P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 8006c
The Solid Waste Authority shall be empowered to foster and develop research initiatives for the identification and design of measures or alternatives that reduce pollutants at their source and for the identification and design of alternatives to reuse and recycle pollutants whose generation cannot be prevented, through its Pollution Prevention Program (P2), in order to comply with the public policy established in this chapter and the regulations adopted by the Environmental Quality Board for the management, treatment, transportation and disposal of pollutants.
The Solid Waste Authority shall also coordinate with all other government agencies and instrumentalities so as to achieve a more efficient cooperation and disclosure of information among the same. Likewise, it shall join efforts with the Office of the Advocate for Small Businesses in the implementation and enforcement of this chapter.
The Environmental Quality Board shall be the agency responsible for seeing to the compliance with operating requirements established by this chapter, insofar as these are compatible with the regulations adopted and administered by the Board.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 416, § 55, eff. 6 months after Sept. 22, 2004.