Preamble
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1251, the "Mine Wastes and Tailings Fee" shall accrue to the reserve fund to be used exclusively for payment of damages on lands, agricultural crops and forest products, marine life and aquatic resources, the destruction of infrastructures, and the revegetation and rehabilitation of silted farm lands and other areas devoted to agriculture and fishing caused by pollution due to the operation of mining companies; WHEREAS, the claims for damages caused by pollution are verified in the field by the Staff who render their reports to and are reviewed by the Committee created under the aforesaid Decree; WHEREAS, the Committee and its Staff in the performance of their duties and functions, need field and travel expenses and monthly allowances. WHEREAS, there being no appropriation for the purpose, it is necessary that such amounts should come from the reserve fund; and WHEREAS, in view of damages caused to soils by siltation, there is a need to include the Bureau of Soils as a Member of the Committee; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following;