Every natural or juridical person, including the agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, public and private corporations, municipal corporations, and associations, whose determinations and actions could affect any knoll, doline, sinkhole, cave, underground river, spring, aquifer, or wetland in the karst regions, shall comply with the procedures established under the provisions of Act No. 9 of June 18. 1970, as amended, known as the “Environmental Public Policy Act” and its regulations, and §§ 1143 et seq. of this title, known as the “Act for the Protection and Preservation of Caves, Caverns, and Sinkholes of Puerto Rico”.
History —Aug. 21, 1999, No. 292, § 10.