Section 8Sec./Art. 8

The Protected Area Superintendent Office. There shall be a Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, who shall serve as the chief operating officer of the protected area.

The PASu shall have the following powers and functions:

(1) Prepare the management and successor plans as herein provided;

(2) Serve as the Secretariat for the PAMB with the duty to provide the PAMB with all the information necessary for it to make appropriate decisions when necessary;

(3) Hire, dismiss and supervise the necessary personnel to support operations as the budgets made available by the PAMB may allow;

(4) Establish a productive partnership with local community, including groups interested in the achievement of the goals and objectives of the protected area and in the planning, protection and management thereof;

(5) Develop and implement park information, education and visitor programs;

(6) Enforce the laws, rules and regulations relevant to the protected area and assist in the prosecution of offenses;

(7) Monitor all activities within the protected area for conformity with the management plan;

(8) Perform such other functions as the PAMB may assign;

(9) Implement the plans, programs and resolutions stated in the Management Plan or passed and approved by the PAMB.