Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection
Letter of Instructions No. 422, issued on July 6, 1976, mandates the creation of an Inter-Agency Committee to address environmental protection in the Philippines. The Department of Natural Resources is tasked with overseeing this committee, which will formulate, implement, and monitor environmental policies and programs. Agencies involved must report their current environmental efforts and submit short- and long-range programs for protection initiatives. The committee is also responsible for assessing agency accomplishments and proposing amendments to existing environmental laws. All relevant agencies are urged to cooperate and assist in these efforts to combat ecological degradation.
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- What is Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection about?
- Letter of Instructions No. 422, issued on July 6, 1976, mandates the creation of an Inter-Agency Committee to address environmental protection in the Philippines. The Department of Natural Resources is tasked with overseeing this committee, which will formulate, implement, and monitor environmental policies and programs. Agencies involved must report their current environmental efforts and submit short- and long-range programs for protection initiatives. The committee is also responsible for assessing agency accomplishments and proposing amendments to existing environmental laws. All relevant agencies are urged to cooperate and assist in these efforts to combat ecological degradation.
- What type of law is Letter of Instructions No. 422?
- Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection (Letter of Instructions No. 422) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection enacted?
- Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection (Letter of Instructions No. 422) was enacted on Jul 6, 1976.
- What is the citation for Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection?
- Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection, Letter of Instructions No. 422, Jul 6, 1976 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 422
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 6, 1976
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 422
| TO | : | The Department of Natural Resources |
| The Department of Agriculture | ||
| The Department of Health | ||
| The Department of Local Government and Community Development | ||
| The Department of Public Highways | ||
| The Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications | ||
| The Department of Education and Culture | ||
| The National Economic and Development Authority | ||
| The Energy Development Board | ||
| The National Pollution Control Commission | ||
| The Philippine Atomic Energy Commission | ||
| The Human Settlements Commission | ||
| The Laguna Lake Development Authority | ||
| The Philippine Council for Agricultural and Resources Research | ||
| The National Housing Authority | ||
| The National Irrigation Administration | ||
| The U.P. Natural Science Research Center | ||
| The Philippine Coast Guard | ||
| The PAGASA |
Pursuant to our desire to prevent the deterioration of environmental quality which induces stress on biological systems and destructions of natural ecosystems with accompanying impoverishment of flora and fauna, and considering that the most serious environmental problem in the country today is the destruction of our natural resources resulting in ecological backlashes, I hereby issue the following orders: aisa dc
1. The Department of Natural Resources is hereby directed to initiate the creation of an Inter-Agency Committee which shall be charged with the formulation, implementation and monitoring of policies and programs relevant to environmental protection. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall oversee and coordinate the activities of all participating government agencies and instrumentalities.
2. Agencies concerned with environmental protection shall report to the Inter-Agency Committee, within fifteen (15) days from the date of the creation of the Inter-Agency Committee, what they have done and are doing to implement the laws, rules and regulations on environmental protection.
3. The Committee shall prepare and submit within one (1) month from its organization the following:
(a) An assessment of the accomplishments and present activities of each concerned agency along the line of environmental protection;
(b) Capsule proposals of such agencies for further programs on environmental protection;
(c) Suggestions regarding amendments to existing laws or regulations relevant to the protection of the environment; and
(d) Monitor to agencies concerned existing laws or regulations on environmental protection.
4. Agencies concerned shall each immediately prepare and submit to the Committee its own short-range program relevant to environmental protection and identify the portions thereof which may be immediately implemented. They shall also study, prepare and submit to the Committee their respective long-range programs on environmental protection.
5. All other agencies which are directly or indirectly involved in environmental protection are hereby directed to extend assistance to the Committee herein created. acd
All concerned are hereby enjoined to act accordingly.
This Letter of Instruction shall take effect immediately. acd
DONE in the City of Manila, this 6th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six. cdt
Cite This Law
Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection, Letter of Instructions No. 422, Jul 6, 1976 (Philippines)
Creation of Inter-Agency Committee to Formulate Policies and Programs Relevant to Environmental Protection, Letter of Instructions No. 422 (Phil. 1976)
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