MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 07-2004
IN RE
: USE OF
COCONUT METHYL ESTER (CME) IN THE DIESEL REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURTS
WHEREAS, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
on 9 February 2004 signed Memorandum Circular No. 55 directing all
departments,
bureaus, offices and instrumentalities of the government including
government-owned and controlled corporations to incorporate the use of
one
percent (1%) by volume Coconut Methyl Ester (CME) in their diesel
requirements;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4 of said Memorandum
Circular, the Department of Energy, in consultation with concerned
government
agencies and private entities issued Department Circular No. DC
2004-04-003
dated 29 March 2004 to provide guidelines on the implementation of
Memorandum
Circular No. 55;
WHEREAS, on 27 April 2004, the Honorable Secretary
Vincent
S. Perez, Jr. of the Department of Energy (DOE) requested the Honorable
Chief
Justice to enjoin its various offices to support the program;
WHEREAS, the Court, through the Office of Administrative
Services, has coordinated with the DOE as to the use, supply, mechanics
of
blending of CME with diesel fuel;
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court and collegiate courts under
its
supervision use motor vehicles operating on diesel fuel;
WHEREAS, the use of CME blended with petroleum diesel
fuel
can reduce harmful emission such as carbon particulates and greenhouse
gases
thereby improving air quality and at the same time improving the
performance of
the engines.
NOW, THEREFORE, in compliance with Memorandum Circular
No.
55 and pursuant to the implementing rules and regulations issued by the
DOE:
(A)
The Chief
Administrative Officer of the Supreme Court is hereby directed to
instruct the
Chief, Motorpool Section, Property Division to:
1.
make an
inventory of all motor vehicles of the Court, Including those of the
Presidential Electoral Tribunal, the Philippine Judicial Academy, the
Judicial
and Bar Council and the Office of the Court Administrator, operating on
diesel
fuel;
2.
disseminate
Information to all Chauffeurs/drivers of the aforementioned diesel-fed
vehicles
as to the use of CME;
3.
purchase CME
from authorized dealers for use in all Court's diesel-fed vehicles; and
4.
make,
monthly reports on the use of CME to the Energy Utilization Management
Bureau,
DOE as required in Section 9 of DOE's DC No.-2004-O4-O3.
(B)
The Presiding
Justices of the Court of Appeals, the Sandiganbayan and the Court of
Tax
Appeals shall likewise instruct their respective Chief Administrative
Officer
to direct the Chief of their Motorpool Section, Property Division, to
do the
same as stated in (A) above Insofar as their Courts are concerned.
Further, all officials and employees of the Judiciary who
own
vehicles operating on diesel fuel are hereby enjoined to support the
program on
the use of CME in their diesel requirements.
This Memorandum Circular shall take effect upon its
issuance.
Issued this 23rd day of June 2004.
HILARIO
G. DAVIDE,
JR.
Chief
Justice
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