Amending A.O. No. 248 (February 1, 1996)

July 3, 1996

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 248-A

AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 248, DATED 01 FEBRUARY 1996, CREATING THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL MEASURE COMPONENT OF THE CASECNAN MULTI-PURPOSE IRRIGATION AND POWER PROJECT (SMC-CMPIPP)

WHEREAS, the President issued Administrative Order No. 248 entitled "Providing for the Creation of a Special Task Force to Oversee the Implementation of the Social Measure Component of the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project (SMC-CMPIPP)" which focuses on the Bugkalots of Region II;

WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture (DA) in coordination with other concerned agencies have been constituted as the Casecnan Social Measure Task Force (CSMTF) through a Memorandum from the President dated 01 February 1996 primarily to formulate an implementation plan to prioritize social measures in response to the demands of the Bugkalots Tribe;

WHEREAS, there is need to ensure complementarity of efforts between the two bodies to optimize the utilization and allocation of government resources to effectively address the concerns of the Bugkalot tribes and the communities that may be affected by the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the creation of a Special Task Force to oversee the implementation of the Social Measure Component of the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project (SMC-CMPIPP) with the following amended composition and functions:

SECTION 1. Designation of the Casecnan Social Measure Task Force as Over-All Planning and Coordinating Body. — The Casecnan Social Measure Task Force constituted through a Memorandum dated 1 February 1996 is hereby designated as the over-all planning and coordinating body for the implementation of social measure components for the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMPIPP). It shall be Chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture and shall have as its members the original composition of the CSMTF and, in addition, the chairperson and members of three (3) Technical Working Groups enumerated in Section 2 of this AO.

SECTION 2. Designation of Special Task Force created by AO No. 248 into Technical Working Groups of the Casecnan Social Measure Task Force. — The Special Task Force created in AO No. 248 is hereby reconstituted and designated as the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Casecnan Social Measure Task Force (CSMTF) to address specific concerns of communities affected by the CMPIPP. Three Technical Working Groups shall be formed to address these concern, namely: a) Ancestral Domain; b) Comprehensive Social Services, and c) Ecological Conservations and Other Services. The TWGs shall conduct technical studies and develop recommendations of the implementation of the social measure components for the Casecnan project in Region II, and shall submit quarterly accomplishment reports and other inputs as may be necessary to the CSMTF.

A. Technical Working Group for Ancestral Domain

1. Chairman, Executive Director, Office of Northern Cultural Communities (ONCC);

2. Co-Chairman, Chairman, Regional Development Council, Region II;

3. Regional Executive Director, Development of Environment and Resources (DENR);

4. Regional Director, Department of Agrarian Reform;

5. Representative of the Catholic Clergy, Region II;

6. President, Bugkalot Association on CASECNAN Concerns (BACC);

7. Regional Director, Philippine National Police (PNP);

8 Representative of the Association of Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim Holders

B. Technical Working Group for Social Services

1. Chairman, Regional Director, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD);

2. Regional Director, Department of Educations, Culture and Sports (DECS);

3. Regional Director, Department of Health (DOH);

4. Regional Director, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE);

5. Regional Director, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA);

6. Regional Director, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

7. Chairman, Confederation of Bugkalots of Nueva Viscaya, Quirino and Aurora;

C. Technical Working Group for Ecological Conservation and Other Services

1. Chairman, Regional Executive Director, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR);

2. Regional Director, Department of Agriculture (DA);

3. Regional Director, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH);

4. Representative of the California Energy CASECNAN Water and Energy Co., Inc. (CECWECI);

5. Regional Director, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG);

6. Area Manager, National Power Corporation (NPC);

7. Regional Irrigation Manager, National Irrigation Administration (NIA);

8. Representative of the Christian Alliance for Peace of the Ilongot Area (CAPIA);

The members of the Technical Working Groups shall be entitled to one vote each. Provided, however, that the non-government organizations represented by the Bugkalots shall be composed of four (4) members but with only one vote per organization. cd

SECTION 3. Secretariat. — The Department of Agriculture shall provide the Secretariat for the CSMTF to be headed by an official of the said department.

SECTION 4. Funding. — The funding for the programs, projects and activities that shall be identified in the implementation plan to be formulated by the CSMTF to prioritize the social measure to be undertaken in response to the demands of the Bugkalot Tribes and other affected communities shall come from: (a) appropriations of the agencies whose mandates are consistent with the implementation plan; and (b) annual budget for the CSMTF to be prepared by its Secretariat.

The P30 million provided in AO No. 248 from the President's Contingent Fund, which is allocated for the initial year 1996, shall be released in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the CSMTF Secretariat subject to usual accounting and auditing rules. cdt

SECTION 5. Guidelines. — The CSMTF shall prepare the appropriate guidelines for the project.

SECTION 6. Saving Clause. — All other provisions of Administrative Order No. 248, series of 1996, which are not inconsistent with his Administrative Order shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 7. Effectivity. — This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.