MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 296, April 24, 2000 ]

DECLARING THE SANTA LUCIA SPRING WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN BARANGAY BALIDBED, MUNICIPALITY OF SALCEDO, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, ISLAND OF LUZON AS A PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS SANTA LUCIA PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Santa Lucia Spring Watershed Forest Reserve consisting of a parcel of land situated in Brgy. Balidbed, Municipality of Salcedo, Province of Ilocos Sur, Island of Luzon as Protected Area under the category of Protected Landscape, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the indigenous peoples as provided for in R. A. No. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in DENR NIPAS Map R1-08:

The Santa Lucia Watershed Forest Reserve begins at T. L. corner 1 on the Map being N 76° 32E, 3470 m. from BLLM No. 1, Municipality of Salcedo (formerly Baugen), Ilocos Sur.

Thence S. 40° 1'59'W. 239.014 m. to point 2;
Thence S. 33° 12'56"E 219.616 m. to point 3;
Thence S. 37° 01'15"W. 368.472 m. to point 4;
Thence S. 10° 54'52"W. 169.342 m. to point 5;
Thence S. 20° 11'15"E. 193.505 m. to point 6;
Thence S. 25° 58'30"W. 225.068 m. to point 7;
Thence S. 57° 6' 3"W. 442.332 m. to point 8;
Thence S. 73° 9'23"W. 189.406 m. to point 9;
Thence S. 45° 3'13"W. 191.224 m. to point 10;
Thence N. 44° 46' 7"W. 194.183 m. to point 11;
Thence N. 66° 45'54"W. 355.773 m. to point 12;
Thence N. 47° 45'58"W. 326.236 m. to point 13;
Thence N. 31° 59'59"E. 231.161 m. to point 14;
Thence N. 7° 5'59"E. 271.015 m. to point 15;
Thence N. 56° 53'59"E. 301.128 m. to point 16;
Thence S. 41° 13'38"E. 259.686 m. to point 17;
Thence S. 81° 13'06"E. 160.260 m. to point 18;
Thence S. 06° 51'03"W. 110.355 m. to point 19;
Thence N. 01° 07'18"E. 230.818 m. to point 20;
Thence N. 11° 50'07"W. 240.717 m. to point 21;
Thence N. 46° 56'19"E. 240.961 m. to point 22;
Thence N. 81° 49'06"E. 160.427 m. to point 23;
Thence N. 25° 47'56"W. 130.287 m. to point 24;
Thence S. 82° 13'00"E. 170.288 m. to point 25;
Thence N. 76° 49'06"E. 210.616 m. to point 26;
Thence N. 88° 48' 3"E. 250.566 m. to point 27;
Thence S. 06° 53'57"W. 189.286 m. to point 28;
Thence S. 76° 13'32"E. 130.167 m. to point 1

to the point of beginning, containing an area of One Hundred Seventy-Four and 1604/100 (174.1604) Hectares, subject to actual ground survey.1aшphi1

These areas shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the DENR and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of APRIL, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary


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