Quiz 1 Definition of Terms

Question 1

the process of re-establishing vegetation using any kind of plant materials, such as, but not limited to, grasses, shrubs, vines, and/or trees, in a disturbed area where development/construction and utilization activities are temporarily suspended.

Answer 1

Temporary Revegetation

Question 2

rehabilitation undertaken progressively or a staged approach to rehabilitation as mining operations are ongoing.

Answer 2

Progressive Rehabilitation

Question 3

all surface areas where development/ construction and utilization activities are ongoing or have been conducted.

Answer 3

Disturbed Areas

Question 4

the layer of the soil characterized by the presence of soil organic matter and usually darker in color than subsoil with an average depth of 0 to 0.15 meters.

Answer 4

Topsoil

Question 5

all lands exclusively and actually possessed, occupied or utilized by Indigenous Cultural Communities by themselves or through their ancestors in accordance with their customs and traditions since time immemorial, and as may be defined and delineated by law.

Answer 5

Ancestral Lands

Question 6

refers to a yearly environmental management work plan based on the approved environmental protection and enhancement strategy.

Answer 6

Annual Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program (AEPEP)

Question 7

to all waters within the baseline of an archipelago except internal waters such as roadsteads, lakes and rivers.

Answer 7

Archipelagic Sea

Question 8

Built-up Areas

Answer 8

portions of land within the municipality or barangay actually occupied as residential, commercial or industrial areas as embodied in a duly approved land use plan by the appropriate Sanggunian.

Question 9

the applicant’s proof of its community relations which may consist, but is not limited to, sociocultural sensitivity, the character of its past relations with local communities, cultural appropriateness and social acceptability of its resource management strategies: Provided, That this shall not be required in cases where the applicant has no previous community-relations experience in resource use ventures, locally or internationally.

Answer 9

Community Relations Record

Question 10

the wise use and optimum utilization of mineral resources.

Answer 10

Conservation

Question 11

water, sea bottom and substratum measured twenty-four (24) nautical miles seaward from the baseline of the Philippine Archipelago.

Answer 11

Contiguous Zone

Question 12

a drainage area of a river system, lake or water reservoir supporting existing and proposed hydroelectric power, domestic water supply, geothermal power and irrigation works, which needs immediate rehabilitation and protection to minimize soil erosion, improve water yield and prevent possible flooding.

Answer 12

Critical Watershed

Question 13

specific portions of land covered by an existing project of the Department such as, but not limited to, Industrial Forest Management Agreement (IFMA), Community Forest Management Agreement (CFMA), Community Forestry Program (CFP), Forest Land Management Agreement (FLMA) and Integrated Social Forestry Program (ISFP).

Answer 13

DENR Project Area

Question 14

geographic-based instruments for planners and decision-makers, which presents a description of the environmental setting including the state of environmental quality and evaluation of the assimilative capacity of an area.

Answer 14

Ecological Profile or Eco-Profile

Question 15

any wastewater, partially or completely treated, or any waste liquid flowing out of mining operations, wastewater treatment plants or tailings disposal system.

Answer 15

Effluent

Question 16

the physical factors of the total surroundings of human beings, including the land, water, atmosphere, climate, sound, odors, tastes, the biological factors of animals and plants and the social factors of aesthetics. In a broad sense, it shall include the total environment of human beings such as economic, social, cultural, political and historical factors.

Answer 16

Environment

Question 17

a systematic, documented verification process of objectively obtaining and evaluating audit evidence (verifiable information, records or statements of facts) to determine whether or not specified environmental activities, events, conditions, management systems or information about these matters conform with audit criteria (policies, practices, procedures or requirements against which the auditor compares collected audit evidence about the subject matter) and communicating the results of this process to the concerned stakeholders.

Answer 17

Environmental Audit

Question 18

the document issued by the Secretary or the Regional Executive Director certifying that based on the representations of the proponent and the preparers (the proponent’s technical staff or the competent professional group commissioned by the proponent to prepare the EIS and other related documents), as reviewed and validated by the Environmental Impact Assessment Review Committee (EIARC), the proposed project or undertaking will not cause a significant negative environmental impact; that the proponent has complied with all the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment System; and that the proponent is committed to implement its approved Environmental Management Plan in the Environmental Impact Statement or mitigation measures in the Initial Environmental Examination.

Answer 18

Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC)

Question 19

the probable effects or consequences of proposed projects or undertakings on the physical, biological and socioeconomic environment that can be direct or indirect, cumulative and positive or negative.

Answer 19

Environmental Impacts

Question 20

to the process of predicting the likely environmental consequences of implementing projects or undertakings and designing appropriate preventive, mitigating and enhancement measures.

Answer 20

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Question 21

an applicant’s high regard for the environment in its past resource use ventures and proof of its present technical and financial capability to undertake resource protection, restoration and/or rehabilitation of degraded areas and similar activities: Provided, That this shall not be required in cases where the applicant has no previous experience in resource use ventures, locally or internationally.

Answer 21

Environmental Management Record

Question 21

the document(s) of studies on the environmental impacts of a project including the discussions on direct and indirect consequences upon human welfare and ecological and environmental integrity. The EIS may vary from project to project but shall contain in every case all relevant information and details about the proposed project or undertaking, including the environmental impacts of the project and the appropriate mitigating and enhancement measures.

Answer 21

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Question 22

the comprehensive and strategic environmental management plan for the life of the mining project on which AEPEPs are based and implemented to achieve the environmental management objectives, criteria and commitments including protection and rehabilitation of the disturbed environment.

Answer 22

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program (EPEP)

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Environmental Work Program (EWP)

Question 24

the water, sea bottom and subsurface measured from the baseline of the Philippine Archipelago up to two hundred (200) nautical miles offshore.

Answer 24

Exclusive Economic Zone

Question 25

acts or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of Contractor/Permit Holder/Permittee/Lessee including, but not limited to, war, rebellion, insurrection, riots, civil disturbance, blockade, sabotage, embargo, strike, lockout, any dispute with surface owners and other labor disputes, epidemic, earthquake, storm, flood or other adverse weather conditions, explosion, fire, adverse action by Government or by any instrumentality or subdivision thereof, act of God or any public enemy and any cause as herein described over which the affected party has no reasonable control.

Answer 25

Force Majeure

Question 26

forest lands which have been reserved by the President for any specific purpose or purposes pursuant to P.D. No. 705, or by an appropriate law.

Answer 26

Forest Reservations

Question 27

those lands of the public domain which have been the subject of the present system of classification and determined to be needed for forest purposes pursuant to P.D. No. 705.

Answer 27

Forest Reserves or Permanent Forests

Question 28

a group or tribe of indigenous Filipinos who have continuously lived as communities on communally-bounded and defined land since time immemorial and have succeeded in preserving, maintaining and sharing common bonds of languages, customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural traits, and as may be defined and delineated by law.

Answer 28

Indigenous Cultural Community

Question 29

the document required of proponents describing the environmental impact of, and mitigation and enhancement measures for projects or undertakings located in an Environmentally Critical Area (ECA) as listed under Presidential Proclamation No. 2146, Series of 1981, as well as other areas which the President may proclaim as environmentally critical in accordance with Section 4 of P.D. No. 1586.

Answer 29

Initial Environmental Examination (IEE)

Question 30

materials whether solid, liquid or both segregated from the ores during concentration/milling operations which have no present economic value to the generator of the same.

Answer 30

Mill Tailings

Question 31

the process used to repair the impacts of mining on the environment. The long-term objectives of rehabilitation can vary from simply converting an area to a safe and stable condition to restoring the pre-mining conditions as closely as possible with all the area’s environmental values intact and establishing a land use capability that is functional and proximate to the land use prior to the disturbance of the mine area.

Answer 31

Mine Rehabilitation

Question 32

soil and/or rock materials from surface or underground mining operations with no present economic value to the generator of the same.

Answer 32

Mine Waste

Question 33

the water, sea bottom and subsurface from the shore or coastline reckoned from the mean low tide level up to the two hundred (200) nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic Zone.

Answer 33

Offshore

Question 34

the landward side from the mean low tide level, including submerged lands in lakes, rivers and creeks.

Answer 34

Onshore

Question 35

any alteration of the physical, chemical and/or biological properties of any water, air and/or land resources of the Philippines; or any discharge thereto of any liquid, gaseous or solid wastes; or any production of unnecessary noise or any emission of objectionable odor, as will or is likely to create or to render such water, air and land resources harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or which will adversely affect their utilization for domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other legitimate purposes.

Answer 35

Pollution

Question 36

Pollution Control Devices and Facilities

Answer 36

infrastructure, machinery, equipment and/or improvements used for impounding, treating or neutralizing, precipitating, filtering, conveying and cleansing mine industrial waste and tailings, as well as eliminating or reducing hazardous effects of solid particles, chemicals, liquids or other harmful by-products and gases emitted from any facility utilized in mining operations for their disposal.

Question 37

a combination of methods, equipment and manpower used in handling, transporting, disposing and/or impounding mill tailings.

Answer 37

Tailings Disposal System

Question 38

a designated place where the mine waste are accumulated or collected.

Answer 38

Waste Dump

Question 39

the comprehensive five-year plan of the Contractor/Permit Holder/Lessee authorized to conduct actual mining and milling operations towards the sustained improvement in the living standards of the host and neighboring communities by creating responsible, self-reliant and resource-based communities capable of developing, implementing and managing community development programs, projects, and activities in a manner consistent with the principle of people empowerment

Answer 39

Social Development and Management Program (SDMP)