Areas
(ECAs)
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Environmentally Critical Areas (ECAs)
All areas declared by law as national
parks, watershed reserves, wildlife
preserves, and sanctuaries
Aesthetic potential tourist spots
Habitat for endangered or threatened
species of Philippine wildlife
Unique historic, archaeological or
scientific interest
Areas which are traditionally occupied by
cultural communities or tribes
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Environmentally Critical Areas (ECAs)
Areas frequently visited by natural
calamities
Areas with Critical Slope
Prime Agricultural Lands
Recharge areas of aquifers
Water bodies
Mangrove Areas
Coral Reefs
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Environmentally Critical Projects (ECPs)
Heavy Industries
• Metal Industries
• Iron and Steel Mills
• Petroleum and Petro-chemical Industries
including Oil and Gas
• Smelting Plants
Resource Extractive Industries
• Major Mining and Quarrying Industries
• Forestry Projects
• Fishery Projects
Major Infrastructure Projects
Golf Courses (PP 803 – 1996)
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Classification of Projects
Documentary Output
Category Processing
Requirements Document
EMB Central
Category A EIS ECC
Office
EIS /
Category B Online ECC
IEE Checklist
Category C
Project EMB Regional
(Environmental CNC
Description Office
Enhancement)
Project
Category D Online CNC
Description
EMB Memorandum
Circular 005, July
2014
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Environmental Compliance
Certificate (ECC)
It certifies that the proponent has complied
with all the requirements of EIS System and
committed to implement its Environmental
Management Plan
It contains specific measures and conditions
It is NOT a License nor a Permit
MONITORING AND
IMPACT MITIGATION AND POST AUDIT
PREPARATION OF ENV. MGT. PLAN
Documentary Requirements:
Letter of Intent
Original ECC
Notarized Accountability Statement
Others as deemed required by EMB
Proof of Transfer/other supporting documents
of the proposed amendment
Require to submit No
Additional Passed?
Document
Yes
Conduct of
Issuance of Site
ECC Inspection
Major Amendments:
Expansion of project area outside the catchment
or environment as described in the original EIA
Report
Increase in project size parameter by more than
the corresponding coverage threshold
Other types of changes which makes the EMP in
the original EIA Report inadequate to address
identified significant adverse environmental
impact
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PEMAPS
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PEMAPS
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EIMP
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Major Amendment Application
and NEW Application
Documentary Requirements:
Site Development Plan and Vicinity Map
Topographic Map
Building Plan/Project Layout
Proof of Authority over the Project Area
Geo-tagged photographs of the area
Zoning Certificate
Affidavit of No Complaint
Schematic Diagram of Wastewater Treatment Facility
and Air Pollution Control Facility
Others as deemed required by EMB
Payment:
New Application: Php 5,070.00 + Php 50.00
Major Amendment : Php 2,030.00 + Php 50.00
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Flow Chart
Proponent
Upload Receive &
Creates an Create ECC
Required Review by
Account in the Application
Documents EMB
Online System
Comply the No
Required Passed?
Documents
Yes
If with
misrepresentation
EMB Verify For Cancellation of
Application
Submitted CNC & Legal Action
If in order
Repository End
ECC &CNC
Online
System
JAN EVAN R. CALLEJO, MiSDS
Senior Environmental Management Specialist
Environmental Impact Assessment Section
Clearance and Permitting Division
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The copyright of this presentation rests with author. No part of this work should be reproduced or published by any
means without author’s prior consent and information derived from it should be acknowledge.
How to access the online systems
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Click Advanced
#3
• Steps:
4. A sign-up/ log-in page will appear. Please click sign-up now.
• Steps:
5. Upon sign-up, terms and condition page will appear. Click conforming
button and;
6. Click continue.
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A registration page will appear after
#7
#9
#8
#10
A prompt will appear that the account has been successfully generated
11. Please click new application to continue.
#13 \
#12
steps:
14. Please encode the project type applied, then click the search button.
#15
steps:
16. Please type project description at the given box.
• Basic Project Information (type, area, location, etc.)
• Existing vegetation
• Distance to waterbody, community, access road, & other major
infrastructures
17. click next to continue
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Point 5
Point 4 Point 3
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INTERNET
Application
EMB For Action Client B – R10
EMB Evaluation
Result of Evaluation
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Client C – R12
How to access the online systems
The copyright of this presentation rests with author. No part of this work should be reproduced or published by any means without author’s
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