MINING LAWS

463 Old Mineral Resources Development

Decree of 1974
PD 1251 Mine Waste and Tailings Disposal
PD 1586 Establishment of Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) System
DAO 2003-30 IRR PD 1586
DAO 2000-51 Revised IRR on the EIS System
PD 972 Coal Development Act of 1976
PD 1174
Amendment of Coal Development
Law
PD 87 Oil Exploration and Development Act
Batas Pambansa 265 Prohibiting Extraction of Gravel and
Sand from Beaches
RA 4274 Mining Engineering Law of the
Philippines
RA 7160 Local Government Code of 1995
RA 7586 National Integrated Protected Areas
System Act of 1992
RA 8371 Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of
1997
RA 8558 Act Reducing Retirement Age of
Underground Workers
DAO 2000-14 PH Environmental Partnership
DAO 2007-12 Revised Guidelines for Establishing
the Fiscal Regime of FTAA
DAO 2008-20 Issuance of Mineral Ore Exploration
Permit
EO 270 Omnibus Investment Code
PD 1889 Implementation of the Small Scale
Mining in the Philippines
RA 7076 People's Small-Scale Mining Act of
1991
Royal Decree of 1867 The Spanish Mining Law
CA 137 Mining Act of 1936
PD 463 Mineral Resources Development
Decree of 1974
RA 7942 Philippine Mining Act of 1995
March 3, 1995 The exact date of the approval of R.A.
7942.
Fidel V. Ramos The president of the Philippines who
approved the R.A. 7942.
DAO 96-23 IRR of RA 7942
PD 984 National Pollution Control Decree of
1976
PD 1151 Philippine Environmental Policy
PD 1152 Philippine Environmental Code
 DAO 8749 Clean Air Act
DAO 14 Air Quality Monitoring
RA 9275 Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000
RA 6969 Toxic Substances and Hazardous
and Nuclear Waste Control Act of
1990
Philippine Bill of 1902 Absolute ownership of both surface
and minerals.
quarry permit A document granted to a qualified
person for the extraction and
utilization of Quarry Resources.
P5.00 Occupation fee for exploration permit
per hectare or fraction thereof per
annum.
E.O. 211 Extended the implementing validity of
P.D. 463.
FTAA means Financial or Technical Assistance
Agreement
MPSA means Mineral Production Sharing
Agreement
June 27, 1991 The exact date of the approval of R.A.
7076
DAO No. 96-40 Revised implementing rules and
regulations of R.A. 7942.
5 years The number of years of cost recovery
period
MAO No. MRD 27 Sand and Gravel Law
DAO No. 34 Revised water usage classification
Water Quality criteria.
DAO No. 35 Revised effluent regulators of 1990.
DAO No. 21 Amending the revised rules and
regulations implementing P.D. 1586.
DAO No. 11 Providing for programmatic
compliance procedures within the EIS
System, supplementing DAO No. 21.
DAO No. 14 Revised Air Quality Standards of
1992.
E.O. 226 Omnibus Investment Code of 1987.
Executive Order No. 279 The mining law that immediately
preceded the New Mining Act was...
R.A. 8556 An act reducing the retirement age of
underground mine workers.