10.—That Article 16 of the "Ley Forestal," Law No. 7575 of February 13, 1996 and its amendments, establishes that the Ministry of Environment and Energy shall delimit on the ground the boundaries of the areas that constitute the Patrimonio Natural del Estado.
11.—That according to Article 11 of Chapter I, General Provisions of Law No. 6043, the public zone (Zona pública) is also, whatever its extension, that occupied by all mangroves of the continental and insular coastlines and estuaries (esteros) of the national territory.
12.—That Decreto Ejecutivo N° 36786-MINAET, "Manual para la clasificación de tierras dedicadas a la conservación de los recursos naturales dentro de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre en Costa Rica," published in La Gaceta No. 217 of November 11, 2011, establishes among its objectives Identifying within the Zona Marítimo Terrestre those lands that classify as forests, of forest aptitude (Class VII and VIII soils), wetlands (mangroves, estuaries (esteros), rías, marshes, coastal lagoons, swamps, flooded forests, salt flats), to certify them and incorporate them as part of the Patrimonio Natural del Estado (PNE).
13.—That Decreto Ejecutivo N° 36786-MINAET, in point III.-Competencies for delimitation and certification, establishes that the classification of lands within the ZMT shall correspond to the Conservation Areas (Áreas de Conservación, AC) of the Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC) and to private professionals duly accredited by the respective Professional Associations to classify forests, lands of forest aptitude (Class VII and VIII soils), (mangroves, estuaries (esteros), rías, marshes, coastal lagoons, swamps, flooded forests, salt flats), and wetlands.
The validity of classification documents issued by private professionals shall be subject to the approval issued by the AC that corresponds by territorial competence. The ACs of SINAC with jurisdiction in the ZMT are also responsible for the verification, oversight, demarcation (deslinde), and certification of lands belonging to the Patrimonio Natural del Estado and protection zones.
The location and delimitation of areas of the Patrimonio Natural del Estado within the Zona Marítimo Terrestre must be carried out as part of the approval process for the Plan Regulador Costero (PRC), defined by Law 6043, since the Plan Regulador Costero is the territorial planning instrument that defines and locates all areas to be concessioned within the ZMT and for its classification at the cadastral map level. Therefore, the Plan Regulador Costero must clearly and expressly indicate the PNE areas so as not to count them in the total area to be concessioned.
14.—At the request of Philip W. Fite, (sole surname), ID number 184000829316, the Área de Conservación Tempisque, of the System of Conservation Areas, carries out the process of field demarcation of the mangrove area for the delimitation of the mangrove in Estero Cosechas near Playa Junquillal, located in district 03° Veintisiete de Abril, canton 03º Santa Cruz, province 05º Guanacaste.
15.—The IGN used the methodology of Delimitation by Georeferenced Markers (Delimitación de Mojones Georreferenciados) to delimit the public zone of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre of the Cosechas estuary-mangrove (estero-manglar), in district 03° Veintisiete de Abril, canton 03° Santa Cruz, province 05º Guanacaste.
16.—That the delimitation has internal technical endorsement according to Technical Review Report No. DIG-TOT-INF-0145-2022 of November 14, 2022, issued by the Official Limits Sub-Process of the Departamento Topográfico y Observación del Territorio of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional. And it is in conformity with what was delimited according to official letters ACT-OR-DR-1236-2022 of October 20, 2022 and ACT-OR-T-1234-2022 of October 20, 2022 and ACT-OSRSCC-993-2022 of August 16, 2022, carried out by the Área de Conservación Tempisque.
18.—That Article 140 of Law No. 6227, General Public Administration Law, indicates that an administrative act shall produce its effect after it is communicated to the administered party, except if it grants only rights, in which case it shall produce them from the moment it is adopted, a provision that must necessarily be related to numeral 204 subsection 1) of the same normative body, which defines the suitable instrument for communicating acts of a generic nature by stating that: General acts shall be communicated by publication, and specific acts by notification.
COMMUNICATES:
I.That on August 7, 2022, the field work was carried out for the georeferenced delimitation to the national coordinate system of the public zone of the Estero-Manglar Cosechas located in Junquillal, district: 03° Veintisiete de Abril, canton: 03º Santa Cruz, province: 05° Guanacaste.
II.The Instituto Geográfico Nacional publishes the georeferenced digital delimitation of the public zone of a sector that forms part of the Estero-Manglar Cosechas located in Junquillal, district: 03° Veintisiete de Abril, canton: 03º Santa Cruz, province: 05° Guanacaste, based on the "Reglamento de Especificaciones para la Delimitación de la zona pública de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre" and the methodology used and validated by the Área de Conservación Tempisque (ACT) of SINAC-MINAE.
III.That the delimited public zone corresponds to a sector of the Manglar Cosechas Junquillal, district: 03° Veintisiete de Abril, canton: 03º Santa Cruz, province: 05° Guanacaste, in accordance with report No. DIG-TOT-INF-0145-2022 of November 14, 2022, issued by the Official Limits Sub-Process of the Departamento Topográfico y Observación del Territorio of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional and official letters ACT-OR-DR-1236-2022 of October 20, 2022 and ACT-OR-T-1234-2022 of October 20, 2022 and ACT-OSRSCC-993-2022 of August 16, 2022, carried out by the Área de Conservación Tempisque (ACT).
IV.That the public zone of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre concerning the estuary-mangrove (estero-manglar) sector verified and delimited by the Área de Conservación Tempisque in Junquillal corresponds to the following coordinates in the official cartographic projection system of Costa Rica, CRTM05:
ESTERO-MANGLAR COSECHAS SECTOR
| Mojón | Este | Norte |
|---|
| 106 | 302435.50 | 1123134.44 |
| 107 | 302448.29 | 1123134.40 |
| 108 | 302460.84 | 1123136.01 |
| Mojón | Este | Norte |
|---|
| 109 | 302475.89 | 1123138.45 |
| 110 | 302494.63 | 1123148.99 |
| 111 | 302505.23 | 1123177.60 |
| 112 | 302512.94 | 1123182.59 |
| 113 | 302527.76 | 1123183.24 |
| 114 | 302537.71 | 1123191.91 |
| 115 | 302560.00 | 1123163.95 |
| 116 | 302559.64 | 1123153.43 |
| 117 | 302564.03 | 1123139.81 |
| 118 | 302576.64 | 1123125.21 |
| 119 | 302588.12 | 1123069.20 |
| 120 | 302570.86 | 1123047.37 |
| 121 | 302553.18 | 1123028.09 |
| 122 | 302527.83 | 1123007.10 |
| 123 | 302514.48 | 1123005.65 |
| 124 | 302491.81 | 1122986.34 |
| 125 | 302472.77 | 1122967.46 |
| 126 | 302470.53 | 1122946.31 |
| 127 | 302418.53 | 1123143.86 |
| 128 | 302411.08 | 1123149.94 |
| 129 | 302404.18 | 1123163.34 |
| 130 | 302401.03 | 1123168.10 |
| 131 | 302387.65 | 1123178.94 |
| 132 | 302372.75 | 1123172.66 |
| 133 | 302357.72 | 1123184.44 |
| 134 | 302354.50 | 1123194.93 |
| 135 | 302240.30 | 1123300.93 |
| 136 | 302254.29 | 1123283.76 |
| 137 | 302265.28 | 1123265.94 |
| 138 | 302278.48 | 1123261.89 |
| 139 | 302294.47 | 1123238.37 |
| 140 | 302303.69 | 1123242.63 |
| 141 | 302341.59 | 1123239.90 |
| 142 | 302350.49 | 1123231.19 |
| 143 | 302355.77 | 1123210.30 |
V.The sectors located in the Estero-Manglar Cosechas located in Junquillal, district: 03° Veintisiete de Abril, canton: 03º Santa Cruz, province: 05° Guanacaste, that currently have delimitation of the public zone of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre through the placement of markers (mojones) and respective publication in the Diario Oficial La Gaceta, maintain their official status.
VI.The official technical data of the georeferenced delimitation of the public zone sector of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre of the Estero-Manglar Cosechas located in Junquillal, district 03° Veintisiete de Abril, canton: 03º Santa Cruz, province: 05° Guanacaste, have been registered in the Geodatabase Digital Georreferenciada of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre (ZMT) of the IGN.
VII. It takes effect upon its publication.—Given in Curridabat, San José, on the 15th day of November 2022