PCSD RESOLUTION NO. 17-579

“APPROVING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CATEGORIZATION OF PROJECTS IN THE REVISED PCSD ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 06, SERIES OF 2014”

WHEREAS, R.A. 7611, otherwise known as the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan, took effect on 19 June 1992 section 6 of which provides that the SEP shall serve as the framework to guide the government agencies concerned in the formulation of plans, programs and projects affecting the environment and natural resources of Palawan;

WHEREAS, Section 2 thereof declares the policy of the State to protect, develop and conserve its natural resources towards which, it shall assist and support the implementation of plans, programs and projects formulated to preserve and enhance the environment, and at the same time pursue the socioeconomic development goals of the country; that it shall support and promote the sustainable development goals for the provinces through proper conservation, utilization and development of natural resources to provide optimum yields on a continuing basis;

WHEREAS, this same law provides that the SEP shall have, as its general philosophy, the sustainable development of Palawan, which is the improvement in the quality of life of its people in the present and future generations through the use of complementary activities of development and conservation that protect life-support ecosystems and rehabilitate exploited areas to allow upcoming generations to sustain development growth;

WHEREAS, Section 16 of the same law provides that the governance, implementation and policy direction of the SEP shall be exercised by the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD);

WHEREAS, Sections 7 to 11 of said Act provides for the establishment of an Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN), the main strategy of SEP, which is a graded system of protection and development control over the whole of Palawan, including its tribal lands, forests, mines, agricultural areas, settlement areas, small islands, mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds and the surrounding sea;

WHEREAS, Section 19 of the same Act empowers the Council to formulate plans and policies as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the SEP, as well as to adopt, amend and rescind such rules and regulations and impose penalties therefor, for the effective implementation thereof and to perform such other powers and functions as may be necessary in carrying out its functions, powers, and the provisions of the SEP law;

            WHEREAS, to ensure the attainment of the present goals and objectives, the PCSD promulgated in February 2000 the PCSD Administrative Order No. 06 or the Revised Guidelines in the Implementation of SEP Clearance System, which was amended in 2002 and 2008, and further revised in October 24, 2014;

            WHEREAS, in order to implement a policy instrument that is responsive to the public demand to fast track the approval process for the issuance of SEP Clearance, there is a need to periodically update the categorization of projects as provided under PCSD Administrative Order No. 06, series of 2014;

WHEREAS, upon the instructions of the PCSD, the technical Staff conducted a review of the 2014 project categorization and presented the proposed amendments during the 227^th, 229^th and 230^thCouncil meetings wherein the proposed amendments were exhaustivelydeliberated;

WHEREAS,in today’s meeting, the Staff presented again the final amendments for the Council’s final reviewand approval, to wit;

NO.	ACTIVITIES	A (PCSD)	B (EB)	C (EXEMPTED)	D (ED)
1	Agricultural Plantation	Above 50 ha	11 ha  up to 50 ha	10 ha and below
2	Airports, Airstrips, Helipads
3	Cemetery
4	Cutting of planted trees
5	Private land Timber Permit
6	Reforestation Projects				Exotic species,     Species covered by Wildlife Act (RA 9147)
7	Tree plantation   (located in A&D, titled land/tax declaration, Private undertaking without agreement from the government)	Above 10 hectares		10 hectares below
8	Facilities for Barangay Micro-Business Enterprises (BMBE) Projects
9	Food preservation
10	Funeral parlors, crematorium, columbarium
11	Garment manufacturing
12	Golf Course Projects
13	Grazing Projects	50 hectares and above		Below 50 hectares under the management of a Cooperative for livelihood purposes
14	Institutional and Other related facilities and structures		If intended for medical and laboratory purposes	If intended for educational  or religious purposes and not the ownership
15	Land Transport Terminal (for buses, jeepneys and other modes of transportation
16	Landfills
17	Organic compost
18	Other watershed support activities
19	Pedestrian overpass
20	Poultry and Livestock farms		1,000 heads of birds and *above, or     6 heads of pigs and *above	Less than 1,000 heads of birds or     5 heads of pigs and below
21	Preventive or proactive measures against potential natural hazards   (engineering structures)
22	Public Markets/ Supermarkets		* If project exceeds 1 ha floor area.	If project does not exceed 1 ha floor area including parking
23	Reclamation Projects
24	Fuel Refilling Station projects, Gasoline refilling Station projects
25	Residential Houses, Commercial Buildings, Motels, Hotels, Condominium/ Apartelles	Multi-level restaurants	Hotels Motels, Condominiums, Apartelles, and                                              Single-floor restaurants exceeding 1,000 square meter floor area.	1. Residential Houses   2. Commercial Buildings (below 1,000sq.m. floor area) 3. Lodging Houses (w/ 10 rooms or 1,000 sq.m, floor area, whichever is lower) 4. Small Restaurants below 1,000 square meter floor area.
26	Fast Food/ Restaurant Projects
27	Rice or Corn mills
28	Road Projects	Pilot roads or new openings	Generally involves all types of road construction and projects (Ex: elevated roads, fly-over, tunnels, private roads, farm to market roads, etc.)	1. Bridges of not more than 80 linear meters 2. Road Rehabilitation Projects
29	Storage Facilities	If involves toxic or hazardous materials; combustible/ flammable materials (ex. Fuel depot)		If involves non-toxic or non-hazardous materials;  non-combustible/non-flammable materials
30	Telecommunications Projects/ Facilities			If located in Coastal-Marine Multiple Use Zone/ General Use Zone	If located in the Restricted Use Zone
31	Traditional Use of Tribal Communities
32	Agricultural Processing Facility
33	Animal Products Processing (Ex: fish/meat processing, canning, slaughterhouse)		***
34	Coconut processing plants	Large Scale	Medium Scale	Small Scale
35	Fruit, vegetable and +other food processing industries
36	Cement and Ceramic Industries
37	Leather and related industries
38	Manufacture of agrichemicals     + Fertilizer-making	Use of inorganic materials	Use of organic materials	Production of dehydrated lime under Cooperative for agricultural and environmental pollution control purposes
39	Manufacture of explosives, propellants, toxic chemical agents and industrial gases
40	Manufacture of glass-based, metal-based, paper and plastic-based products
41	Manufacturing, processing, storage and/or use of substances included in Petroleum Oil Lubricants (POL)
42	Mineral or Ore Processing
43	Petroleum and Petrochemical  Industry Projects
44	Pharmaceutical Industries
45	Bioprospecting		*
46	Refineries
47	Surface coating Industries
48	Textile, Wood, Rubber Industries
49	Community based forest management agreement
50	Forest Land Use Agreement for Tourism Purposes (FLAgT), FLAg and SUP
51	SAPA (Special Agreement on Protected Areas)
52	Industrial Forest Management Agreement/     +Industrial Tree Plantation
53	Socialized Industrial Forest Management Agreement (SIFMA)
54	Special Land Use Permit (SLUP)
55	Coral creation/ transplantation and artificial reef
56	Fishery Aquaculture Projects
57	Pearl Farms
58	Cottage Industry
59	Harvesting of NTFPs			Indigenous People (IPs)
60	Non-timber forest products utilization/   projects
61	Flowers/ Ornamentals Production/ Landscaping
62	Pottery Projects
63	Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facility
64	Sewage and sewerage system
65	Ecotourism activities cited in PCSD Resolution 06-270
66	Other Tourism and Leisure Projects/ Activities
67	Soft-impact recreational activities (restricted zones)
68	Theme parks	Large Scale eg. Ocean Parks, Disney Land	Medium and Small Scale   eg. Astoria Water Park
69	Resorts and other similar facilities	Adjacent to mangrove areas
70	Zipline, canopy walks and other similar projects		If project is located in Terrestrial Multiple Use Zone and Terrestrial Traditional/ Controlled Use Zones		If project is located in Restricted Use Zone
71	Extraction of oil and gas (on-shore and off-shore)
72	Extraction of Ores
73	LPG Distribution Store
74	Sari-sari stores
75	Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility
76	Industrial and Hospital Waste Treatment Facility
77	Hospitals	Tertiary	Secondary		Primary
78	OPD Clinics
79	Hydropower facilities	**
80	Thermal power plants     Geothermal
81	Impounding System
82	Flood Control Project			+
83	Irrigation System	**
84	Renewable Energy Projects		*Plantation,                Biomass and Biogas Projects     (If located in Terrestrial Multiple Use Zones, Terrestrial Traditional/ Controlled Use Zone, Coastal-Marine Multiple/ General Use Zone and Coastal Marine Buffer Zone)		If located in Restricted Use Zone
85	Waste-to-energy projects
86	Ports and Harbors	1.   Generally involves all types of port and harbor projects     2.   Concrete platforms **   3.   Fish landing (stilt type), floating/movable/ not permanently anchored platforms ***   4.   If located in coastal salvage/ easement/ foreshore zone****
87	Quarry	1.    Generally all activities (Ex: limestone, mountain and sand) River, Beach and Off-shore Quarry **    2.    Involves Pebble Picking (non-mechanized, of limited volume, for local consumption)***	Quarry for Government Projects	Collection of dehydrated limestone for agricultural use of farmers in Palawan
88	Research				*Natural Resource and Genetics Researches     *Research without collection and extraction
89	Shipyard	**
90	Subdivision, Housing Projects, Resettlement projects, Economic and Socialized Housing project	***			LGU resettlement projects
91	Water Supply Systems	**
92	Economic Zones
93	Batching Plant	One year and above in the area,     Use of asphalt	Less than one year in the area
94	Crushing Plant	One year and above in the area	Less than one year in the area
	Legend:   ****from Category D ***from Category C **from Category B * from Category A +from other item

WHEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and on motion duly seconded, the Council resolves to approve, as it is herebyAPPROVEDthe above-stated amendments to the categorization of projects in the revised PCSD Administrative Order No. 06, series of 2014;

RESOLVED FURTHER, that a copy of this resolution be furnished the concerned agencies and parties for information and guidance;

RESOLVEDFINALLY, that a copy of this resolution be publishedin a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Palawanand likewise be deposited at the Office of National Administrative Register at the UP Law Center, Diliman, Quezon City;

RESOLVED AND ADOPTED this 23^rd day of February 2017 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

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I hereby certify that the above-quoted resolution has been duly adopted by the PCSD on the 23^rd day of February 2017 in Puerto Princesa City.

NELSON P. DEVANADERA

Secretary

ATTESTED BY:

VICTORINO DENNIS M. SOCRATES

Vice-Chair, PCSD