100 OG. No. 37, 6090 (Sept. 13, 2004)
WHEREAS, the President gave instructions to transfer the Chairmanship of the Philippine Task Force on Hazardous Wastes (PTFHW) to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the 4 December 2001 Cabinet meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of E.O. 202 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. Lead Agency for Hazardous Wastes. Hazardous Wastes shall be under the overall program and technical supervision of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The DENR shall be responsible for the formulation of an action plan to include identification of specific responsibilities of concerned agencies, mode of clean-up and restoration operations, funding and financing sources, and turn-over and mainstreaming strategies and other related concerns for the implementation of the action plan.
"SEC. 2. Section 2.1 of Executive Order No. 202 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 2.1. Authority to Create Task Forces. The Secretary, DENR, is authorized to create task forces as necessary to carry out the function of addressing hazardous wastes." SEC. 3. Section 2.2 of Executive Order No. 202 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 2.2. Creation of a Hazardous Wastes Management Office. There is hereby created a Hazardous Wastes Management Office to assist the DENR Secretary."
SEC. 4. Administrative Support. Hazardous Wasted Management Office shall provide administrative and technical secretariat support to the DENR Secretary.
SEC. 5. Section 3 of Executive Order No. 202 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 3. Duties and Functions. The DENR Secretary shall pursue the following duties and functions:
SEC. 6. Section 4 of Executive Order No. 202 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 4. Funding and Operational Requirements. The DENR Secretary shall submit to the Department of Budget and Management its initial operational requirements. Funding for the said initial operational requirements shall be sourced from any appropriate source as may be determined, consistent with budgeting, accounting and auditing rules and regulations."
"SEC 7. Repealing Clause. All other provisions of Executive Order No. 202 dated 18 January 2000 and other executive issuances inconsistent herewith are hereby modified or repealed accordingly.
"SEC 8. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of June in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and four.
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary