Section Env-Sw 1705.05 - Incomplete Applications(a) If the application is incomplete, the department shall provide written notice to the applicant wherein: (1) The applicant, type of application and all documents that constitute the incomplete application shall be identified;(2) The deficiencies shall be identified;(3) Instructions shall be provided for completing the application, including the name, title, mailing address and telephone number of the department official or employee who may be contacted regarding the application; and(4) The applicant shall be alerted to the dormancy provisions in (d) and (e) below.(b) In the event that an incomplete application provides information sufficient for the department to determine the criteria for issuance are not be met, the department shall deny the requested approval and send written notice thereof in accordance with Env-Sw 1705.07(c), in lieu of deeming the application incomplete.(c) If an application is incomplete for incidental and not substantive reasons, the department shall so notify the applicant by telephone in lieu of providing a written notice of incompleteness, provided: (1) The anticipated time required for the applicant to correct the deficiency is less than the anticipated time required for the department to notify the applicant in writing; and(2) The department specifies in the verbal notice a reasonable time period, determined in consultation with the applicant, for correcting the deficiency, after which written notice shall be sent by the department in accordance with (a) above if the applicant fails to respond within the specified time.(d) Upon notifying an applicant that the application is incomplete, the department shall suspend further processing of the application pending receipt of the additional information required.(e) No portion of the time between the date a notice of incompleteness is provided and the date the applicant responds shall be included in computing the time limits for processing the application.N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Sw 1705.05
#6619-B, eff 10-29-97 ; (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw 1700) ss by #8459, eff 10-28-05 (formerly Env-Wm 3405.05 )
The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 34, Number 24, eff.7/1/2014 is not yet available.