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Ocober 29, 2006
THE ILOCOS TIMES - NEWS
SP urges DENR to strictly study
mining applications
OWING to several complaints due to the on-going extraction oI mineral reserves in
the province, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has urged the Department oI
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to properly evaluate applications Ior
the exploration and extraction oI minerals to ensure strict compliance to all
environmental saIety measures under Republic Act 7942, or the Philippine Mining
Act oI 1995.
Sponsored by SP member Shirley O. Sin, draIt provincial resolution no. 2006-09-
197 was unanimously passed by the provincial board during its regular session on
October 23 in a move to ensure that mining applicants in the province would strictly
adhere to the governing rules and regulations oI the mining law.
According to the lady lawmaker Irom Laoag City, she was prompted to sponsor the
said resolution due to several complaints coming Irom aIIected local residents,
particularly in Vintar and Pasuquin, where quarrying and mining operations are
currently being undertaken.
Citing an oIIicial complaint Iiled by Vintar Vice Mayor Antonio Foronda, Sin
reported that the local oIIicial has complained about the presence oI gravel and sand
operators in their area without clearances and permits duly approved by the
barangay, municipal and provincial authorities.
SP member AmeurIina A. Respicio also noted several complaints Irom cooperative
groups in Carasi, Ilocos Norte where Rigid Aggregates Mining Corporation has
applied Ior a large-scale iron ore mining operation in Sitio Lammin.
Respicio said the cooperative groups in Carasi were not consulted when Rigid
applied Ior mining extraction in the area. It was also noted in the same complaint that
Rigid is also being accused oI illegally cutting trees in the area.
Several oIIicials and local residents oI Pasuquin, Pinili and Burgos have also Iiled
complaints against mining operators in their localities, saying the applicants have not
complied with all the policies and guidelines oI the saIe mining.
To date, at least three mining companies are currently operating in Ilocos Norte.
These are Rigid, which operates in Carasi; Ilocos Norte Mining Corporation, which
operates in Pinili; and Northern Mining Corporation, which extracts Ieldspar and
silica in Currimao, Pasuquin and Burgos.
Aside Irom passing oI the resolution addressed to DENR Sec. Angelo T. Reyes, SP
member Da Vinci M. Crisostomo, also said a public hearing would be conducted as
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he enjoined the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, DENR, the mining operators and
concerned residents to attend so they could all thresh out the issues and concerns oI
the mining operations.
Crisostomo, who chairs the committee on good government, pointed out that there
is a need to conduct an in-depth investigation oI these issues as it appears Irom the
complaints that mining applicants had not properly consulted with local authorities in
the barangay, municipal and provincial levels.
No schedule however had been set Ior the public hearing.
Leilanie G. Adriano
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