NAC445A.402. Notice of intent to issue permit or deny application.

     1. The Department shall, at least 30 days before the issuance of a permit or denial of an application:

     (a) Circulate a public notice in a manner intended to inform interested and potentially interested persons.

     (b) Cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the geographic area of a proposed facility, a notice of the intent to issue the permit or deny the application.

     (c) Mail to the applicant and the landowner, if other than the applicant, members of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the facility is to be located, the Division of Minerals, the Division of Water Resources of the Department, and any other person or group who so requests, written notice of the intent to issue a permit or deny the application.

     2. Notice given pursuant to subsection 1 must include:

     (a) The name, address and telephone number of the Department;

     (b) The name and address of the applicant;

     (c) The location of the proposed facility;

     (d) The tentative decision of the Department to issue a permit or deny the application;

     (e) A description of the procedure for:

          (1) Making a final decision, which must include 30 days for interested persons to submit to the Department written comments on the tentative decision to issue a permit or deny the application; and

          (2) Requesting a public hearing, if one has not been scheduled; and

     (f) The specific location where interested persons may obtain further information or inspect and copy the draft permit, statement and fact sheet, and other relevant forms or documents.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 9-1-89)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.24304)