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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 602
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 602 -
ESTABLISHING OIL POLLUTION OPERATIONS CENTER IN THE PHILIPPINE COAST
GUARD HEADQUARTERS
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WHEREAS,
environmental pollution and contamination are increasing at an alarming
rate;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to prevent, mitigate or eliminate the
increasing damages to marine resources as a result of pollution; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the dangers of major oil spills are increasing with the
increase of the size and number of oil tankers traversing waters close
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WHEREAS, the Philippines is not yet fully prepared to handle major oil
spills which are likely to happen in the future;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order the establishment of a National Operations Center for
Oil Pollution in the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters.
Section 1. Title. — This Decree shall be known as the
National Oil Pollution Operations Center Decree.
Section 2. Assistance from other Agencies. — The
Center may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or
instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need in
the form of personnel, facilities and other resources.
Section 3. Direct Negotiation. — The Philippine Coast
Guard may negotiate directly with local companies which have oil
containment and recovery facilities for the use of such equipment in
combating oil pollution.
Section 4. ASEAN Point of Contact. — The Center shall
be the point of contact with similar national operations centers of
ASEAN member countries and shall cause, when necessary, the immediate
call for assistance from such countries to help contain oil pollution.
The Center shall, similarly, respond to call for assistance by ASEAN
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Section 5. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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