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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 898 |
The Minister of Human Settlements (MHS)
The Minister of Energy (ME)
The Minister of Agriculture (MA)
The Minister of Natural Resources (MNR)
The Minister of the Budget (MB)
In order to ensure the effective and coordinated implementation of the program for small catchment basins and impounding reservoirs under the National Infrastructure Program which is envisioned to develop and control water on a small scale for multiple use particularly, flood control, irrigation, water supply, power generation, and erosion control, you are hereby instructed to implement the following:
1.
Establish a Small Water Impounding Management (SWIM) Committee, which
shall be constituted by a top-echelon official each form:
The
Ministry of Public Works Chairman
The Ministry of Human
Settlements Co-Chairman
The Ministry of
Energy Member
The Ministry of Natural
Resources Member
The Ministry of
Agriculture Member
The Ministry of the
Budget Member
2. Establish a SWIM Technical Working Group (TWG) under the MPW which shall be headed by the Chairman, Task Force for Flood Control and Related Activities (TFFCRA) and co-chaired by the Executive Director, National Water Resources Council. Each implementing/cooperating agency, namely, NIA, FSDC, NEA, BS, MPW, BFD, MHS and other agencies concerned, shall assign a senior technical representative/s to the TWG. The TWG shall serve as the technical arm of the SWIM Committee. Specifically, it shall be responsible for the identification of SWIM projects; the conduct of necessary studies, surveys and designs for the projects; the preparation of annual SWIM integrated programs and budgets; and monitoring and coordination of project construction in accordance with the policies, guidelines, and programs adopted by the SWIM Committee. Subject to the approval of the SWIM Committee, the TWG may engage consultants, hire personnel, and grant reimbursement of actual transportation and representation expenses to the officials concerned, pursuant to existing laws, rules and regulations.
3. Pursue, through the SWIM Committee, the construction of SWIM projects by the designated lead implementing and cooperating agencies in accordance with the approval annual SWIM programs and budgets.
4. To ensure the attainment of programs and targets, the Ministry of the Budget shall release the funds for the projects, in accordance with the approved SWIM programs and budgets, to the MPW, care of the TFFCRA, which shall then transfer the funds to the lead implementing and cooperating agencies concerned.
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.
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