The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources is charged with the responsibility of implementing the provisions of this chapter, and is empowered to adopt the rules and regulations he/she deems necessary to comply with this responsibility, pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”. The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources shall draft and approve regulations directed to the protection and preservation of caves, caverns and sinkholes no later than the first (1st) of January of 2009.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 111, p. 384, § 5; Dec. 14, 2007, No. 200, § 1.