P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 167d
The Department may carry out inspections of the cement manufactured in Puerto Rico without previous notice. To such ends, a Department official shall appear at the manufacturing plants and take samples, as established in the ASTM Standards Manual, specification C-138. These samples shall be divided into [six] (6) parts, and the procedure to be followed shall be that established in subsection (d) of § 167c of this title, with the exception that the results shall be delivered to the manufacturing company whose cement was analyzed. When dealing with imported cement, every importer shall inform the Department of the arrival of every shipment of any type of cement to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico at least five (5) working days prior to the arrival thereof. It shall be divided into six (6) parts. Three (3) parts of the sample shall be withheld by the importer to perform the corresponding analyses or tests, the fourth part shall be sent by the Department to an independent laboratory, and the fifth and sixth parts shall be withheld by the Department in the case it should be necessary to perform additional analyses.
The Department may also take samples from any sack of cement of each brand that is sold in hardware stores or any other type of business where cement is sold in sacks. At least once every six (6) months, in January and July of each year, the Department shall publish in two (2) newspapers of general circulation a certificate of compliance with the standards of the tests performed on the cement of every brand that is sold in the local market. This publication may be included in the publications required in subsection (c) of § 167e of this title.
History —Sept. 17, 2001, No. 132, § 8, eff. 60 days after Sept. 17, 2001.