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Laura Velez, Chairman
Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board
1375 Ponce De Leon Ave
San Juan, PR 00926
(787) 767-8056 voice
(787) 767-4861 fax
Edwin Irizarry, Secretary of Governing Board
Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board
Apartado 11488 Santurce
San Juan, PR 00910
(787) 767-8056 voice
(787) 767-4861 fax
Javier Velez-Arocho, Secretary, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
PO Box 366147
San Juan, PR 00936
(787) 999-2200 voice
(787) 999-2303 fax
497 employees
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The Environmental Public Policy Act No.9 of June 18, 1970 authorized the Environmental Quality Board to handle all kind of administrative, civil and criminal actions.
The Legal Division has attorneys who are subordinated to the Chairman of the Board and do not report to the Office of the Attorney General.