P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 9012f
The Management Office shall carry out its operations by using a computerized information system, whereby: (a) applicants may submit all required documents in electronic format, so as to provide prompt and reliable services; (b) the Executive Director may follow up on any transactions or applications before the consideration of the Permit Management Office; (c) the public may access the information contained in the digitized system over the Internet, in connection with matters before the consideration of the Permit Management Office, including all determinations and recommendations on which the Executive Director has given notice; and (d) permit managers may access necessary information to discharge their obligations under this chapter. Such information system shall incorporate such database as necessary for permit managers, Permit Officers, and the Director of the Environmental Compliance Evaluation Division to conduct the corresponding analysis of the permit applications and to be able to issue their recommendations. Such recommendations shall assist the Executive Director and the Adjudicatory Board in issuing their final determinations. As for authorized professionals and municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy, they shall be able to use the information system to issue final determinations and permits under such conditions as established in the Joint Permit Regulation. Furthermore, such information system may be used by the Reviewing Board as a database on the adjudicatory process governing final determinations. Such computerized system shall comply with the applicable legal provisions relative to public documents and electronic signatures, as well as with any other applicable law and regulation. Administrative records on matters before the consideration of the Permit Management Office shall be available for public inspection at the Office proper or at its regional offices during regular business hours. The Permit Management Office shall establish, by means of clear and streamlined operational guidelines, any internal mechanisms in connection with the transaction of evaluations to issue final determinations and permits under its jurisdiction, and develop any such strategies as necessary and conducive to the active incorporation of the use of telecommunications and information technologies into the operations of the Permit Management Office. Such information system shall be simultaneously implemented at the aforementioned Permit Management Office.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.7.