Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73not60

§2215 Federal Agency Requirements

Title 48 › Chapter 20— PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › Subchapter V— PUERTO RICO INFRASTRUCTURE REVITALIZATION › § 2215

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal agencies involved with Puerto Rico projects must name a contact within 30 days after the Revitalization Coordinator asks. For Critical Projects applying for federal grants, loans, or loan guarantees, that contact and the Coordinator must work together to speed reviews under the Expedited Permitting Process, but those deadlines are not binding.

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Title 48, §2215

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(a)At the request of the Revitalization Coordinator and within 30 days of receiving such a request, each Federal agency with jurisdiction over the permitting, or administrative or environmental review of private or public projects in Puerto Rico, shall name a Point of Contact who will serve as that agency’s liaison with the Revitalization Coordinator.

(b)For each Critical Project with a pending or potential Federal grant, loan, or loan guarantee application, the Revitalization Coordinator and the relevant Point of Contact shall cooperate with each other to ensure expeditious review of such application.

(c)All reviews conducted and actions taken by any Federal agency relating to a Critical Project shall be expedited in a manner consistent with completion of the necessary reviews and approvals by the deadlines under the Expedited Permitting Process, but in no way shall the deadlines established through the Expedited Permitting Process be binding on any Federal agency.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 505 of Pub. L. 114–187. Subsec. (d) of section 505 of Pub. L. 114–187 amended section 1492a of this title.

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48 U.S.C. § 2215

Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60