Batas Pambansa Blg 265 An Act Prohibiting the extraction of gravel and sand from beaches and

providing penalties

Commonwealth Act 139 Basic Law for Governing Coal Developmen

DAO 2005-08 Proving for New Fees and Changes for various services of MGB

DAO 28 Series of 1992 Guidelines in the Issuance of Special Permits for pebble picking along
beaches

DAO No. 14 Revised Air Quality Standards of 1992

DAO No. 2000-98 Mine Safety and Health Standards

DAO No. 34 Revised Water Usage Classification/Water Quality Criteria

DAO No. 35 Series of 1990 Revision and Amendment of Effluent Regulations of 1982

DAO 97-38 Chemical Control Order For Mercury And Mercury Compounds

EO 226 Omnibus Investment Code 1987

EO 270 National Policy Agenda on Revitalizing Mining in the Philippines

EO 279 Mining Law that Preceded the New Mining Act (DENR MINERAL
AGREEMENT)

MAO No. MRD 27 Sand and Gravel Law

MAO No. MRD 51 Revised Mines Safety Rules and Regulations (Replaced By DAO 2000-98)

PD 1185 For Fire Protection, All Existing Provisions of the Fire Code of the
Philippines shall be followed

PD 1251 Mine Waster and Tailings Disposal

PD 512 Governing Law on Surface Rights and compensation to damages

Phil. Bill of 1902 Absolute Ownership of both Surface and Minerals

RA 4274 Mining Engineering Law in the Philippines

RA 6969 Toxic Substances, Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1995

RA 7160 Local Government Code of 1991

RA 7638 DOE Act of 1992

RA 8371 Indigenous Peoples Right Act

RA 8558 Act Reduciing Age of Retirement of the Underground Mine Workers

RA 8981 PRC Modernization Act

RA 9275 The Philippine Clean Water Act

RA 8749 Clean Air Act of the Philippines

RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act

RA 7076 June 27 1991

RA 7076 People's Small Scale Mining Act of 1991

PD 1899 Establishing Small Scale as a new Dimension in Mineral Development

DAO 34 Series of 1992 Rules and Regulations to Implement RA 7076

DAO No. 2015-03 Revised IRR of RA 7076

Memorandum Circular No. MRD-2 series of 1985 Implementing Guidelines for Small Scale Mining
Operations

MAO No. MRD -50 Series of 1987 Additional Rules and Regulations Governing
Small Scale Mining Operations

DAO 5 Series of 1989 Rules and Regulations Governing the Granting of Processor's Permit
related to Small Scale Mining

Administrative Order No. 97-30 Small Scale Mine Safety Rules and Regulations

MAO No. MRD-41 Series of 1984 Rules and Regulations Governing the Granting of Small Scale
Mining Permits under PD 1899

MAO No. MRD-41-A Series of 1984 Ammendment

MRDB Administrative Order No. 3 Series of 1984 Rules and Regulations Governing the Granting
of Small Scale Mining Permits Covering Areas of
Mineral Reservation

MRDB Administrative Order No. 3-A Series of 1987 Ammendment

RA 7942 March 3 1995

RA 7942 Philippine Mining Act of 1995

DAO 95-23 IRR of RA 7942

DAO 96-40 Revised IRR of RA 7942

DAO 2005-07 Amendments to Chapter XVIII of DAO 96-40

PD 972 Coal Development Act of the Philippines

PD 1172 Amendment

PD 1586 Establishing an EIS System

DAO No. 1992-21 Amending the Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing PD 1586

DAO 2003-30 Implementing Rules and Regulations of PD 1586

DAO No. 11 Providing for Programmatic Compliance Procedures w/ in the EIS System

DAO No. 96-37 Revising DAO No 21 Series of 1992 to Further Strengthen the Implementation of EIS
System

PD 463 Mineral Resources Development Decree of 1974

EO 211 Extended Validity of PD 463

Proclamation No. 216 is the 2017 proclamation of martial law and suspension of the privilege of the writ
of habeas corpus in the whole of Mindanao, issued by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on May 23,
2017

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 25. CHANGING THE NAME OF BENHAMRISE TO PHILIPPINE RISE"

DAO 2017-10 BANNING THE OPEN PIT METHOD OF MINING FOR COPPER, GOLD, SILVER AND
COMPLEX ORES IN THE COUNTRY

DAO 2017-05 GUIDELINES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIOCHAR PROGRAM

DAO 2017-07 MANDATING MINING CONTRACTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PHILIPPINE EXTRACTIVE

INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE (PH-EITI)