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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 281 - GRANTING
THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT, DEVELOP,
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE CASECNAN MULTI-PURPOSE IRRIGATION AND POWER
PROJECT LOCATED WITHIN THE CASECNAN RIVER WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE IN
THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VISCAYA AND THE PANTABANGAN-CARRANGLAN WATERSHED
IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA IN CONSONANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OVER THE WATERSHED
UNDER PROCLAMATION NO. 136 AND PROCLAMATION NO. 561, AS AMENDED
WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 136 (11
August 1987) placed the administration, control and management of the
Casecnan River Watershed Forest Reserve under the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, through the Bureau of Forest
Development (now the Forest Management Bureau), in coordination with
the other government agencies, with the objective of maintaining its
usefulness as a source of water for agricultural and other forestry
purposes;
WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 561 (21 May 1987), the improvement and
development of the Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed Reserve Pilot Area
shall be undertaken in specific or cooperative projects by the Bureau
of Forestry (now the Forest Management Bureau), with the cooperation of
the Reforestation Administration, National Waterworks and Sewerage
Authority, National Irrigation Administration, Bureau of Public Works,
National Power Corporation and Bureau of Soils;
WHEREAS, Letter of Instructions No. 1002 (20 March 1980) granted the
National Irrigation Administration Authority to manage, protect,
develop and rehabilitate certain portions of the watershed areas of the
Pantabangan watershed reservation;
WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 192 (10 June 1987), the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources shall be the primary government
agency responsible for the conservation, management, development and
proper use of the country’s environment and natural resources,
including those in reservation and watershed areas;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6978 (24 June 1991) mandates the National
Irrigation Administration to undertake an accelerated program for the
construction of irrigation projects to promote rural development;
WHEREAS, the National Irrigation Administration has reassessed the
diversified uses of the Casecnan River Watershed Forest Reserve and the
Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed in order to optimize the benefits that
can be derived therefrom;
WHEREAS, after careful study, the National Irrigation Administration
has determined the feasibility of implementing the Casecnan
Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project which involves conveying
certain waters in the Casecnan River Watershed Forest Reserve into the
Pantabangan reservoir for the purpose of (i) satisfying the irrigation
requirements of agricultural lands in the Central Luzon Valley, (ii)
producing and supplying electrical energy into the Luzon grid through
the construction, installation and operation of an approximately 140
megawatt capacity power plant, and (iii) increasing the generating
capacities of the existing Pantabangan and Masiway facilities;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 3601, as amended by Presidential Decree No.
552 and Presidential Decree No. 1702, empowers the National Irrigation
Administration to acquire real and personal properties and all
appurtenant rights, easements, concessions and privileges, whether the
same are already devoted to private or public use in connection with
the development of its projects;
WHEREAS, the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project has
been approved as a Build-Operate-Transfer project to be implemented
through the National Irrigation Administration and has been certified
by the National Economic and Development Authority as a “high priority
project”;
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. 11. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 16th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-five.
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