DENR Administrative Order No. 18-93 (1993)

(NAR) VOL. IV NO. 2 / JANUARY - APRIL 1993

[ DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 18-93, April 20, 1993 ]

PRESCRIBING THE REVISED SCHEDULE OF FORESTRY ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 64 of P.D. 705, and Memorandum Circular No. 121 dated 02 November 1990 issued by the President, the following revised schedule of fees pertinent to forestry leases, licenses and permits are hereby prescribed:

A. APPLICATION FEE FOR:

1. Non-timber forest products except P0.20/unit of product measurement but not rattan, gums and resins, beeswax, gutta- less than P250 percha, almaciga resin, and bamboo 2. Forest Products Processing and Utilization i) Inspection of Forest Products P300.00/application ii) Certificate of Registration as poles, piles, log and lumber dealers P500.00/application iii) Wood Processing Plants P500.00/application iv) Rattan manufacturing/processing plant P500.00/application 3. Grazing land P5.00/ha or fraction thereof but not less than P500.00 4. Special use of forest land P300.00/application 5. Mining prospecting P1.00/ha or fraction thereof but not less than P500.00 6. ITP and TF P0.50/ha or fraction thereof but not less than P100.00 B. LICENSE/PERMIT FEE FOR:

1. Forest Products Processing and Utilization:i) Certificate of registration as poles P400.00 and piles, log and lumber dealers ii) Wood Processing Plant Permit to operate regular sawmill and mini-sawmill and resawmill Daily Rated Capacity Below 24 m3 P750.00 24 m3 - 47 m3 P900.00 above 47 m3 P1,000.00 iii) Veneer/Plywood Plants and other wood-based panel plants Annual Log Requirement Below 4,000 cu.m. P1,400.00 4,000 - 7,999 cu.m. 1,800.00 8,000 - 11,999 cu. m. 2,500.00 12,000 - 15,999 cu.m. 2,800.00 16,000 - 19,999 cu.m. 3,400.00 20,000 - 29,999 cu.m. 3,950.00 30,000 - 39,999 cu.m. 4,500.00 40,000 - 49,999 cu.m. 5,650.00 50,000 - 99,999 cu.m. 7,000.00 100,000 cu.m. and above 8,500.00 iv) Wood treating plants operated as P3,000.00 independent units v) Rattan manufacturing/ processing P50.00 for every10,000 authorized plant capitalization

C. PERFORMANCE BONDS (Cash)

1. Timber license agreement including 20% of the total forest charges based on pulpwood AAC granted but not less than P10,000.00 plus reforestation deposit 2. Private Land Timber Permit/ License, P1.00/ cu m based on AAC granted but not Special permits less than P1,000.00 3. Other Forest Products Licenses/Permits i) Firewoods, charcoal and daluru 20% of the forest charges based on AAC but not less than P1,000.00 ii) Rattan poles and splits Twice the value of the forest charges for rattan provided the amount of bond shall not be less than P10,000.00 iii) Other non-timber forest products 20% of the market value but not less than P1,000.004. Wood Processing Plants P600.00/cu.m. based on daily rated capacity but not less than P10,000.00 5. Rattan manufacturing/processing plants P3.00 for every1,000 linear meters but not less than P5,000.00 6. Grazing Land P20.00/ha or a fraction thereof but not less than P3,000.00 7. Gathering and utilization of logging P100.00/cu m but not less than P10, 000.00. wastes In case the required cash bond exceeds P1,000.00, a surety bond may be posted in lieu thereof, provided that the surety bond shall be at least 25% more than the amount or cash bond.

D. SERVICE FEE

1. Survey (delimitation of boundary) fees P50.00/ha but not less than P2,000.00 plus on forest lands subject of application the actual transport cost of the survey team for timber or non-timber forest products from official station to site license.

2. Timber Inventory 5% Intensity P15.00/ha 10% Intensity 25.00/ha 20% Intensity 40.00/ha 100% Intensity 200.00/ha Plus the actual transport cost of the Inventory team from official station of site 3. Identification and tallying of railroad P0.25/tie but not less than P300.00 ties 4. Grading and identification of lumber P13.50/cu m or fraction thereof but not less than P300.00 5. Tallying of lumber P5.00/cu.m. but not less than P300.00 6. Grading, Identification and Scaling of P10.00/cu m or fraction thereof but not less logs than P300.00 7. Inspection and survey fees for grazing P50.00/ha but not less than P2,000.00 lands, agro-industrial estates and for all special forest land uses E. RENTAL 1. Annual rental for special forest land 1 ha. or less – uses except grazing lands P70.00/ha. Over 1 ha. to 5 ha. - P150.00/ha. Over 5 ha. – P250.00/ha.

2. Annual rental per hectare or fraction Climatic Type 1 – thereof, for grazing lands P15.00/ha Climatic Type 2,3,4- P20.00/ha.3. Annual rental for Industrial Tree Plantation, Tree Farm and Rattan plantations 1st - 5th year no rental 6th - 10th year P0.50/ha. 11th year and thereafter P1.00/ha.

F. SILVICULTURAL FEE (Regulatory fines on damaged residual Four (4) times the amount of forest Charges trees) G. OTHERS 1. Oath Fee P30.00/application 2. Appeal Fee a. Grazing P3,000.00/case b. TLA's P5,000.00/case c. Other land users P1,500.00/case 3. Authentication (certified true copy of P30.00/sheet plus documents) P3.00 documentary stamps.

4. Sale of FMB publication (e.g. Phil. at cost Forestry Statistics) If any provision of this Order is declared void or illegal, the remaining provisions thereof which are not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect. This Order amends MAO No. 5, Series of 1980, BFD AO NO. 2, Series of 1985, MAO No. 50, Series of 1986, FAO No. 1, Series of 1984, DAO No. 4, Series Of 1989 and all other related orders, issuances and other rules and regulations which are inconsistent herewith. This Order shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in any newspaper of general circulation. Adopted: 20 Apr. 1993

(Sgd.) ANGEL C. ALCALA Secretary