Question & AnswerQ&A (DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2000-61)
The title is "Amendment to Department Administrative Order No. 99-57, Entitled 'Amendments to DAO No. 96-40 or the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7942, Otherwise Known as the 'Philippine Mining Act of 1995'".
It is amending the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7942, known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995.
Section 12 of DAO No. 99-57 is amended.
The amendment provides regulations on the extraction, removal, disposal, and utilization of quarry, sand and gravel, guano, and gemstone resources on private and/or public lands.
Any Qualified Person may apply for a Mineral Agreement for large-scale quarry operations involving cement raw materials, marble, granite, sand and gravel, and construction aggregates.
For individuals, the maximum is twenty (20) hectares; for corporations, partnerships, associations, or cooperatives, the maximum is fifty (50) hectares.
For individuals, fifty (50) hectares; for corporations, partnerships, associations, or cooperatives, one hundred (100) hectares.
For individuals, five hundred (500) hectares; for corporations, partnerships, associations, or cooperatives, one thousand (1,000) hectares.
1. For sand and gravel, each additional final mining area requires approval by any two concerned Sanggunian in the form of a formal Resolution. 2. Each final mining area must be covered by a Declaration of Mining Project Feasibility supported by a Mining Project Feasibility Study, Development/Utilization Work Program, and application for survey. 3. The aggregate of the final mining areas for all Mineral Agreements held or applied for must not exceed the maxima set under Section 33 of DAO No. 96-40, as amended.
A final mining area is the contract area or portion(s) thereof, properly delineated and surveyed by the mining applicant or Contractor for development and actual quarrying/mining operation, including sites for support and ancillary facilities.
Large-scale quarry operations during the Development/Construction/Operating Period must involve mechanized operations and comply with the specified maximum final mining areas.
The Order took effect immediately upon adoption on July 25, 2000.