0. Envi Laws Intense and Module 2 RRC

1982 UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

A comprehensive regime of law and order in the world's oceans and seas establishing rules governing all

uses of the oceans and their resources.

1983 – UN World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED)

WCED Report: Our Common Future (1987)

– Sustainable Development is the “Development which meets the needs of the present without

compromising the ability of the future to meet its needs.”

SDG 1

No Poverty

SDG 2

Zero Hunger

SDG 3

Good Health and Well-Being

SDG 4

Quality Education

SDG 5

Gender Equality

SDG 6

Clean Water and Sanitation

SDG 7

Affordable and Clean Energy

SDG 8

Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 9

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

SDG 10

Reduced Inequalities

SDG 11

Sustainable Cities and Communities

SDG 12

Responsible Consumption and Production

SDG 13

Climate Action

SDG 14

Life Below Water

SDG 15

Life on Land

SDG 16

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

SDG 17

Partnerships for the Goals

Executive Orders

Acts of the President providing for rules of a general or permanent character in implementation or execution of constitutional or statutory powers

Administrative Orders

Acts of the President which relate to particular aspects of governmental operations in pursuance of his duties as administrative head

Proclamations

Acts of the President fixing a date or declaring a status or condition of public moment or interest, upon the existence of which the operation of a specific law or regulation is made to depend

Memorandum Orders

Acts of the President on matters of administrative detail or of subordinate or temporary interest which only concern a particular officer or office of the Government

Presidential Decrees

Innovation made by President Ferdinand E. Marcos with the proclamation of Martial Law.

Served to arrogate unto the Chief Executive the lawmaking powers of Congress.

Only President Marcos issued Presidential Decrees.

Republic Acts

A piece of legislation used to create policy in order to carry out the principles of the Constitution.

It is crafted and passed by the Congress of the Philippines and approved by the President of Philippines.

It can only be repealed by a similar act of Congress.

Department Administrative Order (DAO)

An act of a Cabinet or Department Secretary which implements rules pursuant to his/her duties as administrative head of government.

Ordinance

A local law passed by the local legislative body of the province, city, municipality, or barangay and approved by the chief executive officer of the respective entity.

PD 1586 (Establishment of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System)

Declares Environmentally Critical Projects (ECPs) and projects within Environmentally Critical Areas

(ECAs) as projects which require the submission of EIS

The EIS could be an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) or Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)

June 11, 1978

Date Approved PD 1586 (Establishment of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System)

Proclamation 2146

Proclaiming certain areas and types of projects as environmentally critical and within the scope of the

environmental impact statement system established under Presidential Decree No. 1586

– Approved: December 14, 1981

Environmentally Critical Areas

All areas declared by law as national parks, watershed reserves, wildlife preserves and sanctuaries

Environmentally Critical Areas

Areas set aside as aesthetic potential tourist spot

Environmentally Critical Areas

Areas which constitute the habitat for any endangered or threatened species of indigenous Philippine Wildlife (flora and fauna)

Plants

Flora

Animals

Fauna

Indeterminate species

shall refer to plant or animal species which are apparently

endangered but where insufficient data are currently available for a reliable assessment

Threatened species

shall refer to any plant or animal species which is likely to become endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or just a significant portion of its range.

Rare species

shall refer to plant or animal species which are not under immediate threat of extinction but occurs in small numbers.

Endangered species

shall refer to plant or animal species which are actively threatened with extinction and whose survival are unlikely without protective measures.

Environmentally Critical Projects

Heavy Industries

a. Non-ferrous metal industries

i. Classified as large-scale industrial plants

ii. Designated rated capacity equal to or exceeding 30,000 metric tons product

iii. Will process toxic non-ferrous metals such as cadmium, chromium and lead.

b. Iron and steel mills

i. Classified as a large-scale industrial plants

ii. Designed annual rated capacity equal to or exceeding 30,000 metric tons products.

c. Petroleum and petro-chemical industries including oil and gas

i. Classified as large-scale industrial plants

ii. Refineries with designed capacities equal to or exceeding 30,000 barrels of

petroleum per year

iii. Petrochemical industry projects with designed annual rated capacities of 30,000 tons.

d. Smelting plants

i. Classified as large-scale industrial plants

ii. Designed annual rated capacity equal to or exceeding 15,000 metric tons raw

materials; and

iii. Will process toxic non-ferrous metals such as cadmium, chromium and lead.

Resource Extractive Industries

a. Major mining and quarrying projects

b. Forestry projects

i. Logging

ii. Major wood processing projects

iii. Introduction of fauna (exotic-animals) in public/private forests

iv. Forest occupancy

v. Extraction of mangrove products

vi. Grazing

c. Fishery Projects

i. Dikes for fishpond development projects

- utilization of areas equal to or greater than 25 hectares

Infrastructure Projects

a. Major dams

i. with storage volumes equal to or exceeding 20 million cubic meters

b. Major power plants (fossil-fueled, nuclear fueled, hydroelectric or geothermal)

i. with rated capacities equal to or exceeding 10 megawatts

ii. hydroelectric power plants with rated capacities equal to or exceeding 6 megawatts

c. Major reclamation projects

i. which involve the filling or draining of areas equal to or exceeding one (1) hectare

d. Major roads and bridges

Proclamation 803

Declaring the construction, development and operation of a golf course as an environmentally critical project pursuant to PD 1586

Approved: June 6, 1996

CLASS AA

DAO 2016-08 Public Water Supply Class 1 - Intended primarily for waters having watersheds, which are uninhabited and/or otherwise declared as protected areas, and which require only approved disinfection to meet the latest PNSDW

CLASS A

DAO 2016-08

Public Water Supply Class lI - Intended as sources of water supply requiring conventional treatment (coagulation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection) to mect the latest PNSDW

CLASS B

DAO 2016-08

Recreational Water Class I - intended for primary contact recreation (bathing, swimming. etc.)

CLASS C

DAO 2016-08

Fishery Water for the propagation and growth of fish and

other aquatic resources

Recreational Water Class Il - For boating, fishing, or

similar activities

For agriculture, irrigation, and livestock: watering

CLASS D

DAO 2016-08

Navigable Water

CLASS SA

DAO 2016-08

Protected Waters - Waters designated as national or local

marine parks, reserves, sanctuaries, and other areas

established by law (Presidential Proclamation 1801 and

other existing laws), and/or declared as such by

appropriate government agency, LGUs, etc.

Fishery Water Class 1 - Suitable for shellfish harvesting

for direct human consumption

CLASS SB

DAO 2016-08

Fishery Water Class I - Waters suitable for commercial

propagation of shellfish and intended as spawning areas

for milkfish (Chanos chanos) a n d similar species

Tourist Zones - For ecotourism and recreational activities

Recreational Water Class I - Intended for primary contact

recreation (bathing, swimming, skin diving, etc.)

CLASS SC

DAO 2016-08

Fishery Water Class III - For the propagation and growth

of fish and other aquatic resources and intended for

commercial and sustenance fishing

Recreational Water Class ll - For boating, fishing, or

similar activities

Marshy and/or mangrove areas declared as fish and

wildlife sanctuaries

CLASS SD

DAO 2016-08

Navigable Water Marine Water

CLASS AA

DAO 34

Public Water Supply Class I- requires disinfection only

CLASS A

DAO 34

Public Water Supply Class II - requires complete treatment

CLASS B

DAO 34

Recreational Water Class I- Primary Contact Recreation

CLASS C

DAO 34

Recreational Water Class II

Industrial Water Supply Class I

Fishery Water- Propagation and growth of fish

CLASS D

DAO 34

Industrial Water Supply Class Il - cooling

For agriculture, irrigation, livestock watering

Other inland waters

CLASS SA

DAO 34

Water suitable for commercial shellfish - Propagation, survival, harvesting

Tourist Zones & National Marine Parks and Reserves - PD 1801

Coral Reef Parks and Reserves

CLASS SB

DAO 34

Recreational Water Class I

Fishery Water Class I - chanos chanos

CLASS SC

DAO 34

Recreational Water Class I

Fishery Water Class Il

Marshy/Magrove areas declared as fish and wildlife sanctuaries

CLASS SD

DAO 34

Industrial Water Supply Class Il

other coastal and marine waters

DENR Administrative Order No. 34, Series of 1990

Revised Water Usage and Classification/Water Quality Criteria Amending Section Nos. 68 and 69,

Chapter III of the 1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations

– Minimum water quality parameters

 Dissolved Oxygen (DO)

 pH

 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)

 Total Coliform Organisms

DENR Administrative Order No. 35 Series of 1990

Revised the Effluent Regulations of 1990, revising and amending Effluent Regulations of 1982

Known as the Effluent Regulations of 1990

It shall apply to industrial and municipal wastewater effluents

BOD

means a measure of the approximate quantity of dissolved oxygen that will be required by bacteria to stabilize organic matter in wastewater or surface water. It is a semi-quantitative measure of the wastewater organics that are oxidizable by bacteria. It is also a standard test in assessing wastewater strength.

Coastal Water

means an open body of water along the country’s coastline starting from the shoreline (MLLW) and extending outward up to the 200-meter isobath or three-kilometer distance, whichever is farther.

Effluent

is a general term denoting any wastewater, partially or completely treated, or in its natural state, flowing out of a manufacturing plant, industrial plant or treatment plant.

Inland Water

means an interior body of water or watercourse such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, creeks, etc., that has beneficial usage other than public water supply or primary contact recreation. Tidal affected rivers or streams are considered inland waters for purposes of these regulations.

Mixing Zone

is the place where the effluent discharge from a point source mixes with a receiving body of water. The area or extent of the zone shall be determined by the discharger and approved by the Department on a case-to-case basis

Primary Contact Recreation

means any form of recreation, where there is intimate contact of the human body with the water, such as swimming, water skiing, or skin diving.

Protected Water

means a watercourse or a body of water, or any segment thereof, that is classified as a source of public water supply, propagation and harvesting of shellfish for commercial purposes, or spawning areas for Chanoschanos and similar species, or primary contact recreation, or that which is designated by competent government authority or by legislation as tourist zone, national marine park and reserve, including coral reef park and

reserve.

Strong Water

refers to wastewater whose initial BOD value before treatment is equal to or greater than 3,000 mg/L.

130 or 98% removal

Industries producing within 3000 to 10000 mg BOD/L

CLASS C D

200 or 97% removal

Industries producing within 3000 to 10000 mg BOD/L

Class SC SD

600 or 97% removal

Industries producing within 10000 to 30000 mg BOD/L

Class SC SD

200 or 99% removal

Industries producing within 10000 to 30000 mg BOD/L

Class C D

900 or 97% removal

Industries producing morethan 30000 mg BOD/L

Class SC SD

300 or 99% removal

Industries producing morethan 30000 mg BOD/L

Class C D

Visual Comparison Method (Platinum Cobalt Scale)

Color

Use of Mercury-filled Thermometer

Temperature

Glass Electrode Method

pH

Azide Modification (Dilution Technique)

BOD5

Azide Modification (Winkler Method) or Membrane Electrode (DO Meter)

Dissolved Oxygen

Imhoff Cone Method

Settlelable Solids

Gravimetric Method

Total Suspended Solids

Methylene Blue Method (Colorimetric)

Surfactants

Gravimetric Method (Petroleum Ether Extraction) / Sochet

Oil and Grease

Chloroform Extraction Method

Phenolic Substances

Multiple-tube Fermentation Technique or Membrane Filter

Total Coliforms

Multiple-tube Fermentation Technique or Membrane Filter

Fecal Coliforms

Silver Diethyldithiocarbamate Method (Colorimetric)

Arsenic

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (Wet ashing with concentration HNO3 HCI)

Cadmium

Diphenyl Carbazide Colorimetric Method

Chromium

Specific lon Electrode Method

Cyanide

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Lead

Cold Vapor Technique (Mercury Analyzer, AAS)

Mercury Total

Gas Chromatography (ECD)

PCB

Carmine Method

Boron

Gas Chromatography (ECD)

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

Gas Chromatography (FPD)

Organo Phosphorous Compounds

Bruccine Method for Saline Waters, Specific Ion Electrode Method for Fresh Water

Nitrate as Nitrogen

Stannous Chloride Method

Phosphate as Phosphorous

Primary parameters

required minimum water quality parameters to be monitored for each water body