§ 42-17.7-9 - Uniform appeal period established.
SECTION 42-17.7-9
§ 42-17.7-9 Uniform appeal periodestablished. – Regardless of any other provision of the general laws to the contrary, allrequests for an adjudicatory hearing within the department of environmentalmanagement must be in writing and must be filed with the clerk of theadministrative adjudication division for environmental matters within twenty(20) calendar days of receipt of the contested agency action for allenforcement actions. All license and permit appeals must be filed with theclerk of the administrative adjudication division for environmental matterswithin thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the contested agency action.Every notice of contested agency action shall provide notice of the twenty (20)day or thirty (30) day appeal period and of the procedures for filing anappeal. The time and manner of filing established in this chapter are mandatoryand jurisdictional.