§2214 Miscellaneous Provisions

Summary

Sets up an Interagency Environmental Subcommittee within 60 days after the Revitalization Coordinator is appointed to review environmental paperwork for any Critical Project using the Revitalization Coordinator’s Expedited Permitting Process. The group includes the Revitalization Coordinator and, chosen by the Governor in consultation with the Coordinator, one representative each from the Environmental Quality Board, the Planning Board, the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, and any other Puerto Rico agency the Revitalization Coordinator says is relevant. For activities tied only to a Critical Project, Puerto Rico agencies must act as if the Governor declared an emergency under section 2 of Act 76 (3 L.P.R.A. 1932), and section 12 of Act 76 (3 L.P.R.A. 1942) does not apply. Work needed to finish a Critical Project will keep moving under the Expedited Permitting Process even if the Oversight Board ends. A Critical Project Sponsor can write to the Oversight Board if an agency or the Revitalization Coordinator fails to follow the Expedited Permitting Process. If the Oversight Board agrees, it will order compliance and may enforce under section 2124(l). The Governor must send the Oversight Board any law passed while the Board is operating that might affect the Expedited Permitting Process under section 2144(a); the Board will review such laws and may find them significantly inconsistent with the Fiscal Plan if they harm the process. Agencies may not add optional permit terms that the Revitalization Coordinator says would slow or stop a Critical Project, and the Coordinator can ask agencies to add optional terms that would help the project. All Critical Project reports and any written reasons for approving or denying Critical Project status must be posted online within 5 days of receipt or completion.