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Agency. The Minister of Human Settlements
Agency. The Minister of Human Settlements
Determination of Lead
Manila Agency. The Minister of Human Settlements
or his designated representative is hereby
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1586 authorized to name the lead agencies referred
to in Section 4 of Presidential Decree No.
ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL 1151 which shall have jurisdiction to
IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM, undertake the preparation of the necessary
INCLUDING OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL environmental impact statements on declared
MANAGEMENT RELATED MEASURES environmentally critical projects and areas. All
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Environmental Impact Statements shall be
submitted to the National Environmental
Protection Council for review and evaluation.
WHEREAS, the pursuit of a comprehensive
and integrated environment protection
program necessitates the establishment and Section 4. Presidential Proclamation of
institutionalization of a system whereby the Environmentally Critical Areas and
exigencies of socio-economic undertakings Projects. The President of the Philippines
can be reconciled with the requirements of may, on his own initiative or upon
environmental quality; recommendation of the National
Environmental Protection Council, by
proclamation declare certain projects,
WHEREAS, the regulatory requirements of
undertakings or areas in the country as
environmental Impact Statements and
environmentally critical. No person,
Assessments instituted in pursuit of this
partnership or corporation shall undertake or
national environmental protection program
operate any such declared environmentally
have to be worked into their full regulatory and
critical project or area without first securing an
procedural details in a manner consistent with
Environmental Compliance Certificate issued
the goals of the program.
by the President or his duly authorized
representative. For the proper management of
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. said critical project or area, the President may
MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by by his proclamation reorganize such
virtue of the powers vested in me by the government offices, agencies, institutions,
Constitution do hereby order and declare: corporations or instrumentalities including the
re-alignment of government personnel, and
Section 1. Policy. It is hereby declared the their specific functions and responsibilities.
policy of the State to attain and maintain a
rational and orderly balance between socio- For the same purpose as above, the Ministry
economic growth and environmental of Human Settlements shall: (a) prepare the
protection. proper land or water use pattern for said
critical project(s) or area (s); (b) establish
Section 2. Environmental Impact Statement ambient environmental quality standards; (c)
System. There is hereby established an develop a program of environmental
Environmental Impact Statement System enhancement or protective measures against
founded and based on the environmental calamituous factors such as earthquake,
impact statement required, under Section 4 of floods, water erosion and others, and (d)
Presidential Decree No. 1151, of all agencies perform such other functions as may be
and instrumentalities of the national directed by the President from time to time.
government, including government-owned or
controlled corporations, as well as private Section 5. Environmentally Non-Critical
corporations, firms and entities, for every Projects. All other projects, undertakings and
proposed project and undertaking which areas not declared by the President as
significantly affect the quality of the environmentally critical shall be considered as
environment. non-critical and shall not be required to submit
an environmental impact statement. The
National Environmental Protection Council, Section 10. Environmental Revolving
thru the Ministry of Human Settlements may Fund. Proceeds from the penalties prescribed
however require non-critical projects and in the preceding Section 9 and other penalties
undertakings to provide additional imposed by the National Pollution Control
environmental safeguards as it may deem Commission as authorized in P.D. 984, shall
necessary. be automatically appropriated into an
Environment Revolving Fund hereby created
Section 6. Secretariat. The National as an exemption to P.D. 711 and P.D. 1234.
Environmental Protection Council is hereby The fund shall be used exclusively for the
authorized to constitute the necessary operation of the National Environmental
secretariat which will administer the Protection Council and the National Pollution
Environmental Impact Statement System and Control Commission in the implementation of
undertake the processing and evaluation of this Decree. The rules and regulations for the
environmental impact statements. utilization of this fund shall be formulated by
the Ministry of Human Settlements and
Section 7. Management and Financial submitted to the President for approval.
Assistance. The Ministry of Human
Settlements is hereby authorized to provide Section 11. Repealing Clause. The Inter-
management and financial support to Agency Advisory Council of the National
government offices and instrumentalities Pollution Control Commission created under
placed under its supervision pursuant to this Section 4 of P.D. 984 is hereby abolished and
Decree financed from its existing its powers and responsibilities are forthwith
appropriation or from budgetary augmentation delegated and transferred to the Control of the
as the Minister of Human Settlements may National Environmental Protection Council.
deem necessary.
All other laws, decrees, executive orders,
Section 8. Rules and Regulations. The rules and regulations inconsistent herewith
National Environmental Protection Council are hereby repealed, amended or modified
shall issue the necessary rules and accordingly.
regulations to implement this Decree. For this
purpose, the National Pollution Control Section 12. Effectivity Clause. This Decree
Commission may be availed of as one of its shall take effect immediately.
implementing arms, consistent with the
powers and responsibilities of the National DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of
Pollution Control Commission as provided in June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
P.D. No. 984. hundred and seventy-eight.