§ 2826 - Environmental notice bulletin; permit handbook
§ 2826. Environmental notice bulletin; permit handbook
(a) The secretary shall establish procedures for the publication of an environmental notice bulletin, in order to provide for the timely public notification of permit applications, notices, comment periods, hearings, and permitting decisions. The secretary shall begin publication of the bulletin by no later than July 1, 1995 on the agency's website. At a minimum, the bulletin shall contain the following information:
(1) Notice of administratively complete permit applications submitted to the department of environmental conservation.
(2) Notice of the comment period on the application and draft permit, if any, for those applications which were noticed.
(3) Notice of the issuance of a draft permit, if required by law, for those applications that were noticed.
(4) Information on how to request a public hearing or meeting.
(5) Notice of the name of the staff person to contact for information regarding public hearings or meetings with respect to a particular application.
(6) Notice of the issuance or denial of a permit for those applications that were noticed.
(b) By January 1, 1995, the secretary shall publish a permit handbook which lists all of the permits required for the programs administered by the department of environmental conservation. The handbook shall include examples of activities that require certain permits, an explanation in lay terms of each of the permitting programs involved, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the person or persons to contact for further information for each of the permitting programs. The handbook shall be updated, periodically. (Added 1993, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. June 21, 1994; amended 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)