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ADB TA 7566-REG: Enhancing the PhilippineEnvironmental Impact Statement (EIS) System
Improvement Initiatives
The Philippine EIS Systemp y(Regulatory Framework, Key Features, lesson learned andImprovement initiatives & directions)
by
ngr. ert onza esAssistant Director
Environmental Management Bureau
epar men o nv ronmen an a ura esourcesPhilippines
Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the government they represent. ADB does not guarantee theaccuracy of the data included in this presentation and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use.
Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.
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Improvement Initiatives
Legislative Frameworkegislative Framework
Presidential Decree (PD) 1151
Philippine Environmental Policy of 1977
Presidential Decree (PD) 1586
s a s men o pp ne nv ronmen aImpact Statement System (1978)
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En v i r o n m en t a l I m p act
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Improvement Initiatives
Environmentally Critical Projects (ECPs)nvironmentally Critical Projects (ECPs) Heav industries
Resource Extractive Industries Infrastructure Projects
o courses
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Environmentally Critical Areas (ECAs)nvironmentally Critical Areas (ECAs) areas declared by law as national parks, watershed reserves, wildlifepreserves & sanctuaries
Areas set aside as aesthetic potential tourist spots
Areas which constitute the habitat for endangered/threatened species ofindigenous Phil. Wildlife (flora & fauna)
Areas of unique historic, archaeological, or scientific interests Areas which are traditionally occupied by cultural communities
Areas frequently visited and/or hard-hit by natural calamities, geologichazards, floods, typhoons, volcanic activity, etc.
Areas classified as prime agricultural lands
Recharged areas of aquifers
Mangrove
Coral reefs
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projector undertaking?
No
No
Is proposed projectorundertakingan ECP? Test for
Non-
Yes YesEIS
Category A
Is it located in an ECA?
criteria(fail?)Yes Yes IEE
Cate or B
Category D
Issue CNC
No No
Category C
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Manuals and Guides Revised Procedural Manual
ugus
Handbook for the EnhancedEnvironmental PerformanceMonitoring and Audit System
(PEMAPS) (January 2005)
(February 2007)
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Enhancements
11 EIS Screening Forms
14 IEE Checklist Report Form Mainstreaming of Disaster
Climate Change Adaptation
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Post ECC Re uirements
MultipartiteMonitoring Team/
Monitoring Fund
Environmental
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Su ort S stem
EIS InformationSystem
-application status
On-line system for
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Where are we now?here are we now?In 2011:
ECCissued 3,589N ssue ,
NOVissued 284NOVresolved 124
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Where are we now?here are we now?Operational Challenges
Technical skills and capability Institutional limitations
External pressures
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Where are we now?here are we now?
Uniform enforcement acrossregions
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Facing the futureacing the futureEMB enhancement initiatives.
2. Simplified application requirements3. Streamlined procedures
. 5. Strengthened monitoring system
6. Capability building
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ADB TA 7566-REG: EnhancingDB TA 7566 REG: Enhancingthe Philippine EIS SystemI I i i improvement Initiatives
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Desired Outcome: Enhanced Philippine Environmental Impact
Environmental Screening and Compliance Monitoring
Outputs:
1. Revised EIA Screening Guidelines
2. Updated and Upgraded computer based ProjectScreening System
3. Institutionalized linkage for continuous updating of the
ECA Map
4. Online, web-based project screening information system5. IEC Materials and Plan
6. PEISS Im lementation Ca acit Mana ement S stem
7. Enhancement Compliance Monitoring System
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Improvement InitiativesProject Outputsroject OutputsOutput#2Output#1RevisedScreening Output#3InstitutionalizedlinkagesforSystem
Output#4
Webbasedproject
screeninginfosystem
u pu EnhancedCompliance
MonitoringSystem
On-line Information S stem
Output#5IEC
Materials and
Plans
Output#6Capacity
Development
Plan
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Subproject Updates:ubproject Updates: Revised screening guidelines:
u pu s
o Consultation worksho s conductedo Field validation conducted
o ns u ona coor na on n a eo Preliminar draft currentl bein
reviewed
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Subproject Updates:ubproject Updates: Enhanced PEISS information system:
o Consultation workshops conductedo Field validation conducted
being reviewed
o pec ca ons o suppor e ng
drafted
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an goo ay.
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