Pursuant to the provisions of EO 192 which grants authority to the DENR Secretary to promulgate rules and regulation for sustainable development and management of forest resources, the provisions of DENR Administrative Order No. 98-24 (Manual of Approvals) relative to the authority to issue cutting permits for PLTP and SPLTP is hereby suspended while such is being studied. For this purpose, all cutting permit applications under the PLTP and SPLTP shall be processed and approved at the DENR Central Office units subject to the volume limit as enumerated below:

1. Application for cutting permits covering up to 200 cu.m. per applicant per year shall be approved by the Undersecretary for Field Operations.

2. Application for cutting permits covering more than 200 cu.m. per applicant per year shall be approved by the Secretary.

All other provisions of AO No. 90-26 as amended by AO No. 90-79, MC No. 90-22, MC Nos. 92-19, 93-18, 94-09, 95-10 and other related issuance shall remain in force.

Adopted: 30 Oct. 1998

(SGD.) ANTONIO H. CERILLES
Secretary