Section 250-RICR-150-10-1.35 - Procedures for Issuing a RIPDES PermitA. The permit issuance process involves the following seven major procedural stages: 1. An application is made in proper form.2. The Department prepares a tentative decision to issue or deny a draft RIPDES permit. This decision shall be made available for public comment.3. Where the Department issues a draft RIPDES permit after consideration of any comments received during the public comment period the Department shall issue a final permit.4. The permittee may request an adjudicatory hearing to contest the final determination of the Department to grant, deny, modify, suspend or revoke a permit. The Department shall determine whether a hearing shall be granted.5. DEM shall hold a hearing in accordance with these regulations and the Department's "Administrative Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Department of Environmental Management" Part 20-00-1 of this Title.6. The Department shall make all final decisions concerning the permit.7. A request for permit modification, revocation, reissuance, or termination shall be made in accordance with the procedures applicable to permit issuance, except for minor modifications which shall be made in accordance § 1.26 of this Part.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-150-10-1.35