NAC445A.234. Public notice regarding permit; contents.

     1. Public notice of every complete application for a discharge permit, except for a temporary permit or a permit for pretreatment discharge or the poisoning of trash fish, must be circulated in a manner designed to inform interested and potentially interested persons of the proposed discharge and of the proposed determination to issue or deny a permit for the discharge. Procedures for the circulation of public notice must include at least the following:

     (a) Notice must be circulated within the geographical area of the proposed discharge by publishing in a local newspaper or periodical or, if the local newspaper is not a daily newspaper, in a daily newspaper of general circulation; and

     (b) Notice must be mailed to any person or group on the mailing list maintained by the Department or upon request.

     2. The Director shall add the name of any person or group upon request to a mailing list to receive copies of notices for permit applications.

     3. The Director shall provide a period of not less than 30 days following the date of the public notice during which time interested persons may submit their written views on the tentative determinations with respect to the application. All written comments submitted during the 30-day comment period must be retained by the Director and considered in the formulation of his or her final determinations with respect to the permit application. The period for comment may be extended at the Director’s discretion.

     4. The contents of the public notice of applications for permit must include at least the following:

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

     (b) The name and address of each applicant;

     (c) A brief description of each applicant’s activities or operations which result in the discharge described in the application, for example, municipal waste treatment plant, steel manufacturing or drainage from mining activities;

     (d) The name of the waterway to which each discharge is made and a short description of the location of each discharge on the waterway, indicating whether such discharge is existing or new;

     (e) A statement of the tentative determination to issue or deny a permit for the discharge described in the application;

     (f) A brief description of the procedures for the formulation of final determinations including the required 30-day comment period and any other means by which interested persons may influence or comment upon those determinations; and

     (g) The address and phone number of the premises at which interested persons may obtain further information, request a copy of the draft permit prepared pursuant to subsection 2 of NAC 445A.233, request a copy of the fact sheet and inspect and copy relevant forms and documents.

     [Environmental Comm’n, Water Pollution Control Reg. § 2.3.1, eff. 5-2-78; §§ 4.2.1-4.2.3.7, eff. 2-26-75]—(NAC A 12-3-84; R020-99, 9-27-99)