The processing of the application before the Tivives Protective Zone of the Central Pacific Conservation Area of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) shall be the following:
a- Once the application is received, the Administration of the Tivives Protective Zone shall proceed with the verification of the requirements indicated in article 3 of this Regulation.
b- The administrative case file must include the certification of the cadastral map and the literal certification, according to the coordination carried out for the verification of these requirements with the National Registry, this in accordance with Decree No. 43665-MP-MEIC "Speed of Administrative Procedures in the Costa Rican Public Sector" published in Supplement No. 185 to La Gaceta No. 166 of September 1, 2022.
c- Once the requirements are verified, the administrative case file shall be formed. In the event of missing requirements, the user must be notified to rectify this within a period of 10 business days. Once the aforementioned 10 days have elapsed without the party having submitted the required information, the application shall be archived. If the applicant rectifies the issues within the period granted by the administration, the administration shall continue with the analysis detailed in the following subsections.
d- The administrator of the Tivives Protective Zone shall proceed to determine the location of the map in the Geographic Information System (SIG) of the ASP in order to determine if it corresponds to an Instituto de Desarrollo Rural (INDER) land. If so, INDER shall be requested to provide certification to verify the award date of the parcel by the applicant. In this case, the user shall be notified of the consultation made to INDER. If the INDER's response indicates that the land was awarded after June 2, 1986, the report for the respective denial shall be prepared.
e- Once the requirements established in article 3 of this regulation are verified and met, the administrator of the Tivives Protective Zone shall proceed to schedule the field inspection and notify the user of the inspection date.
f- Once the field inspection is conducted, the technical report shall be issued, which must contain at least: 1- Background: which must indicate the desk study conducted, as well as whether or not the land constitutes property awarded prior to June 2, 1986. 2- Results of the field inspection, which must include a GIS map of the location of the land. 3- Technical analysis. 4- Conclusions and recommendations indicating whether or not the granting of the authorization is feasible, with its respective justifications.
g- Once the technical report and the draft resolution are prepared by the ASP Administrator, the case file must be transferred via official communication to the Conservation Area Directorate, so that it may issue the final resolution of the procedure.
h- The Conservation Area must resolve the application within a maximum period of 30 calendar days through an Administrative Resolution, except in cases where, due to the complexity of the procedure, it is necessary to incorporate into the case file technical and legal inputs that justify the granting of the approval or authorization, and where, due to their nature, other steps that may delay the issuance of the final act are deemed timely. If this scenario arises, the Administration must resolve once the input is obtained without further delay, within a maximum period of three months.
i- After the signing of the resolution by the Director of the Conservation Area, it shall be duly notified to the administered party via the email address established for such purposes. Said resolution may be appealed in accordance with the provisions of the General Law of Public Administration No. 6227.