R 299.9509 Submittal and processing of construction permit applications.

Rule 509. 

(1)  Any person who requires a construction permit under part 111 of the act shall complete, sign, and submit, to the director, an application for each construction permit required under R 299.9501 as described in this rule.  All applicants for construction permits shall provide the information set forth in R 299.9504 to the director on the application form provided by the director.

(2)  The director shall not begin processing a construction permit application until it is complete.  An application for a construction permit is complete when the director receives an application which includes all the information required by section 18(3) of part 111 of the act and R 299.9504.  The completeness of any application for a construction permit shall be judged independently of the status of any other permit or permit application for the same facility.  The statutory timetable of section 19(2) of part 111 of the act and the timetable of subrule (4) of this rule shall begin upon receipt of a complete construction permit application.

(3)  When a facility or activity is owned by 1 person, but is operated by another person, it is the operator's duty to obtain a construction permit, except that the owner and titleholder of the land shall also sign the permit application.

(4)  The director, or his or her designee, shall notify the applicant within 30 days after receipt of a construction permit application.  Such notification shall include the date of receipt and whether any required items of an administrative nature were missing.  This notice will not include all areas where the application is technically incomplete.

(5)  The director, or his or her designee, shall notify the applicant of the construction permit status within 75 days after the complete construction permit application is received.

(6)  The director shall recommend approval or shall deny a construction permit application within 120 days after the director receives a complete construction permit application.

(7)  If the director intends to deny the construction permit application, the director, or his or her designee, shall commence a public participation process in accordance with R 299.9511.

(8)  As directed by the site review board, the director shall either prepare a draft construction permit or deny the construction permit.  Upon being directed to do so, the director shall commence a public participation process in accordance with R 299.9511.

(9)  Applicants shall keep records of all data used to complete construction permit applications and any supplemental information submitted under R 299.9504 for a period of not less than 3 years from the date the application is signed.