Enviromental Impact

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Enviromental Impact

Christopher Luigi Rodriguez


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Enviromental Impact Assessment

(EIA)

An assessment of the positive ornegative impact that a proposed project

may have on the environment.


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Background EIA Laws

(Presendential Issuances)PD 1151 (1977) - Philippine EnviromentalPolicy

Requires sponsors of projects affecting the

quality of the enviroment to prepareenviromental impact statements.

PD 1586 (1978) - Establishment of the

Philippines Enviromental ImpactStatement System (PEISS) w/ the then

National Enviromemtal Protection Council

(NEPC) as the lead agency


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EIA Laws (Presendential

Issuances)PP 2146 (1981) - Proclaims certain areasand types of projects as enviromentally

critical & w/in the scope of the PEISS.

Administrative Order 42 (2002) -

Rationalizing the Implementation of the

Philippine EIS System giving authority, in

addition to the DENR Secretary, to theEMB Central and Regional Office

Directors to grant or deny issuance of

ECCs.


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EIA in the context of the

Philippine Enviromental

Impact Statement (EIS)System

The process of predicting the likely

enviromental consequences of

implementing a project and designing

appropriate preventive mitigating and

enhancement measures as an input to

decision making


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Conduct of EIA Study and

Enviromental Compliance

Certificate (ECC) ApplicationsEIA Study is conducted by by the

proponent or expert group commissioned

by the proponent

result of the EIA Study is documented

and submited to the EMB for rebiew andevaluation as the major basis for the

decision on Environmental Compliance

Certificate (ECC) applications.


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Difficulty in SEA

Implementation

Responsibility over programs,plans andpolicy is divided among different

government department/ agencies and

jurisdictions


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Programmatic Compliance for

Co-located Projects

A single EIS may be submitted for a multi-

component program or an Industrial

Development Area (IDA) taking into

consideration all anticipated industrial

activities within a contiguous area.


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Consideration in the Analysis

of ENVIROMENTAL IMPACTS

DIRECT IMPACTS

INDIRECT (including induced) IMPACTS

CUMULATIVE IMPACTS


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Direct Impacts

Pollution due to discharge of waste

streams into air/water/land.

Noise pollution due to emission of sound

from plant activities.Intentional addition of ssubstances such

as pesticides, herbicides etc.

Contamination of physical enviroment dueto accidental release of hazardous

substances or addition resulting from spills

blowouts, explosion.


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INDIRECT AND INDUCED

IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF

CASCADE OF EFFECTS

Enviromental Impact

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