La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § I-1809

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section I-1809 - Public Notice and Availability of Records

A. Requirement to Provide Public Notice. The department shall provide notice of each request for expedited processing of an application for a permit, modification, license, registration, or variance that is processed pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

1. The notice of expedited permit processing shall be provided on the official website for the department.

2. For draft or proposed permit actions subject to public notice requirements under other regulations or program requirements, such public notice shall indicate that the draft or proposed permit was processed under the expedited permit processing provisions of this Chapter.

B. Contents of the Notice

1. The notice on the official website for the department shall contain the name of the applicant/permittee, the agency interest number, the parish in which the facility is physically located, the environmental medium involved, the date the request for expedited processing was received, and the date of the decision to approve or deny the request for expedited processing.

2. For draft or proposed permit actions subject to public notice requirements under other regulations or program requirements, in addition to such requirements, the public notice shall contain a statement that the draft or proposed permit was processed under the expedited permit processing provisions of this Chapter.

C. Availability of Records. All recorded information concerning a request for expedited processing (completed permit application form, fact sheet or statement of basis, draft and proposed permits, or any other public document) not classified as confidential information under R.S. 30:2030(A) or 30:2074(D) or not designated confidential in accordance with applicable regulations shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying in accordance with the Public Records Act, R.S. 44:1 et seq.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § I-1809

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 33:1015 (June 2007).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30: 2014.5.