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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 162 - RESTORING
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND
JURISDICTION, CONTROL, MANAGEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANGAT
WATERSHIELD RESERVATION
WHEREAS, under Executive Order No.
192, dated June 10, 1987, the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources is mandated as the sole agency responsible for the
conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s
natural resources within forest lands, including watershield
reservations;
WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 224, dated July 16, 1987, the
National Power Corporation was vested the complete jurisdiction,
control and regulation of certain watershed areas and reservations
surrounding its powers generating plants, among which is the Angat
Watershed Reservation under Proclamations Nos. 505 and 599;
WHEREAS, watershed areas are critical and essential not only to the
life-span of hydroelectric dams and other water-oriented projects of
the government but also to its flood control and other environmental
and ecological programs;
WHEREAS, the Angat Watershed Reservations is a very important and vital
watershed, considering that it irrigates about twenty (20)
municipalities in the Provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, not to mention
its powers generating capacity in Luzon and as the source of
seventy-five (75%) per cent of the water supply of the entire Metro
Manila;
WHEREAS, the Angat Watershed Reservation needs effective protection,
management, and development in order to sustain its capacity for power
generations, water supply, and irrigation and further enhance its
watershed functions;
WHEREAS, considering its mandate, objectives, and resources, the DENR
is in the best position to implement the policies, plans and programs
on the protection, management, rehabilitation, and development, of
watersheds, such as the Angat Watershed Reservation;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to provide a holistic approach for the
sustainable management and development of the whole Angat Watershed
Reservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order
the following:
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Sec. 7. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety four.
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