MINES AND GEOSCIENCES Sheet1 copy.pdf

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER 

Inventory of Administrative Issuances 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 

MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU 

Date Filed Ref. No. Subject No. Subject Title 

Implementing rules and regulations on processing of 

Date Adopted 

3-Feb-03 03-061 SSS Circular No. 13-A applications for retirement of underground mine 

worker 

An act to recognize, protect and promote the rights of 

indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples, 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Republic Act No. 8371 creating a National Commission on Indigenous 

Peoples, establishing implementing mechanisms, 

appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes 

Establishing safety and exclusion zones for offshore 

natural gas wells, flowlines, platform, pipelines, 

29-Oct-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Proclamation No. 72 

loading buoy and other related facilities for the 

Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power Project over 

certain waters and submerged lands adjacent to, 

Batangas, Mindoro and Palawan 

Declaring the lahar affected rivers and embankment 

areas on the province of Pampanga, Tarlac and 

10-Jul-01 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Proclamation No. 66 Zambales as environmentally critical areas and as 

mineral reservation under the direct supervision and 

control of the DENR 

Excluding a certain area from the operation of 

11-Jan-99 


Proclamation No. 369 dated February 27, 1931, and 

declaring the same as mineral reservation and as 

environmentally critical area 

Revoking Proclamation No. 66, series of 1999 

declaring the lahar-affected rivers and embankment 

25-Nov-02 


areas in the provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and 

Zambales as environmentally critical areas and as 

mineral reservatioon under the direct supervision and 

control of the DENR 

23-Apr-02 

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Exclusion of mineral resource-rich areas of Cagraray 

Date Adopted 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Proclamation No. 1250 Island, Albay from the Bicol Region Tourism Master 

Plan 

Creation of the Diwalwal feasibility study and 

9-Jun-98 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Mines Special Order No. 

4190 

management group in the MGB to provide technical 

assistance to the over-all Diwalwal Technical Working 

group created under the DENR 

15-Aug-02 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Mines Special Order No. 

2002-4196 

Creation of the program steering committee and 

teams for the MGB-CO Greening Program 

26-Jul-02 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Mines Adjudication Board 

Resolution 

Approving the Rules of Pleadings, Practice and 

Procedure 

22-May-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Mines Adjudication Board 

Resolution 

Roving Regional Panel of Arbitrators 6-May-99 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

MGB Memorandum Order 

No. 97-02 

Procedural guidelines for the withdrawal of mining 

applications and relinquishment of areas covered by 

approved mining rights 

21-Oct-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

MGB Memorandum 

Circular No. 98-25 

Acceptance, processing and evaluation of mining 

applications over mineral reservation areas 

7-Jan-98 

3-Feb-03 03-061 



Delegation of authority on the cancellation of mining 

applications 

3-Feb-98 

3-Feb-03 03-061 



Delegation of authority on 

deputation/arrest/confiscations 

10-Dec-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 



Guidelines in the denial of mining applications 

pursuant to DENR Memorandum Orders No. 99-10 

and 2000-03 

18-Dec-00 

3-Feb-03 03-061 



Guidelines and outline/checklist for the preparation of 

an engineering geological and geohazard assessment 

report as per DAO No. 2000-28 

24-Mar-00 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum Clarification on Memorandum Order No. 97-07 11-Sep-97 

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Additional guidelines in the implementation of the 

mandatory September 15, 1997 deadline for the filing 

Date Adopted 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum of mineral agreement applications by holders of valid 

and existing mining claims and lease or quarry 

applications and for other purposes 

Application fee for request of certificates for 

17-Sep-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum environmental management and community relations 

record 

22-Sep-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum MGB Memorandum Order No. 97-02 1-Dec-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum Indigenous Peoples Rights Act 7-Oct-98 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum 

Supplemental guidelines of the Indigenous Peoples 

Rights Act 

10-Nov-98 


Extension of compliance with and other clarifications 

to DENR Memorandum Order No. 99-10 

3-Feb-00 


Clarification on Section 12 of DAO No. 99-57 re: 

Maximum areas for large-scale quarry operations 

28-Feb-00 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum Filing fees for mining applications 6-Mar-00 

3-Feb-03 03-061 MGB Memorandum Amendment fee 13-Apr-00 


Conversion fee of mineral agreement application to 

exploration permit application 

5-May-00 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Memorandum Order No. 

99-34 

Clarificatory guidelines in the implementation of DENR 

Administrative Order No. 96-40 or "Revised IRR of RA 

No. 7942 - Philippine Mining Act of 1995" 

27-Dec-99 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Memorandum Order No. 

460 

Providing for the creation of a task force on Mt. 

Diwalwal 

27-Jan-98 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Joint DENR-DOT 

Memorandum Circular No. 

98-02 

Guidelines for Eco-tourism for development of the 

Philippines 

29-Jun-98 

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Directing all government agencies, instrumentalities, 

LGUs, and GOCCs to include the taxpayer 

Date Adopted 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Executive Order No. 98 identification number (TIN) as part of the essential 

requirements in all applications for a government 

permit, license, clearance, official paper or document 

28-Apr-99 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Executive Order No. 96 

Creating the Atlas Commission and defining its powers 

and functions 

Prescribing time periods for issuance of housing 

18-Apr-02 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Executive Order No. 45 related certifications, clearances and permits, and 

imposing sanctions for failure to observe the same 

Institutionalizing the Philippine Economic- 

Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting 

24-Oct-01 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Executive Order No. 406 (PEENRA) System and creating units within the 

organizational structure of the DENR, NEDA and 

NSCB 

Authorizing the issuance of onshore special mineral 

21-May-97 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Executive Order No. 200 extraction permits to qualified government 

entities/instrumentalities for government projects 

Authorizing the utilization of offshore areas not 

17-Jan-00 


covered by approved mining permits and contracts as 

sources of dredgefill materials for government 

reclamation projects and for other purposes 

Streamlining the rules and procedures on the review 

30-Sep-99 


DOTC-DENR-DA-DILG 

and approval of all contracts of departments, bureaus, 

offices and agencies of the government, including 

GOCCs and their subsidiaries 

27-May-02 

3-Feb-03 03-061 Memorandum of 

Agreement 

3-Feb-98 

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Date Filed Ref. No. Subject No. Subject Title Date Adopted 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

DENR-Province of Rizal- 

PNP Rizal PPO 

Memorandum of 

Agreement 

DENR Special Order No. 

99-983 


99-942 


99-473 


99-461 


99-378 


99-1495 


98-83 

Implementation of DENR Memorandum Order No. 99- 

08 

Amendment to DENR Special Order No. 98-02 

amending Special Order No. 96-1101, further 

amending Special Order No. 95-1585 creating the 

Regional Panel of Arbitrators 

Designation of personnel to the DENR geohazards 

assessment team 

Redefining the functions/assignments of DENR senior 

252 

officials 

Amendment to Special Order No. 97-218 and 98-83 

reconstituting the secretariat support of the Mines 

Adjudication Board 

Creation of a Task Force to inspect the area covered 

by the small scale mining permit of Mati Small Scale 

Miners Association in connection with their application 

for a timber cutting permit 

Reassignment of Regional Directors and OIC- 

Regional Directors of the Mines and Geosciences 

Bureau 

Amendment to Special Order No. 96-874 dated 

September 4, 1996 designating Atty. Danilo D. Luna 

as Chief, MAB Secretariat and additional members to 

the MAB Secretariat as Legal Officers and Technical 

Support 

6-May-99 

10-Aug-99 

3-May-99 

30-Apr-99 

19-Apr-99 

23-Dec-99 

30-Jan-98






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 


2002-660 


2002-638 


2002-619 


2002-102 


2000-961 


2000-928 


2000-915 

DENR Special Order N0. 

99-984 

DENR Memorandum 

Order No. 99-32 



Creation of a special team to evaluate the social and 

environmental implication and sustainability of the 

pebble picking activities in Brgy. Caruan, Pasuquin, 

253 

Ilocos Norte 

Designating Horacio C. Ramos, Director, MGB, as 

Project Director of the Diwalwal Direct State 

Development Project 

20-Aug-02 

19-Aug-02 

Diwalwal Technical Working group 12-Aug-02 

Transfer of the Civil Society Action Network (CSAN) 

Office to the Special Concerns Office (SCO) 

Amending Department Order No. 98-1096, Series of 

1998 re: Creation of the Compostela Valley Provincial 

Mining Regulatory Board pursuant to RA 7076 and RA 

7942 and the IRRs 

Declaration of 12 September 2000 (Tuesday) as the 

"Secretary's Signing Day" and every year thereafter 

whenever practicable 

Creation of a team to conduct reconnaissance survey 

and assessment of priority sites in connection with the 

MGB and ERDB Joint Research Project on 

Rehabilitation of Mining-Affected Lands 

Amending Special Order No. 99-473 re: redefining the 

functions of DENR Senior Officials 

Policy guidelines and standards for mine wastes and 

mill tailings management 

Amending certain provisions of Memorandum Order 

No. 96-04 re: publication and submission to the UP 

Law Center of rules and regulations adopted by the 

Department 

25-Jan-02 

15-Sep-00 

11-Sep-00 

7-Sep-00 

27-Aug-99 

24-Nov-99 

6-Jul-99






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 










order No. 99-03 



Special task force on priority programs and economic 

affairs action plan for the rehabilitation, development, 

protection and maintenance of the Marikina 

Watershed Reservation and the Marikina-Wawa River 

Basin; the creation of task force Marikina Watershed 

Development Center and providing funds for the 

254 

purpose 

Amending Section 4d of Memorandum Order No. 99- 

03 "The procedural guidelines in the processing and 

issuance of special quarry permit and sand and gravel 

permit to extract sand and lahar materials in the 

mineral reservation established and declared under 

Proclamation No. 66 and other lahar-affected areas in 

the Provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales 

Guidelines in the determination of qualified persons for 

mining applications and mining rights 

Rationalization of the mining/quarrying operations in 

Rodriguez and San Mateo, Rizal 

Procedural guidelines in the processing and issuance 

of special quarry permit and sand gravel permit to 

extract sand and lahar materials in the mineral 

reservations established and declared under 

Proclamation No. 66 and other lahar-affected areas in 

the Provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales 

Suspending DENR Memorandum Order No. 98-19 

and directing the enforcement of the Presidential 

Memorandum of September 25, 1998 for the stoppage 

of illegal mining operations in Diwalwal 

17-May-99 

6-Apr-99 

10-Mar-99 

3-Mar-99 

19-Feb-99 

8-Dec-98






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 











Interim authority to transport ores already extracted 

and not included in the Writ of Injunction issued by the 

Court of Appeals in CA-GR SP No. 47293, entitled Mt. 

Diwata Upper Ulip tribal Association, et.al. vs. 

Monkayo Integrated Small-scale Miner's Association 

255 

(MISSMA) 

Moratorium on the acceptance of all new application 

and the approval of all pending applications for sand 

and gravel permits along Lagnas River and its 

tributaries at Sariaya, Quezon 

Amending DENR Memorandum Order No. 98-06 

regarding the moratorium on the acceptance of all new 

applications and the approval of all new mining 

applications and the approval of all pending 

applications for small scale mining permits, quarrying 

permits, mining contracts, agreements and 

corresponding ECCs in the municipality of Rodriguez, 

Province of Rizal 

Moratorium on the acceptance of all new applications 

and the approval of all pending applications for smallscale 

mining permits, quarrying permits, mining 

contracts/agreements, and corresponding ECCs, in 

the municipality of Rodriquez (formerly Montalban), 

Province of Rizal 

Moratorium on all mining and mining-related activities 

in the Diwalwal gold rush area 

2-Dec-98 

11-Aug-98 

7-May-98 

23-Mar-98 

6-Jan-98






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 






Order No. 2002-11 


Order No. 2002-09 


Order No. 2000-03 


Order No. 2000-01 











Guidelines in the implementation of the mandatory 

September 15, 1997 deadline for the filing of mineral 

agreement applications by holders of valid and 

existing mining claims and lease/quarry applications 

and for other purpose 

Policy in rationalizing the Diwalwal gold Rush mining 

256 

operations 

Guidelines in the collection and allocation of share of 

the Natural Resources Development Corporation and 

service fee of service contractors in connection with 

the Diwalwal direct state development project 

Coverage of Administrative Order No. 2002-18 and the 

Diwalwal gold rush area in Mt. Diwata, Monkayo, 

Compostela Valley Province 

Final extension of deadline for compliance with the 

transitory provision of Memorandum Order No. 99-10 

and for other purposes 

Compliance with the transitory provision of DMO No. 

99-10 

27-Aug-97 

24-Jun-97 

16-Sep-02 

14-Aug-02 

3-May-00 

2-Feb-00 

Moratorium on approval of FTAAs 14-Jul-98 

Guidelines in the issuance of area status and 

clearance or consent for mining applications 

Interim guidelines in the processing of mining 

applications consistent with Republic Act No. 8371 

Issuances of free patents, mining concessions, leases 

and certificates of stewardship in areas covered by 

CEZA 

Procedural guidelines in the creation of provincial/city 

mining regulatory boards 

30-Jan-98 

13-Feb-98 

15-Apr-97 

18-Mar-97






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 
















Circular No. 04, s. 2002 

DENR Administrative 








Implementation of EO 103 dividing Region IV into 

Region IV-A and Region IV-B and transferring the 

Province of Aurora to Region III 

257 

20-Aug-02 

Interim guidelines for the designation of an airshed 19-Jun-02 

Initial designation of airshed for Metro Manila 23-Jan-02 

List of classified water bodies in 2001 

List of classified water bodies in 1999 25-Apr-00 

Water quality variance for geothermal exploration 19-Feb-00 

Errata to some provisions of the DENR Memorandum 

Order No. 99-32 on policy guidelines and standards 

for mine wastes and mill tailings management dated 

November 24, 1999 

13-Jan-00 

List of classified water bodies in 2001 24-Jun-02 

Amendments to Department Administrative Order No. 

96-40 or the "Revised IRR of RA No. 7942 - Philippine 

Mining Act of 1995" 

Guidelines establishing the fiscal regime of financial or 

technical assistance agreements 

Submission by subdivision/housing project proponents 

of engineering-structural ecological assessment as 

additional requirement for ECC applications 

Adopting the revised statistical reporting forms and 

amending certain sections of DAO 10, series of 1994 

27-Dec-99 

27-Dec-99 

9-Mar-99






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

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Order No. 2002-35 

Amending DENR Administrative Order No. 98-67 9-Mar-99 

Amendment to Item 1.0 of DAO 97-01 re: Standard 

costs and fees for various services of the MGB relative 

to mining rights 

Chemical control order for cyanide and cyanide 

compounds 

Chemical control order for mercury and mercury 

258 

compounds 

Declaring certain portions of the public forest as 

forestland for permanent forest purposes and as 

alienable or disposable for cropland and other 

purposes, under LC Project No. 39, Malvar and LC 

Project No. 40, Balete, both of Batangas Province 

3-Mar-99 

23-Dec-97 

23-Dec-97 

22-Dec-97 

Small-scale mine safety rules and regulations 11-Sep-97 

Providing for a line organization of the Mines and 

Geosciences Bureau 

Standard costs and fees for various services of the 

Mines and Geosciences Bureau 

Authorizing the Director of Mines and Geosciences 

Bureau to operationalize the interim org. units 

Prescribing a uniform rate for area clearance fees of 

DENR sectors other than the Mines and Geosciences 

Bureau for mining right applications 

Guidelines governing the management of the Diwalwal 

Mining areas and vicinity as mineral reservation and 

environmentally critical area pursuant to Proclamation 

No. 297 and for other purposes 

11-Apr-97 

7-Apr-97 

11-Mar-07 

6-Mar-97 

5-Dec-02






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 


Order No. 2002-34 


Order No. 2002-18 


Order No. 2002-17 


Order No. 2002-16 


Order No. 2002-08 


Order No. 2002-07 


order No. 2002-04 


Order No. 2002-01 

Amendment of DAO No. 98-67 to expand its Section 7 

to include reporting of salt production, sales and 

259 

employment 

Declaring an emergency situation in the Diwalwal Gold 

Rush Area and providing the interim guidelines to 

address the critical environment and social 

consequences therein 

Defining the organizational structure and major 

responsibilities of the EMB as a line Bureau by virtue 

of Section 34 of the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 

(RA 8749) 

DENR-EMB National Environmental User's Fee of 

2002 

Strengthening the coastal environment program (CEP) 

through the establishment of the coastal and marine 

management office (CMMO) as the national 

coordinating office for all coastal marine environment 

activities 

establishment of PENR Office in Ipil, Zamboanga 

Sibugay Province 

Rules and regulations governing the issuance of 

permits for treasure hunting, shipwreck/sunken vessel 

recovery and disposition of recovered 

treasures/valuable cargoes, including hoarded hidden 

treasures 

Amending Section 4 (Program Management) of DAO 

No. 2000-102 re: Establishing the National Support 

Program on Local Environment and Natural 

Resources Planning and Management (ENRPM 

13-3-02 

12-Aug-02 

24-Jul-02 

11-Jul-02 

20-Feb-02 

11-Feb-02 

22-Jan-02 

3-Jan-02






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 


Order No. 2001-35 


Order No. 2001-30 


Order No. 2001-28 


Order No. 2001-27 


Order No. 2001-26 


Order No. 2001-23 


Order No. 2001-17 


Order No. 2000-99 


Order No. 2000-98 


Order No. 2000-83 


Order No. 2000-71 

Guidelines in the declaration and establishment of 

communal extraction area for sand, gravel, ordinary 

earth and/or related materials in each province or 

highly urbanized independent component city for 

housing and/or other personal construction needs 

Institutionalization of an "Adopt a Creek" in the DENR 

260 

Programs 

Implementing rules and regulations on the protection 

and preservation of the environment during VFArelated 

activities in the country 

Amendment to DAO No. 2000-10 re: DENR 

centralized library 

Creation of Civil Society Action Network (CSAN) 

Executive Office 

Amending the guidelines setforth in DAO No. 30, 

series of 1992 and providing for this purpose the 

return to the DENR of devolved survey functions 

20-Dec-01 

5-Nov-01 

12-Oct-01 

11-Oct-01 

5-Oct-01 

29-Aug-01 

Guidelines for delineating/delimiting municipal waters 13-Jun-01 

Amendments to Sections 134-136 of DAO No. 96-40, 

the revised IRR of RA 7942 - Philippine Mining Act of 

1995 

21-Dec-00 

Mine Safety and Health Standards 21-Dec-00 

Guidelines for the management and development of 

small islands, including its coastal areas 

Standard costs and fees for various services of the 

Mines and Geosciences Bureau 

13-Nov-00 

19-9-00






3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

3-Feb-03 03-061 


Order No. 2000-61 


Order No. 2000-39 


Order No. 2000-28 


Order No. 2000-25 


Order No. 2000-16 


Order No. 2000-101 


Order No. 2000-10 

Amendment to DAO No. 99-57 re: Amendments to 

DAO No. 96-40 or the revised IRR of RA No. 7942 - 

261 

Philippine Mining Act of 1995 

Rules and regulations in the issuance of onshore 

special mineral extraction permits (SMEP) to qualified 

government entities/instrumentalities for government 

projects 

Implementing guidelines on engineering geological 

and geohazard assessment as additional requirement 

for ECC applications covering subdivision, housing 

and other land development and infrastructure 

projects 

Implementing rules and regulations on Executive 

Order No. 153 - "Authorizing the utilization of offshore 

areas not covered by approved mining permits and 

contracts as sources of dredgefill materials for 

government reclamation projects and for other 

purposes" 

Rates of fees for certain administrative services 

rendered 

Amendments to the rules and regulations of the 

National Pollution Control Commission (1978) 

incorporating permit regulations governing mine 

wastes and mill tailings storage structure 

25-Jul-00 

3-May-00 

14-Mar-00 

9-Mar-00 

11-Jan-00 

21-Dec-00 

DENR centralized library 1-Feb-00 

Rules of Pleadings, Practice and Procedure before the 

Panel of Arbitrators and the Mines Adjudication Board






Lifting the suspension order of the quarrying operation 

Date Adopted 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

of Huang Construction Corporation at Sta. Barbara, 

Iba, Zambales covered by ISGP No. III-01-97 

8-Mar-99 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

In the matter of temporarily suspending the processing 

of all mining applications covering offshore areas 

262 

24-Mar-99 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

Rules and operating guidelines to implement and 

enforce the safety and exclusion zones established 

under Proclamation No. 72, s. 2001 

In Re: Deputizing General Hermogenes E. Ebdane, 

Jr., Chief, PNP, and other PNP Officers and personnel 

12-Sep-01 

3-Feb-03 03-061 

he may designate under his command to implement 

the DENR stoppage order and other 

instructions/issuances on the Diwalwal gold-rush area 

3-Feb-03 03-061 In Re: Stoppage of the Diwalwal Mining Operations 12-Aug-02 

27-Feb-97 97-067 Republic Act No. 7942 Philippine Mining Act of 1995 

27-Feb-97 97-067 

Administrative Order No. 

96-40 

Revised implementing rules and regulations of 

Republic Act No. 7942 (Philippine Mining Act of 1995) 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 Mines Circular No. MRD-4 

Schedule of charges for the sale of geologic 

quadrangle maps 

Rules and regulations governing the qualifications of 

10-Feb-86 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 Mines Circular No. 30 

mineral land surveyors or geodetic engineers who 

shall be authorized to execute the surveys of mineral 

lands 

7-Jul-67 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 Mines Circular No. 18 

Use of dry seal by Deputy Mineral Land Surveyors 

and submission of specimen signatures 

Rules and regulation implementing the provisions 

1-Apr-59 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-6 particularly Sections 8, 9, & 10 of Presidential Decree 

No. 463 dated May 17, 1994 

2-Aug-74






21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-50 

Additional rules and regulations governing small scale 

mining operations 

Schedule of fees and charges imposed by the Bureau 

20-Jan-87 


of Mines and Geosciences for services rendered to 

the public and for publications and other saleable 

materials 

16-Sep-85 


Amendment to Consolidated Mines Administrative 

Order approved on May 17, 1975 as amended 

Rules and regulations enjoining the use of survey 

5-Mar-85 


computation forms and survey plan tracing cloth form 

of the Bureau of Mines and Geosciences in all mineral 

lands and related surveys 

Amendment to MAO No. 43 - Implementing rules and 

2-Oct-84 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-43-A regulations on the issuance of mineral and mineralbased 

commodity clearances 

28-Feb-85 


Implementing rules and regulations on the issuance of 

mineral and mineral-based commodity clearances 

Amendments to MAO-41 - Rules and regulations 

2-Oct-84 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-41-A governing the granting of small scale mining permit 

under Presidential Decree No. 1899 

Rules and regulations governing the granting small 

10-Aug-84 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-41 scale mining permits under Presidential Decree No. 

1899 

Rules and regulations imposing penalties to 

4-Jun-84 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-38 malpracticing geologic engineers engaged in mineral 

land surveys 

23-Feb-83 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-32 Sales of geologic quadrangle maps 27-Apr-82 

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Amendment to MAO-27, Rules and regulations 

governing the issuance of permits for the taking, 

removal and disposition of ordinary earth, gravel sand, 

Date Adopted 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-27-A pebbles, boulders and other loose or unconsolidated 

material from the beds of seas, lakes, rivers, streams, 

creeks, and other public waters and from public and 

private lands 

Rules and regulation governing the issuance of 

permits for taking, removal and disposition of ordinary 

15-Jan-86 


earth, gravel sand, pebbles, boulders and other loose 

or unconsolidated material from the beds of seas, 

lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, and other public waters 

and from public and private lands 

Amendment to Consolidated Mines Administrative 

7-Nov-80 

21-Mar-90 IPD 108 MAO No. MRD-26 Order approved on May 17, 1975 as amended by 

MAO No. MRD-15 

21-May-80 


Rules and regulations implementing Presidential 

Decree No. Nos. 1151 and 1198 

Rules and regulations implementing Presidential 

5-Oct-78 


Decree No. 1251 imposing fees on operation mining 

companies to compensate for damages as to private 

landowners and for other purposes 

19-May-78 

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