The Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System PEISS

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• The Philippine Environmental Impact Statement
  System (PEISS)

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Outline of Presentation

• Legal Framework of the PEISS
• Overview of the PEISS
• Public Participation in the EIA Process
• Multi-stakeholder Monitoring Team (MMT)
• Success Stories
• Challenges

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Legal Framework of the PEISS

• Presidential Decree (PD) 1586 (1978)
• Presidential Proclamation No. 2146 (1981) and No.
  803
• DENR Administrative Order No. 37 (1996)
• Presidential Administrative Order No. 42 (2002)
• DENR Administrative Order No. 30 (2003) including
  its REVISED PROCEDURAL MANUAL

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Philippine Policies Governing the Implementation
of the PEISS

• 1987 Philippine Constitution
• The State shall protect and advance the right of
  the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in
  accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature.

• AO 42 Optimum economic
  development shall be achieved without delay and
  shall be pursued to ensure that the present
  generation meets its needs w/o compromising the
  needs of the future generations

• PD 1586
• To attain and maintain an orderly balance
• between socio-economic growth and environmental
  protection

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Overview of the PEISS

• Environmental Impact Statement System
• the entire process of organization,
  administration, and procedures institutionalized
  for purpose of assessing the significance of the
  effects of any project or undertaking on the
  quality of the physical, biological and
  socio-economic environment, and designing
  appropriate preventive, mitigating and
  enhancement measures.

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Overview of the PEISS

• Key Operating Principles
• Assessment of the direct and indirect impacts of
  the project on the biophysical and human
  environment
• Addressing project impacts by appropriate
  environmental protection and enhancement measures
• Responsibility of project proponents in
  determining and disclosing all relevant
  information necessary for a methodical assessment
  of environmental impacts of the project

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Overview of the PEISS

• General Criteria in the Review of EIA Reports
• Integration of environmental considerations into
  the over-all project planning
• Assessment is technically sound and proposed
  environmental mitigation measures are effective
• Social acceptability is based on informed public
  participation

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Environmental Impact Assessment

• The process of predicting the likely
  environmental consequences of implementing a
  project and designing appropriate preventive
  mitigating and enhancement measures

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Real Purpose of EIA

• To enhance planning and guide decision-making
  for the proponent/ applicant and the EMB

• The real value of the EIA Process is in the
  reduction of adverse environmental impact as a
  result of incremental decision making before a
  proposed action reaches final decision-making on
  whether it should be allowed to proceed or not

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EIA Process within the Project Cycle
Detailed assessment, Identification of mitigation
needs, inputs to CBA
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Pre-feasibility
Feasibility
Detailed design of mitigation measures
Project Conceptualization/ Improvement
Detailed Engineering Design
Implementation of mitigation measures
Project Construction Development
Operation Maintenance
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Overall Environmental Impact Assessment Process
PROJECT PROPONENT
EMB DENR
SCREENING
Review and Evaluation EIARC Review Public
consultation /hearing Site inspection
SCOPING
Determines if EIS is Complete
EIA STUDY Baseline Study Impact
Identification Impact Prediction and Evaluation
Decision Making
MONITORING AND POST AUDIT
IMPACT MITIGATION AND PREPARATION OF ENV. MGT.
PLAN
EIA DOCUMENTATION and PRESENTATION OF RESULT
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Public Participation in the EIA Process (1992
Kuala Lampur Declaration of the ASEAN)

• Participation
• - Process through which the stakeholders
  influence and share control over priority
  setting, policy-making, resource allocations and
  access to public goods and services

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Public Participation in the EIA Process

• Salient Features of Participation
• Joint Dialogue
• Active process
• People involvement
• People empowerment

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Public Participation in the EIA Process

• Tools/Techniques of Public Participation
• Social preparation
• Scoping
• Information, Education Communication (IEC)
  Campaigns
• Public Consultation or Public Hearing (for
  environmentally critical projects)
• Multi-stakeholder Monitoring Team (MMT) formation
• Complaint resolution

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Public Participation in the EIA Process

• Opportunities in Public Participation
• Improves decision-making
• Provides added sources of expertise
• Reduces level of misinformation and distrust
• Empowers the citizens to take responsibility in
  environmental protection
• Gives the people a voice to air their concerns
  and promote their active involvement in planning

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Public Participation in the EIA Process
DENR EMB Driven
Proponent driven
Proponent Driven but outside the EIA process as
requirements are under the mandate of other
entities
Public Involvement usu. Begins at scoping but may
occur at any stage of the EIA process
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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team (MMT)

• A multi-sectoral team convened for the primary
  purpose of monitoring compliance by the proponent
  with the ECC, the Environmental Management Plan
  (EMP) and applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• All projects covered by the PEISS and issued
  with ECCs are basically required to establish MMT.

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• Functions of the MMT
• Monitor compliance with the Environmental
  Management Plan (EMP) and conditions in the ECC
• Prepare the MMT Manual of Operations (MOO), work
  financial plans, etc.
• Receive complaints/request from public-at-large
• Prepares Compliance Monitoring Verification
  Report (CMVR)
• Monitor implementation of IEC plans/programs and
  social development program

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• Composition of the MMT
• Local Government Units
• Affected Community
• NGO/POs Representatives
• Other Government Agencies
• Academe
• Church Groups
• Sectoral groups representing women, youth,
  farmers, fisherfolks and other marginalized
  groups
• Others as identified in the scoping process

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• MMT Non-members
• Project Proponent
• Provides funds for MMT operations
• Regularly inform MMT about project development
  monitoring results
• Respond to complaints
• EMB and DENR
• Initiate, assist and supervise the formation of
  MMT and oversee its operations
• Update the MMT on new policies

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• Roles and Responsibilities of Members
• Be present or have a representative in all
  meetings and deliberation.
• Initiate/attend meetings, community consultation,
  briefings and other forms of IEC dissemination to
  inform public of project activities and
  monitoring results
• Suggest most effective means of disclosing
  information to the public as well as receive
  feedback/complaints from community

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• Structure of MMT
• EXECOM EMB, LGU Official or designated rep.,
  Proponent
• Functions
• - organize and supervise the activities of MMT
• - approve and review work and financial plan
• - manage the Environmental Management Fund (EMF)
• - resolve issues arising from the monitoring
  activities

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• Structure of MMT
• SECTORAL TEAM all members
• Functions
• - organize and carry out actual field monitoring
• - prepare monitoring reports/CMVR
• - advise the entire MMT on the need for
  additional monitoring activities

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• Structure of MMT
• SECRETARIAT Proponent, LGU representative EMB
  representative
• Functions
• - inform MMT members of the schedule of
  meetings, monitoring activities
• - provide documentation of minutes of MMT
  meeting and monitoring results
• - ensure safekeeping of MMT documents, materials
  and properties

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Multi-Stakeholder Monitoring Team

• MMT Fund Administrator
• Any member of the MMT and cannot be the proponent
  and the EMB-DENR
• In-charge of the Environmental Monitoring Fund
• MMT Manual of Operations (MOO)
• Serves as bible for MMT operations
• MMT Code of Ethics
• Ensures a common frame by which INTEGRITY of all
  members will be maintained

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Stories in Public Participation

• MMT Cluster of SUBRA (Subic Bay Resorts
  Association)
• Voluntary dismantling of hundreds of fishcages
  operating along Subic Bay by the operators
  themselves
• Regular water quality monitoring of the bay by
  MMT members
• Capacity-building for fishcage operators on
  proper aquaculture operation protection of the
  waterbody

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Stories in Public Participation

• MMT of Intercity Ricemillers Association
• Ricemill operators were issued NOV/CDO in
  cooperation with the LGU-Balagtas Bocaue,
  Bulacan
• TSP level significantly reduced
• Ricemill operators installed air pollution
  control devices
• LGU committed to temporarily stop issuance of
  business permits to ricemill operation in the
  area
• Ricemill operators were given seminar lectures
  on environmental laws and environmental
  management protection

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Stories in Public Participation

• MMT for piggery operations in Pampanga and Tarlac
• Rehabilitation of the waterbody used as discharge
  area for piggery operations in Tarlac
• Violators were charged before the DENR-Pollution
  Adjudication Board (PAB) and operations were
  stopped
• Long-term plan of relocation of piggery into an
  agro-industrial area (Pampanga)
• Strict monitoring of environmental compliance of
  piggery operations
• Improved operations of piggery

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Water sampling activity by the MMT
Regular cleaning of settling ponds
Consultation meeting among MMT members
Construction of solid-liquid separator
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MMT Formation(1996)
MOA
Execom
Sectoral
EMB, Proponent, LGU
Secretariat
All Members
Fund Administrator
Selected Members
Environmental Monitoring Fund
Environmental Guarantee Fund
MMT (2005)
LGU (Chair)
OGAs
NGO/POs
Other concerned parties
MMT non-members EMB Proponent
Fund Administrator
Environmental Monitoring Fund
Environmental Guarantee Fund
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