P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 341g
(a) Every person who proposes to construct, establish or install new sources of contamination shall request the approval of the Secretary prior to the commencement of the works. The applicant shall furnish, together with his petition, the plans, specifications and any other information that the Secretary may require through regulation. If within the period of thirty (30) days after receiving the information required, the Secretary determines that the project does not comply with the requirements of law or of the applicable regulations, he shall issue a provisional order prohibiting the construction, installation or establishment of the contamination source. If such order is not issued within the aforementioned period, it shall be understood that the project is in accordance with the law and the applicable regulations.
(b) Any person responsible for a source of contamination existing when this law takes effect shall comply with its provisions within the term of six (6) months, reckoning from the date of its effectiveness, extendable for six (6) additional months through an application to the Secretary and subject to his discretion.
(c) Any officer or employee duly authorized by the Secretary may, upon prior permission of the owner or manager, and at any reasonable time, inspect a location or property on which sources of air contamination have been installed or constructed, or are being installed or constructed, with the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this chapter and the applicable regulations are being complied with. The owner or manager of the location inspected, if so requested, shall receive a report of the facts determined in relation to the fulfillment of the standards in effect.
(d) For the purposes of this chapter, any addition, enlargement, replacement or considerable alteration of a source of air contamination shall be considered as a construction, installation or establishment of a new source of air contamination.
(e) Nothing herein provided shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary to require the use of machinery or equipment of one supplier or manufacturer in particular, if the required levels of operation can be obtained by other machinery or equipment available in the market.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 157, p. 494, § 9, eff. 120 days after June 28, 1968.