Environment Code of Carmen ok’d By Aimee B. Sienes The 16th Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Agusan del Norte recently approved the Environment Code of the municipality of Carmen, this province. Municipal Ordinance No. 01, otherwise known as the Environment Code of Carmen, which was authored by Sangguniang Bayan Member Erma R. Estoque, was passed by the local government of Carmen with the aim of establishing the framework for local government-driven, inter agency and multi-sectoral system of environment management in the municipality. It is also the aim of the municipal government to enhance the use, development and protection of environment that will promote a sustainable ecological development of the people and the communities, as well as to provide for monitoring and reporting on environmental quality on a regular basis to ensure compliance with environmental laws, rules and regulations. In its review conducted by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, chaired by Provincial Board Member Joseph E. Tomaneng, it was found out that the measure has undergone public consultation with the concerned sectors and that it is the policy of the municipal government of Carmen to take on sufficient measure to uphold/protect and preserve its land, mineral, marine, forest and other natural resources and make certain that all rational measures are taken by the municipality and its barangays to care for, bring back and improve the quality of the environment observing the values of sustainable development. The committee believed that the passing of such legislative measure is in line with Section 447 (a) (i) (vi) of the Local Government Code of 1991, providing that “the Sangguniang Bayan, as the legislative body of the municipality, shall enact ordinances xxx Protect the environment and impose appropriate penalties for acts which endanger the environment…,” thus, pushed for its approval.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 06:10:22 +0000
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