Section 13Sec./Art. 13

Time Frame. - The mother agencies shall ensure that all actions on applications before it and its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs as well as other entities shall all be released within the time frames stated below: Provided, That the time frame shall be the total number of days for the mother agency and its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs, as a whole to release actions on applications: Provided, further, That the time frame shall be counted from the submission of complete documentary requirements.

(a) The DOE and all its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs: sixty (60) calendar days;

(b) The DAR and all its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs: seventy-five (75) calendar days;

(c) The DA and all its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs: sixty (60) calendar days;

(d) The DENR and all its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, *at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs: one hundred twenty (120) calendar days: Provided, That this time frame excludes the NWRB;

(e) The ERC: sixty (60) calendar days to issue an action on all applications from the submission of all documentary requirements: Provided, That for all quasi-judicial cases, the ERC shall have two hundred seventy (270) calendar days to issue an action from the submission of a valid application;

(f) The system operator: one hundred fifty (150) calendar days;

(g) The NWRB: sixty (60) calendar days;

(h) The market operator: fifteen (15) calendar days;

(i) The Department of Transportation and all its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs: thirty (30) calendar days;

(j) The Philippine National Police: fifteen (15) calendar days;

(k) The Department of Public Works and Highways and all its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs: thirty (30) calendar days;

(l) The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute: fifteen (15) calendar days; and

(m) All other mother agencies and all their respective attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, and GOCCs not expressly stated in this Act but are part of the permitting process of power generation, transmission, or distribution projects: fifteen (15) calendar days.

Failure of the mother agency and its attached bureaus, offices, and agencies, at both the national and local levels, including GOCCs, to release its action on applications duly filed with complete supporting documents within the prescribed time frame shall deem such applications approved: Provided, That this shall not apply to actions by the DENR and ERC on applications by fossil fuel-based technologies such as coal, natural gas, and oil.