Executive Order No. 409 (1997)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ 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, “Creating 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:

“Section 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