The document outlines the legal and regulatory framework for the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System. It began in 1977 with a decree requiring EIAs for all government and private projects affecting environmental quality. A 1978 decree centralized the EIS System under the National Environmental Protection Council and authorized them to designate projects requiring EISs. Subsequent proclamations and administrative orders have further defined environmentally critical projects, established procedures for compliance, and clarified the authorities responsible for granting or denying environmental clearances. The framework has continued to evolve through additional decrees, orders, and memorandums over the past decades.
The document outlines the legal and regulatory framework for the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System. It began in 1977 with a decree requiring EIAs for all government and private projects affecting environmental quality. A 1978 decree centralized the EIS System under the National Environmental Protection Council and authorized them to designate projects requiring EISs. Subsequent proclamations and administrative orders have further defined environmentally critical projects, established procedures for compliance, and clarified the authorities responsible for granting or denying environmental clearances. The framework has continued to evolve through additional decrees, orders, and memorandums over the past decades.
The document outlines the legal and regulatory framework for the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System. It began in 1977 with a decree requiring EIAs for all government and private projects affecting environmental quality. A 1978 decree centralized the EIS System under the National Environmental Protection Council and authorized them to designate projects requiring EISs. Subsequent proclamations and administrative orders have further defined environmentally critical projects, established procedures for compliance, and clarified the authorities responsible for granting or denying environmental clearances. The framework has continued to evolve through additional decrees, orders, and memorandums over the past decades.
The document outlines the legal and regulatory framework for the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System. It began in 1977 with a decree requiring EIAs for all government and private projects affecting environmental quality. A 1978 decree centralized the EIS System under the National Environmental Protection Council and authorized them to designate projects requiring EISs. Subsequent proclamations and administrative orders have further defined environmentally critical projects, established procedures for compliance, and clarified the authorities responsible for granting or denying environmental clearances. The framework has continued to evolve through additional decrees, orders, and memorandums over the past decades.
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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