Section 11-60.1-206 - Public petitions(a) The applicant and any person who participated in the public comment or hearing process and objects to the grant or denial of a draft GHG emission reduction plan, may petition the department for a contested case hearing by submitting a written request to the director.(b) The petition shall be based solely upon objections to the draft GHG emission reduction plan, that were raised with reasonable specificity during the public participation process, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise such objections; for example, the grounds for such objections arose after the public participation process.(c) Any petitioner shall file a petition for a contested case hearing within ninety days of the date of the department's approval or disapproval of the proposed draft GHG emission reduction plan.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), if based solely on objections which were impracticable to raise during the public participation process, a petition for a contested case hearing may be filed up to ninety days after the objections could be reasonably raised.(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), any draft GHG emission reduction plan that has been issued shall not be invalidated by a petition for a contested case hearing. If a draft GHG emission reduction plan is issued by the director, the owner or operator of the source shall not be in violation of the requirement to have submitted a timely and complete application.(f) The effective date of draft GHG emission reduction plan shall be as specified for permits in 40 CFR Part 124.15 as it existed on May 1, 2022.(g) Any person may petition for a contested case hearing for the director's failure to take final action on an application for draft GHG emission reduction plan, within the time required for permits by this chapter. Such petition shall be submitted in writing and may be filed any time before the director issues a proposed draft GHG emission reduction.(h) Any person aggrieved by a final administrative decision and order, including the denial of any contested case hearing, may petition for judicial review pursuant to section 91-14, HRS. A petition for judicial review shall be filed no later than thirty days after service of the certified copy of the final administrative decision and order.Haw. Code R. § 11-60.1-206
[Eff and comp JUN 30 2014] Auth: HRS §§ 342B-3, 3423-12, 342B-71, 342B-72, 342B-73; 42 U.S.C. §§7407, 7416 ) (Imp: HRS §§ 342B-3, 342B-12, 342B-71, 342B-72, 342B-73; 42 U.S.C. §§7407, 7416 )