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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 223 - VESTING
ON THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (PNOC) THE JURISDICTION,
CONTROL, MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND REHABILITATION OVER
THE WATERSHED AREAS OF GEOTHERMAL RESERVATIONS WHERE PNOC HAS
GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS, PLANTS, AND PROPERTIES
WHEREAS,
indigenous geothermal resource is an energy alternative that can
provide a principal energy supply to boost the country’s
economy;
WHEREAS, the Government has declared some geothermal rich areas of the
country as geothermal reservations under the jurisdiction and control
of the Office of Energy Affairs (OEA) through the National Power
Corporation (NPC) pursuant to Presidential Decree 1515 and 1749;
WHEREAS, PNOC has substantially invested in the development of the
Tongonan, Palinpinon and Bacon-Manito geothermal fields and presently
supplies geothermal steam to the geothermal power plants in Tongonan
and Palinpinon;
WHEREAS, being a major developer of this vital energy alternatives, it
is the inherent responsibility of PNOC to protect and manage the
watershed areas surrounding the geothermal resource to ensure the
sustained steam supply to government power plants;
WHEREAS, PNOC was deputized by OEA under MOE Order 83-06-15 in
conjunction with P.D. 1749 to undertake the management, protection,
development and rehabilitation of the watershed areas of Tongonan,
Palinpinon, and Bacon-Manito Geothermal Reservations;
WHEREAS, PNOC has in place an efficient logistics network and an
established and qualified watershed management body currently
undertaking the protection, rehabilitation, and development of these
reservations;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby direct:
Section 1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Sec. 2.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 16th day of July, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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