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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