Beverly M Abad Enp

A Reference on Philippine Laws for Environmental Planners Beverly M Abad Enp

Foreword + + + + + This is a legal reference book on Philippine laws that are used by Environmental Planners in their practice. The compilers included as much laws as they think are relevant to the Scope of Practice of EnPs, as per Sec. 5 of R. A. 10587 on "plan preparation". NPFPs, RPFPS, PFPPs - "National, Regional or Local development and/or physical framework and comprehensive land use plans."ZOs - "Zoning and related ordinances, codes and other legal issuances, for the development and management, preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, regulation, and control of the environment, including all land, water, air and natural resources."CLUPs/CDPs - Planning and development of a barangay, municipality, city, region, or any portion or combination thereof"; and, MDPs - "Development of a site for a particular need or special purpose, such as economic or ecological zones, tourism development zones, and housing and other estate development projects, including the creation of any other spatial arrangements of buildings, utilities, transport and communications."In Part One of this book, the "Master Summary Matrix, the laws used frequently by EnPs are grouped together into "sectors" or "planning subjects" - such as, "Land Use", "Housing", "Transport", etc. The bulk of the EnP Scope of Practice consists of the formulation of CLUP/ZO/ CDP of cities and municipalities. The HLURB (CLUP/ZO) and the DILG (CDP) guidelines are cited in this reference. The second more important practice of EnPs concerns those defined by environmental laws - under the watch of the DENR, e.g., Philippine Environmental Impact System, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act. Solid Waste Management Act, etc. A third preoccupation of EnPs is the planning of "sectoral programs and projects". Each sector is covered by a law, e.g., a tourism development project must follow the Tourism Act, an Agrarian Reform Community Development Plan - the CARP/DAR law(s), Indigenous Peoples' Development Plan - the IPRA Law. Agricultural projects are guided by the CARP, AFMA/SAFDZ, NPAAD guidelines, etc.; industrial estates/Freeport zones by the EPZA law, protected areas and forestlands by the NIPAS law, Urban Billboards and Signages by the National Building Code, etc..