P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 1934
A term of ten (10) working days from the moment the corresponding environmental document is filed by the government agency that is responsible therefor is hereby established, to allow the Environmental Quality Board to state its approval or objection pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 9 of June 18, 1970, known as “Environmental Public Policy Act”. This term may be deferred, in order to harmonize it with the factual reality of the probable date of the beginning of the works or the termination of the studies required by the Environmental Quality Board from the appropriate agency. The evaluation of said environmental document shall be carried out by one (1) Interagency Subcommittee on Expedited Environmental Regulations to be created in the Executive Order that declares the emergency, whose representatives shall have the power to evaluate and adjudicate the possible environmental impact that the projects to be developed could have. The corresponding government entity shall present the documents and information related to the evaluation of the environmental documents that are requested. Likewise, the participation on the Interagency Subcommittee could be required of a representative of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, the Puerto Rico Water Company, the Electric Power Authority, and any other agency, public corporation, government instrumentality, and municipality, determined by the Chairman of the Environmental Quality Board.
In extraordinary situations, the majority vote of the Interagency Subcommittee may extend the term to evaluate and adjudicate the possible environmental impacts, up to a period no greater than forty-five (45) days.
History —May 5, 2000, No. 76, § 4.