Indiana Code 13-14-8-11.5. Site-specific limitation for NPDES permit; application process and criteria
(b) Beginning January 1, 1997, the department shall review any application and make a preliminary determination for a site-specific limitation not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of the application. The department may request additional information necessary to make the preliminary determination consistent with the guidance published under subsection (a). The one hundred eighty (180) day period does not include any days between the date the department requests additional information and the date the additional information is received by the department.
(c) The final determination on a site-specific limitation will be part of the NPDES permit decision under 327 IAC 5.
(d) If the agency does not issue a preliminary determination within the one hundred eighty (180) days provided for in subsection (b), the applicant may require that the department hire a qualified outside consultant to prepare the preliminary determination as expeditiously as possible.
(e) The department and the applicant may agree to extend the one hundred eighty (180) day period provided for in subsection (b).
As added by P.L.123-1996, SEC.3.