[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 409, April 15, 1997 ]

AMENDING SECTION 2 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 374 DATED 15 OCTOBER 1996 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT



I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Section 2 of EO 374 dated 15 October 1996 entitled, œCreating the Presidential Task Force on Water Resources Development and Management , and order the following:

SECTION 1. Section 2 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œSection 2. Composition. The Task Force shall have the following composition:

Chairman

Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Vice-Chairman

Chairman, National Water Resources Board

Members

Secretary, Department of Energy


Secretary, Department of Health


Secretary, Department of Agriculture


Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government


Secretary, Department of Science and Technology


Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority


Secretary General, National Statistics and Coordinating Board


Administrator, MWSS


Administrator, LWUA


Administrator, National Irrigation Administration


President, National Power Corporation


General Manager, Laguna Lake Development Authority


Chief Executive Officer, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board


President, League of Provinces


President, League of Municipalities


Three (3) representatives from the private sector, preferably from the environmentalist, water management and consumer groups to be designated by the Task Force Chairman

SECTION 2. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary