EISS

Document issued by the DENR Secretary, as reviewed by the EIARC, stating that the proposed project will not cause a significant negative environmental impact.

• Environmental Compliance Certificate

• Certificate of Non-Coverage

• Permit To Operate Air Pollution Sources

A certification issued by the EMB certifying that, based on the submitted project description, the project is not covered by the EIS System

• Environmental Compliance Certificate

• Certificate of Non-Coverage

• Permit To Operate Air Pollution Sources

Area delineated as environmentally sensitive such that significant environmental impacts are expected if certain types of projects are located in it

• Environmentally Critical Area

• Non-Environmentally Critical Area

• Buffer Zone

Process that involves evaluating/predicting the likely impacts of a project on the environment during construction, commissioning, operation, and abandonment

• Ecological Site Assessment

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Feasibility Study

A project or program that has high potential for significant negative environmental impact

• Environmentally Critical Project

• Non-Environmentally Critical Project

• Enhancement Project

Body of independent technical experts and professionals of known probity from various fields organized by the EMB to evaluate the EIS

• EIA Preparers

• Environmental Impact Assessment Consultants

• Environmental Impact Assessment Review Committee

Community-based multi-sectoral team organized for the purpose of monitoring the proponent’s compliance with ECC conditions, and others.

• Technical Working Group

• Multipartite Monitoring Team

• Environment Committee

Fund that a proponent shall set up after an ECC is issued for its project or undertaking, to be used to support the activities of the MMT

• Environmental Guarantee Fund

• Environmental Critical Fund

• Environmental Monitoring Fund

Fund to be set up by the proponent which shall be readily accessible for the immediate rehab of areas affected as a direct consequence of the project.

• Environmental Guarantee Fund

• Environmental Critical Fund

• Environmental Monitoring Fund

Encompasses the surrounding air, water (both ground and surface), land, flora, fauna, humans, and their interrelations

• Environment

• Nature

• Earth