Processing and Issuance of ECC for Category B Projects
EMB Memorandum Circular No. 009-15, issued on August 4, 2015, mandates that applications for Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECC) for new and single-component Category B projects must be processed and issued online. This initiative aims to enhance transparency by requiring all issued ECCs to be publicly accessible online. Applications for projects involving multiple components or modifications must be submitted manually to the EMB-EIA Central Office. The memorandum takes effect within 48 hours of publication in a widely circulated newspaper.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- EMB Memorandum Circular No. 009-15
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Other Rules and Procedures
- Subcategory
- Environmental Planning and Protection
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 4, 2015
EMB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 009-15
| SUBJECT | : | Processing and Issuance of ECC for Category B Projects |
WHEREAS, EMB Memorandum Circular No. 2015-008, mandated that all applications for Environmental Compliance Certificate for new and single component Category B projects requiring IEE Checklists shall be processed and issued online while all other proposed projects requiring an EIS and IEE for multiple projects and projects with modification shall be filed and processed manually;
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of the ECC online System rests on full disclosure of all ECCs issued in the interest of the public in general;
WHEREAS, in order to effectively establish authenticity of ECCs issued would be, to among others, mandatorily post all ECCs for Category B projects online.
NOW THEREFORE, in order to achieve the foregoing objectives, henceforth, all ECC applications for new and single component Category B shall be processed, issued and posted online otherwise, the same shall be considered null and void;
PROVIDED, that for projects with multiple component and expansion, the application shall be coursed through EMB-EIA Central Office for encoding in the EIA Information System and manual processing otherwise, the same shall likewise be null and void. CAIHTE
This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately within forty-eight (48) hours after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
(SGD.) ATTY. JONAS R. LEONESDENR Undersecretary and
Cite This Law
Processing and Issuance of ECC for Category B Projects, EMB Memorandum Circular No. 009-15, Aug 4, 2015 (Philippines)
Processing and Issuance of ECC for Category B Projects, EMB Memorandum Circular No. 009-15 (Phil. 2015)
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