PEISS

• PEISS


  Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System

  • Provides legal and procedural framework for conducting an EIA for projects likely to have significant environmental impact.
  • Designed to safeguard the environment and natural resources in the fast growing industrialization and urbanization.
  • Established in 1978 through PD 1586 that designates DENR, EMB and DENR Regional office as the implementing agency
• EIS


  Environmental Impact Statement

  • a document prepared to describe the effects for proposed activities on the environment.
  • describes impacts, as well as ways to "mitigate" impacts. To "mitigate" means to lessen or remove negative impacts.
• EIA


  Environmental Impact Assessment

  • a process of identifying and predicting the impacts of proposed projects and programs on the biogeophysical environment, man’s health and wellbeing, and interpreting and/or communicating information on such impacts which can be utilized by planners and decision makers
• ECP


  Environmentally Critical Project

  PROCLAMATION NO. 2146 (1981)

  • Heavy Industries - non-ferrous metal industries, iron and steel mills, petroleum and petro-chemical industries including oil and gas, smelting plants.
  • Resource Extractive Industries - major mining and quarrying projects, forestry projects, fishery projects.
  • Infrastructure Projects - major dams, major power plants, and reclamation projects

  PROCLAMATION NO. 803 (1996)

  • Golf Course Projects
  • Others
• ECA


  Environmentally Critical Area

  • National parks, watershed, wildlife preserves, and sanctuaries declared by law.
  • Tourist Spots
  • Habitats of endangered or threatened species
  • Areas traditionally occupied by IP’s and cultural communities
  • Areas classified as prime agricultural lands
  • Areas frequently hit by natural calamities
• IEE


  Initial Environmental Examination
• ECC


  Environmental Compliance Certificate
• ERA


  Environmental Risk Assessment
• EIARC


  EIA Review Committee
• EMP


  Environmental Management Plan
• EMF


  Environmental Monitoring Fund
• DENR


  Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• EMB


  Environmental Management Bureau
• RED


  Regional Executive Director
• EIA LAWS


  PD 1151 (1977)

  • Philippine Environmental Policy

  PD 1586 (1978)

  • Establishment of the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System (PEISS) with the then National Environmental Protection Council (NEPC) as the lead agency
• EIA LAWS

  
  

  Administrative Order 42 (2002)

  • Rationalizing the Implementation of the Philippine EIS System giving authority, in addition to the DENR Secretary, to the EMB Central and Regional Office Directors to grant or deny issuance of ECCs.
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  • DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 96-37 – Highlights the importance of public participation and social acceptability in the environmental review process.
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  • PP 2146 (1981) – Proclaims certain areas and types of projects as environmentally critical & within the scope of the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System (PEISS)
• THE SYSTEM


  Coverage and Procedures

  • The EIS system requires completion of an EIA and preparation of an EIS report for any environmentally critical project (ECP) or any project located in an environmentally critical area (ECA).
• Projects not covered under the EIS system

  • projects that are not ECPs or not located in ECA
  • Projects or structures that have been operating or existing since 1982, even if they are ECPs or in an ECA.
• ROLE OF DENR


  DENR determines whether a proposal is an ECP or will be implemented in an ECA; if either or both of these conditions apply, then the proposal is required to secure an (ECC)
• Local Government Unit (LGU)

  The LGU should facilitate community participation through public outreach.

  It is the best interest of the stakeholders to design or choose the best development and mitigation options or to encourage DENR to deny an ECC if the project does not meet environmental standards.
• REVIEW PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL PROJECTS

  1. EIA SCOPING for ECP
  2. EIA - done or contracted out by the project proponent
  3. EIS - submitted by project proponent to and processed by EMB
  4. ECC- decided on by the DENR secretary
• TIMETABLE


  EIS Submission and Convening of EIA Review Committee - 15 days

  EIA Review Committee (EIARC) Work - 60 days

  EIARC REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION - 15 days

  EMB Director's Recommendation - 15 days

  DENR Secretary's Decision on ECC - 15 days
• EIA SCOPING


  Ensuring stakeholder participation

  • Scoping helps all parties understand the level of analysis required, specify the alternatives to be evaluated, identify potential impacts, and suggest possible mitigation and monitoring measures that should be addressed
• Assessing environmental and socioeconomic impacts

  The EIA should include evaluation of the proposed project’s environmental and socioeconomic impacts and should identify alternatives (including the noaction alternative) and mitigation measures to reduce project impact.
• Reporting and planning


  The proponent or consultants certified by DENR accomplish the required studies and prepare the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
• REVIEW


  The EIS is submitted to DENR’s EMB, which then forwards it to the EIA Review Committee (EIARC) for evaluation. The EMB will not accept an EIS document for review if it is incomplete or not adequately organized.
• OUTLINE OF THE EIS DOCUMENT

  EIS Summary

  Project Description

  Summary of Scoping Agreements

  Baseline Environmental Conditions

  Impact Assessment and Analysis

  Environmental Management Program/Plan

  Supporting Documents

  Proposals for Environmental Monitoring and Guarantee fund

  Accountability Statement
• ECC


  Certifies that the project proponent has complied with the procedures of the EIS System.

  For ECPs, the EIS together with the Committee’s report is sent to the Director of the EMB, who in turn forwards documents and recommendations to the Secretary of DENR within 15 days.
• MONITORING


  usually initiated before construction starts and continues through project construction and project operation.
• Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)

  The IEE contains a brief project description, expected impacts, and measures to be undertaken to control, manage, or minimize impacts on the environment.
• Considerations in the Analysis of ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

  DIRECT IMPACTS

  INDIRECT (including Induced) IMPACTS

  CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
• Project Description (PD)


  this document is usually required if a project is non-critical but to be located in an Environmental Critical Area (ECA)

  • a brief description of the sources & control measures for pollution and other socio-economic problems generated by the project
• Environmental Critical Area (ECA)

  • All areas declared by law as national parks, watershed reserves, wildlife preserves, sanctuaries, etc.
  • Areas set aside as aesthetic potential tourist spots.
  • Areas of unique historic archaeological and scientific interests.
  • Areas frequently visited or hard-hit by: typhoons tsunamis earthquakes storm surge volcanic activity Flood prone areas