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92 OG No. 36, 5673 (September 2, 1996) / (NAR) VOL. 7 NO. 3 / JULY-SEPTEMBER 1996

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 803, June 06, 1996 ]

DECLARING THE CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A GOLF COURSE AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL PROJECT PURSUANT TO PD 1586



WHEREAS, the construction, development, and operation of golf courses may result in the disturbance of the environment and the ecology, utilization of vast amounts of water and other scarce natural resources, withdrawal of lands from agricultural production, application of harmful chemicals and substances, and disposal of waste products into the environment;

WHEREAS, under Section 4 of PD 1586, the President may, by proclamation, declare certain projects, undertakings, or areas in the country as environmentally critical for the purpose of securing an Environmental Compliance Certificate;

WHEREAS, to address the foregoing concerns, all golf-courses projects, regardless of location, should be considered as environmentally critical;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare construction, development, and/or operation of golf courses as an environmentally critical project.

Adopted: 06 June 1996

(SGD.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

(SGD.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary
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