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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 442 - CREATING
THE AGNO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO OVERSEE AND COORDINATE
ALL DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES ALONG THE AGNO RIVER BASIN
WHEREAS,
the Agno River is the lifeblood of a great part of Northern Luzon
providing a major portion of all water usage in Region I and the
Cordillera Administrative Region;
WHEREAS, the Agno River basin is the 5th largest river basin in the
country whose upland watersheds and vast alluvial plain are surrounded
by mountain ranges belonging to the Cordillera Mountains, the Zambales
and Mariveles mountains;
WHEREAS, the river basin, which covers principally the provinces of
Pangasinan and Benguet, is the area’s food and fiber basket, and is
considered one of the richest ecosystems in the country;
WHEREAS, the river today faces imminent threat of destruction caused
by, among others, soil-erosion, river siltation, and sedimentation,
thus putting in direct danger the basin’s resources;
WHEREAS, the preliminary quantified evidence of accelerated sediment
yield following the 1990 Luzon earthquake provides justification for
placing high-priority to mitigation projects and programs;
WHEREAS, the recent Agno River Siltation Study indicates the need to
create a body that will coordinate all phases of planning, design,
construction, and implementation of various siltation mitigation
projects as well as other development undertakings of various
government agencies, including local government units, non-government
organizations and the private sector;
WHEREAS, the most appropriate geographical entity for the wholistic
approach in water resources planning and management is an inter-agency
Commission for the development of the Agno River basin;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order the following:
Section 1.
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The members may designate their permanent representatives to the Commission.
The Commission shall have an Executive Director with the rank of Undersecretary, who shall manage its day-to-day operations. He shall be appointed by the President and shall serve in a full-time capacity.
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Sec. 7. Since 19.07.98.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of September in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-seven.
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