RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CASES [A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC]
P ART I RULE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS S ECTION 1. Title .—These Rules shall be known as “ The Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases .” S EC. 2. Scope .—These Rules shall govern the procedure in civil, criminal and special civil actions before the Regional Trial Courts, Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts involving enforcement or violations of environmental and other related laws, rules and regulations such as but not limited to the following: a. Act No. 3572, Prohibition Against Cutting of Tindalo, Akli, and Molave Trees; b. P.D. No. 705, Revised Forestry Code; c. P.D. No. 856, Sanitation Code; d. P.D. No. 979, Marine Pollution Decree; e. P.D. No. 1067, Water Code; f. P.D. No. 1151, Philippine Environmental Policy of 1977; g. P.D. No. 1433, Plant Quarantine Law of 1978; h. P.D. No. 1586, Establishing an Environmental Impact Sta...