6 To avoid operational gaps, the agencies shall ensure eoordination during the survey activity at the field level in the areas that are near or adjacent to declared AD/AL areas or the contested areas. The concerned DENR and/or DAR technical personnel shall be a mcmber of the NCIP survey team provided that the absence of such personnel after due notice shall not impede the schedule ofthe conduct of the survcy. 9.2 Projection of Survey Plans. Prior to the approval by the NCIP of the original survey plan covering the CADT/CALT application, the NCIP shall furnish the LRA and the concerned Regional Offices ofthe DENR and DAR a certified copy ofthc unapproved survey plan of the AD/AL, with its digital copy and area sheet computation, for projection and vcrification in the Projection Map and Land Classification (LC) Map covering the AD/AL Area. The DENRlLRA, as thc case maybc, shall determine and properly mark on the submitted AD/AL plan the extent of overlap of the AD/AL, to include the following data: titled properties, areas with existing vested and prior rights, previously approved surveys in agricultural alienable and disposable (A and D) lands, including existing resource use instruments (Rills) within forest lands, mineral lands and national parks/protected areas, the extent of the portion of AD/AL within areas classified as TimberlandIForestland, National ParksIProtected Areas, Watershed and Civil-Military Reservations, and proclamations. On the other hand, to ensure that a Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) will not be issued over lands actually, directly and exclusively used for national parks/protected areas, critieal habitat, forest reserves, reforestation, and breeding grounds, watershed and mangroves, the concerned DAR office shall endorse to the concerned DENR Regional Office the survey plan of the land subject to redistribution. The DENR shall project the survey plan on land classification maps to check for overlaps. 9.3 Overlaps with Approved Surveys and Titles within Agricultural/Alienable and Disposable (A and D) Lands. In ease when there are titled properties, areas with existing vested and prior rights, and previously approved surveys (as used in the JAO and in this Circular said approved survey plan refers to those approved prior to October 29, 1997­ Effectivity of Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997) in agricultural/alicnable and disposable (A and D) lands that overlap with the original survey plan of the AD/AL as determined by the LRA, DENR and DAR, the following shall be done: 9.4 9.3.1 A certification shall be issucd by the LRA (Central Office), DENR (Regional LMS) and DAR-PARD stating therein the specifie details of the overlap which include the approved survey number and/or title number ofthe properties involved. The DAR-PARD shall furnish a copy of the certification issued to the concerned DAR Regional Office and the Assistant Secretary for Operations. 9.3.2 Thereafter, the said survey plan together with the agencies' certifications shall be returned to the NCIP for segregation/exclusion of such titled properties or approved survey plans from the survey plan and the technical description of the AD/AL. The agencies shall furnish the NCIP all survey data pertinent to the AD/AL survey plan, free of charge. Overlaps with Existing RUIs Within Forestlands/Timberlands, National ParksIProtected Areas and Mineral Lands. The certifieation shall also state the details of the existing Rills within forestlands/timberlands, national parks/protected areas and mineral lands that overlap within the AD/ALand these shall be indicated on the submitted AD/AL survey plan. 9.5 Issuance of Certification Within Thirty (30) Working Days. In thc absence oftechnical problem (e.g., open polygon and absence off erroneous tie lineltie points), the DAR, DENR and LRA have thirty (30) working days from receipt of said print copy of the original survey plan within which to return the same to the NCIP, together with the required certifIcation or its findings and recommendations, as the case may be, or notify the NCIP of the need for extension of time to comply for another thirty (30) working days, provided that the extension is for reasonable ground. In case a technical problem arises (e.g., open polygon and absence of /erroneous tie lineitie points), the same shall be communicated to the NCIP for a meeting or conference. \r M

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