EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 342

: The Pollution Research Center is established at Fort Bonifacio.
: The Pollution Research Center shall be manned by representatives from the Pollution Commission, the National Science Development Board, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Department of Public Works and Communications, the Department of Health, and the Department of National Defense, as well as other officials or private citizens designated by the President.
: The Center may call upon any government department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality for assistance in the form of personnel, facilities, and other resources as needed.
: The establishment of the Pollution Research Center is done by virtue of the powers vested in the President of the Philippines by law.
: No, Executive Order No. 342 does not provide specific penalties or sanctions; its purpose is to establish a research center to study pollution and coordinate anti-pollution efforts.
: Yes, private citizens may be designated by the President to be part of the Pollution Research Center.
: The order states that the existing government machinery on anti-pollution was inadequate to cope with the problem of environmental pollution.