P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 597
After this act takes effect, no new discharge of sewage, industrial waste or any other refuse, may be made into the waters, except upon specific authorization therefor issued by the Secretary, upon application for the purpose which shall be made according to the regulations the Secretary may prescribe. It shall be unlawful for any person, without having first submitted to the approval of the Secretary plans and other reports, and without having obtained authorization therefor, to construct or install, or in any manner whatever make a discharge to dump or discharge sewage or industrial or any other refuse into the waters, or to change or extend, or to reconstruct, or in any way alter any existing system or part thereof, or to operate a new or already existing system, or one that has been changed, extended, reconstructed or altered without prior authorization.
History —May 1, 1950, No. 142, p. 378, § 7.