environmental professional
Resume:
RÉSUMÉ of ROMEO L. BAYLE
ADDRESS: BLOCK 57 LOT 6, MISA DE GALLO ST., LAGRO SUBD., BRGY. GREATER LAGRO, QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES 1118
PHONE: +63-920-***-****
EMAIL: **************@*****.***
EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Geography, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, graduated April 16, 2000
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business, University of the Philippines at Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines, April 25, 1981
Graduate Diploma Course in Astronomy, Rizal Technological University, City of Mandaluyong, Philippines, graduated May 13, 2016
EIA preparer/ researcher/independent technical contractor
Accredited Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Preparer / Environment Professional; issuer Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)/Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Certificate No. 98- EMB-B2RLB0159, year issued 1998
1.As contracted accredited EIA preparer, carry out the following: environmental and social impact assessment (EIA) works in accordance with Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System (Presidential Decree [P.D.] No. 1586), including the Revised Procedural Manual for DENR Administrative Order No. 30 Series of 2003 (DAO 03-30), q.v. Implementing Rules and Regulations of said P.D. No. 1586;
2.Project research & development;
3. Project design & management;
4.Project monitoring & evaluation;
5.On-site & in-person team support & collaboration; and
6.Formal reporting & documentation functions.
In collaboration with Philippine and expatriate expert teams, Renewable Energy projects prepared/implemented/monitored & evaluated in line with in line with R.A. No. 9513 otherwise known as the “Renewable Energy Act of 2008” and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) “Power Development Plan 2009 - 2030”, all during the PRE-COVID-19 PERIOD:
SOLAR ENERGY
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT OR PROJECT: Spearheading the project development of the El Nido Solar Energy Pilot Project (ENSOLAR), a joint undertaking of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) & the Instituto de Promoción y Apoyo al Desarrollo (IPADE) -- supported by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo (AECID)
LOCATION: Barangays Aberawan, Bagumbayan & 11 outlying non-electrified island barangays, El Nido Municipality, Palawan Province
YEAR: 06.1996 ~ 06.1997
CLIENT: Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) & Instituto de Promoción y Apoyo al Desarrollo (IPADE) -- supported by Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo (AECID) plus PRRM-organized Solar Energy Consumers’ Organizations (SECOs) cum initial batch of 300 participating households of Barangays Aberawan & Bagumbayan, El Nido, Palawan Province
MAIN PROJECT FEATURES: Two-year project intended to demonstrate the technical, economic & environmental soundness of harnessing, utilizing & managing renewable, non-conventional & affordable alternative energy for rural electricity requirements of small communities situated in far-flung areas, q.v. the community-managed photo-voltaic solar energy & power-development mechanisms/solar home systems (SHS).
Majority of target/participating households of the ENSOLAR belong to the Tagbanwa & Cuyunon ethnic groups who are dependent on subsistence fishing, farming & tourism, El Nido being a popular diving location. Edible nest-gathering is also an economic activity, although it is seasonal. Local farm produce include coconuts, cashew, banana, mango & “palay” lowland paddy rice (subspecies Oryza sativa indica), respectively. The SECOs were intended to tap the local economic potential of the initial 12 barangays of El Nido Municipality.
POSITIONS HELD: R & D lead person
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Field work, pro-forma EIA/IEE baseline information gathering & community profiling/situation analysis of target 14 barangays – requirements for project design and elaboration & formal submission to prospective donor agencies.
WIND ENERGY
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT OR PROJECT: IEE of Northern Luzon UPC Asia Corporation (NLUPCAC) 44 MW wind energy project Specification of wind turbine generators (WTGs): Vestas V80 2.0MW turbine
LOCATION: Barangay Buduan, Burgos, Ilocos Norte Province
YEAR: 2010 - 2011
CLIENT: Northern Luzon UPC Asia Corporation (NLUPCAC)
MAIN PROJECT FEATURES: Proponent’s area of competence entails the development, implementation & management of wind energy projects worldwide & focuses its Philippine wind energy undertakings in Ilocos Norte Province where the most favourable wind conditions in our country exists based on in situ wind resource assessment and research. In this regard, its renewable energy strategy comprising a pre-development stage & development/commercial stage respectively, requires this IEE preparation (focus on socio-economics & social acceptability), among others.
POSITION HELD: EIA/IEE preparer
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Field work in general project area (255 ha). Collaborated in preparing/presenting the IEE & worked for the approval/issuance by the EMB Region 1 Office – ECC.
Ex-ante environmental impact & social assessment/initial environmental examination (EIA/IEE) reports of proposed environmentally critical projects (ECP) or undertakings on environmentally critical areas (ECA), inclusive of baseline studies & geographic information systems/global positioning system (GIS/GPS)-anchored thematic & topographic mapping inputs, culminating in approval/issuance of corresponding environmental compliance certificate (ECC);
Community relations program focusing on livelihood projects & micro-enterprises, social services as well as information, education & communication (IEC) activities, including climate change mitigation & adaptation (CCA) cum disaster risk reduction & management (DRR) for host communities of projects requiring EIA.
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT OR PROJECT: IEE of Northern Luzon UPC Asia Corporation (NLUPCAC) 90 MW wind energy project. Specification of wind turbine generators (WTGs): Vestas V80 2.0MW turbine
LOCATION: Barangay Bayog, Burgos, Ilocos Norte Province YEAR: 2010 - 2011
CLIENT: Northern Luzon UPC Asia Corporation (NLUPCAC)
MAIN PROJECT FEATURES: Proponent’s area of competence entails the development, implementation & management of wind energy projects worldwide & focuses its Philippine wind energy undertakings in Ilocos Norte Province where the most favourable wind conditions in our country exists. In this regard, its renewable energy strategy comprising a pre-development stage & development/commercial stage respectively, requires this IEE preparation (focus on socio-economics & social acceptability), among others.
POSITION HELD: EIA/IEE preparer
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Field work in general project area (636 ha). Collaborated in preparing/presenting the IEE & worked for the approval/issuance by the EMB Region 1 Office – ECC
Ex-ante environmental impact & social assessment/initial environmental examination (EIA/IEE) reports of proposed environmentally critical projects (ECP) or undertakings on environmentally critical areas (ECA), inclusive of baseline studies & geographic information systems/global positioning system (GIS/GPS)-anchored thematic & topographic mapping inputs, culminating in approval/issuance of corresponding environmental compliance certificate (ECC);
Community relations program focusing on livelihood projects & micro-enterprises, social services as well as information, education & communication (IEC) activities, including climate change mitigation & adaptation (CCA) cum disaster risk reduction & management (DRR) for host communities of projects requiring EIA.
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT OR PROJECT: IEE of NLUPC 80 MW wind energy project. Specification of wind turbine generators (WTGs): Vestas V80 2.0MW turbine
LOCATION: Barangays Caparispisan and Balaoi, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte Province YEAR: 2008 - 2009
CLIENT: Northern Luzon UPC Asia Corporation (NLUPCAC)
MAIN PROJECT FEATURES: Proponent’s area of competence entails the development, implementation & management of wind energy projects worldwide & focuses its Philippine wind energy undertakings in Ilocos Norte Province where the most favourable wind conditions in our country exists. In this regard, its renewable energy strategy comprising a pre-development stage & development/commercial stage respectively, requires this IEE preparation (focus on socio-economics & social acceptability), among others.
POSITION HELD: EIA/IEE preparer
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Field work in general project area (902 ha). Collaborated in preparing/presenting the IEE & worked for the approval/issuance by the EMB Region 1 Office – ECC.
Ex-ante environmental impact & social assessment/initial environmental examination (EIA/IEE) reports of proposed environmentally critical projects (ECP) or undertakings on environmentally critical areas (ECA), inclusive of baseline studies & geographic information systems/global positioning system (GIS/GPS)-anchored thematic & topographic mapping inputs, culminating in approval/issuance of corresponding environmental compliance certificate (ECC);
Community relations program focusing on livelihood projects & micro-enterprises, social services as well as information, education & communication (IEC) activities, including climate change mitigation & adaptation (CCA) cum disaster risk reduction & management (DRR) for host communities of projects requiring EIA.
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT OR PROJECT: Comprehensive Development and Management Plan (CDMP) Wind Energy Project (Forestland Lease Agreement [FLAg] No. 01-2009 & 02-2009)
LOCATION: Barangays Caparispisan & Balaoi, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte Province
YEAR: 2010-2011
CLIENT: Northern Luzon UPC Asia Corporation (NLUPCAC)
MAIN PROJECT FEATURES: Proponent’s area of competence entails the development, implementation & management of wind energy projects worldwide & focuses its Philippine wind energy undertakings in Ilocos Norte Province where the most favourable wind conditions in our country exist.
Mandatory CDMP in the context/purview of: project rationale, objectives, area description, implementation strategy (q.v. pre-development stage, development stage & community relations program), project timetable, organization and management & financial aspects.
POSITION HELD: CDMP co-preparer
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Field work (902 ha.) & complete staff work in CDMP preparation, packaging, submission, presentation, procedural & substantive reviews & facilitation of approval thereof.
NB: Special attention to subsistence farming/ fisher folk households of above-cited host communities, particularly dependent upon the municipal waters along Bangui Bay & Pasaleng Bay facing the Babuyan Channel for the gathering & marketing of edible seaweeds (algae spp.) namely “ar-arusip” [Caulerpa lentillifera]; “gam-gamet” [Ulva lactuca]; & “pukpuklo” [Codium edule].
BIOMASS ENERGY
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT OR PROJECT: Assistance in Integrated Forest Management Agreements (IFMAs) Operations
["An Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) is a production sharing contract entered into by and between the DENR & a qualified applicant wherein the DENR grants to the latter the exclusive right to develop, manage, protect & utilize a specified area of forestland & forest resources therein for a period of 25 years & may be renewed for another 25-year period, consistent with the principle of sustainable development & in accordance with an approved Comprehensive Development & Management Plan (CDMP), & under which both parties share in its produce.”]
LOCATION: Dinalungan, Casiguran & Dilasag, Aurora Province YEAR: 2014-2015
CLIENT: Industries Development Corporation (IDC), including its social development arm Environment and Livelihood Development Foundation (ELDF)
MAIN PROJECT FEATURES: Prepared & expedited the processing of three-year forest protection plans (CY 2014 - 2016) of 3 Integrated Forest Management Agreements (IFMAs), namely, IFMA No. 014, IFMA No. 2001-06 & IFMA No. 2001-07, with a combined area of 80,308 hectares in Dinalungan, Casiguran & Dilasag, Aurora (that partly constitute the home-grounds of the northern Sierra Madre Dumagat indigenous peoples) -- all held by IDC -- duly approved by DENR Region 3 Office, among others;
POSITIONS HELD: Agriculturist; Research & development (R & D) lead person; & Quality assurance & quality control (QA/QC) lead person
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: Field works in general area (80,308 ha) & complete staff work in FPP preparation, packaging, submission, presentation, procedural & substantive reviews & facilitation of approvals thereof
Set up multiple experimental plots for short-rotation coppice forest tree species (Eucalyptus camaldulensis [bagras]; Gliricidia sepium [“kakawate”]; Gmelina arborea [yemane]; & Leucaena leucocephala [ “ipil-ipil”] etc.) planted at Barangay Dimaseset, Dilasag, Aurora Province for 100 ha biomass plantation project to supply base load fuel requirements of 2 MW gasifier plant to be established at Barangay Esperanza, Dilasag, Aurora Province.
Related and Relevant Environmental Works in Present Covid-19 Period:
NAME OF ASSIGNMENT OR PROJECT: Healthy Oceans and Clean Cities Initiative Philippines (HOCCI)
LOCATION: Manila YEAR: 08 09.2021
CLIENT: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Philippines
MAIN PROJECT FEATURES: Healthy Oceans and Clean Cities Initiative Philippines (HOCCI) - a one-year project with the goal of helping local governments and communities in the Philippines reduce marine plastic pollution, in support of the implementation of the National Plan of Action on Marine Litter (NPOA-ML); seeks to address fundamental issues of plastic waste leakages to marine environment at each target city, with different priority activities depending on the local context; harnesses circular economy and reduce-reuse-recycle (3Rs) approaches to reduce marine plastic waste pollution, as an integral part of an overall solid waste management (SWM) program.
POSITION HELD: Senior assistant - Solid waste management [Individual contractor]
NAME OF ASSIGNMENTS OR PROJECTS: Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (IDRR-CCA) Measures In Low-Lying Areas of Pampanga Bay Project, subjected to revalidation of ECC Ref. No. RO3 – 1201 -0033, as amended [Environmental and Social Safeguard] under Department of Public Works and Highways [DPWH]
EIA project-related technical documentation, q.v. preparation of & submission to incumbent Principal Consultant IDRR-CCA Project of the new/proposed Macabebe Desilting Project 2020’s Initial Environmental Examination Report (IEER) Work Plan and Cost Estimate, incl. Indicative IEER Project Work Outline for Achieving the Deliverables
LOCATION: Low-lying & flood-prone areas of Pampanga Delta & Bay, Municipalities of Macabebe, Masantol, Minalin, San Simon & Sto. Tomas, respectively (general project area 28,035 ha) – all in Pampanga Province
YEAR: 07.2019 10.2020
CLIENT: Department of Public Works and Highways [DPWH] -- supported by the Export-Import Bank of Korea & Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) Republic of Korea
POSITION HELD: Environmental researcher (affiliated with Carlomagno T. Castillo, Jr. & Associates Environmental Consultants under contract with DPWH ).
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