Presidential Decree No. 1586
ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENT STATEMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT RELATED MEASURES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the pursuit of a comprehensive and integrated environmental protection
program necessitates the establishment and institutionalization of a system
whereby the exigencies of socio-economic undertakings can be reconciled with
the requirements of environmental quality;
WHEREAS, the regulatory requirements of Environmental Impact Statements and
Assessments instituted in pursuit of this national environmental protection
program have to be worked into their full regulatory and procedural details in
a manner consistent with the goals of the program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the
SECTION 1. Policy. – It is hereby declared the policy of the State to attain and maintain a rational and orderly balance between socio-economic growth and environmental protection.
SEC. 2. Environmental Impact Statement System. – There is hereby established an Environmental Impact Statement System founded and based on the environmental impact statement required, under Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 1151, of all agencies and instrumentalities of the national government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, as well as private corporations, firms and entities, for every proposed project and undertaking which significantly affect the quality of the environment.
SEC. 3. Determination of Lead Agency. – The Minister of Human Settlements or his designated representative is hereby authorized to name the lead agencies referred to in Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 1151 which shall have jurisdiction to undertake the preparation of the necessary environmental impact statements on declared environmentally critical projects and areas. All Environmental Impact Statements shall be submitted to the National Environmental Protection Council for review and evaluation.
SEC. 4. Presidential Proclamation of Environmentally
Critical Areas and Projects. –
The President of the
For the same purpose as above, the Ministry of Human Settlements shall:
(a) prepare the proper land or water use pattern for said critical project(s) or area(s);
(b) establish ambient environmental quality standards;
(c) develop a program of environmental enhancement or protective measures against calamitous factors such as earthquake, floods, water erosion and others, and
(d) perform such other functions as may directed by the President from time to time.
SEC. 5. Environmentally Non-Critical Projects. – All other projects, undertakings and areas not declared by the President as environmentally critical shall be considered as non-critical and shall not be required to submit an environmental impact statement. The National Environmental Protection Council, thru the Ministry of Human Settlements may however require non-critical projects and undertakings to provide additional environmental safeguards as it may deem necessary.
SEC.
6. Secretariat.
– The
National Environmental
Protection Council is hereby authorized to constitute the necessary secretariat
which will administer the Environmental Impact Statement System and undertake
the processing and evaluation of environmental impact statements.
SEC. 7. Management and Financial Assistance. – The Ministry of Human Settlements is hereby authorized to provide management and financial support to government offices and instrumentalities placed under its supervision pursuant to this Decree financed from its existing appropriation or from budgetary augmentation as the Minister of Human Settlements may deem necessary.
SEC. 8. Rules and Regulations. – The National Environmental Protection Council shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Decree. For this purpose, the National Pollution Control Commission may be availed of as one of its implementing arms, consistent with the powers and responsibilities of the National Pollution Control Commission as provided in Presidential Decree No. 984.
SEC. 9. Penalty for Violation. – Any person, corporation or partnership found violating Section 4 of this Decree, or the terms and conditions in the issuance of the Environmental Compliance Certificate, or of the standards, rules and regulations issued by the National Environmental Protection Council pursuant to this Decree shall be punished by the suspension or cancellation of his/its certificate and/or a fine in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 50,000.000) for every violation thereof, at the discretion of the National Environmental Protection Council.
SEC. 10. Environmental Revolving Fund. – Proceeds from the penalties prescribed in the preceding Section 9 and other penalties imposed by the National Pollution Control Commission as authorized in Presidential Decree No. 984, shall be automatically appropriated into an Environment Revolving Fund hereby created as an exemption to Presidential Decree No. 711 and Presidential Decree No. 1234. The fund shall be used exclusively for the operation of the National Environmental Protection Council and the National Pollution Control Commission in the implementation of this Decree. The rules and regulations for the utilization of this fund shall be formulated by the Ministry of Human Settlements and submitted to the President for approval.
SEC. 11. Repealing Clause. – The Inter-Agency Advisory Council of the National Pollution Control Commission created under Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 984 is hereby abolished and its powers and responsibilities are forthwith delegated and transferred to the control of the National Environmental Protection Council. All other laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SEC.
12. Effectivity
Clause. – This Decree shall
take effect immediately.
Approved, June
11, 1978
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