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