ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND SAFETY Flashcards

Requires:
• private corporations,
• firms or
• entities including agencies and instrumentalities of the
government
to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Environmental Impact Statement

(1) the nature of the project and its potential to cause significant
impacts, and
(2) the sensitivity or vulnerability of environmental resources in
the project area.

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Compliance Certificate

by the DENR/EMB after a positive review of an application

contains specific measures and conditions that the project proponent has to undertake before and during the operation of a project, and in some cases, during the project's abandonment phase to mitigate identified environmental impacts.

Environmental Work Program

Certificate of Environmental Management
and Community Relations Record

proof of satisfactory environmental management and
community relations in its past mineral resource use or
mining-related ventures

the comprehensive and strategic environmental management plan to achieve the environmental management objectives, criteria and commitments including protection and rehabilitation of the disturbed environment

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program

The Contractor shall allocate for its initial environment-related capital expenditures an amount that shall approximate ten
percent (10%) of the total capital/project cost or such other amount depending on the environmental/ geological condition, nature and scale of operations and technology employed.

Annual Environmental Protection and
Enhancement Program

Mine Rehabilitation Fund (MRF)

Mine Waste and Tailings Fees Reserve Fund (MWTF)

Final Mine Rehabilitation/Decommissioning Fund
(FMRDF)

Mine Rehabilitation Fund

Mine Waste and Tailings Fees Reserve Fund

Final Mine Rehabilitation/Decommissioning Fund

established and maintained by each operating Contractor/Permit Holder as a reasonable environmental deposit to ensure availability of funds for the satisfactory compliance with the commitments and performance of the
activities stipulated in the EPEP/AEPEP during specific project phase.

(1) Monitoring Trust Fund

(2) Rehabilitation Cash Fund

Semi-annual
PhP0.05/MT of mine waste produced
• PhP0.10/MT of mill tailings

Final Mine Rehabilitation/Decommissioning Plan

or

Mine Closure Plan

integrated in the EPEP and submitted by Contractors/Permit Holders to the MRF Committee through the Regional Office
and to the CLRF Steering Committee through the Bureau