/ MALACANANG MANILA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO, 300 FURTHER STRENGTHENING THE PHILIP- PINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATE- MENT SYSTEM AND CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT OR DENY THE t! GssUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COM- (© PLIANCE CERTIFICATES } Wamngas, Section 4 of Presidential Decree Wo. 1586 establishing the Philippine Envi- Yonmental Impact Statement System em- Sowers the President or his duly authorized WHEREAS, Scction 7 of Executive Order io, 192 providing for the reorganization ‘the Department of Environment, Energy, ii Natural Resources and renaming it as Department of Environment and Natu- il Resources (DENR) vests in the Secreta- of the DENR the authority and respon- ibility to. exercise the mandate of ENR, accomplish its objectives and dis- ge its powers and functions; vWuereas, the Secretary of DENR, as iiter ego of the President, is deemed to have jo implied power to grant or deny the Hasuance of ECCs on behalf of the President; fr WUEREAS, under Scction 21, Chapter 4, Hnitlo XIV, Book IV of Executive Order No. $92, Instituting the Administrative Code of 987, the DENR Regional Offices are re- onsible for inter alia, implementing laws, licies, plans, programs, projects, rules regulations of the DENR to promote the istainability and productivity of natural rrees,- social equity in natural resource ous79—1 utilization and environmental’ protection tin their: respective regions;!\"#4. 01s, 1oufanod. Wnreneas, the DENR Rogidnal Exteutive -- Director, as the highest officer ofthe DENR « each Regional Office, is, directly charged with carrying out said. responsibility;7,26 ‘Now, THEREFORE, “I,' FIDEL' Y President of the Philippines, by vi the powers vested in me.,by, Constitution,” do hereby confirm. the power of the,Secre- tary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources . and,,,,.the, ., DENR Regional Executive “Directors to grant or deny the issuance. of environmentaliseom- plianee certificates (ECCs)Jyiwuit-aiaills his . Administrative’ “Ordéh “shill “Hai effect immediately, soy sof Judiiue -bur Done in the City of Mahilay.this:4thiday, of November, in the year of Out: Lord,.mine- teen hundred and ninety-six. ofit=i: bulhy "(Sgd.) , Fine VepRAMOs President of: athe Phidipy ! ae {Sgd.) Rusen D, Toanss Executive Secretary’ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, No/:802 04: eo te deity Poni PROVIDING THE RULES GOVERNING THE ° ISSUANCE OF .APEC. BUSINESS; VISAS -AND THE CREATION, OF APEC BUSINESS, LANEE ange murat ‘WHEREAS, it is the, declared ,policy,,of, the.” Philippine government to promote trade,and” investment as instruments. of .economi¢ growth and development; -