Sec. 3. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after being served a request for an adjudicatory hearing, an administrative law judge under IC 4-15-10.5 shall, if the administrative law judge determines that:

(1) the request was properly submitted; and

(2) the request establishes a jurisdictional basis for a hearing;

assign the matter for a hearing.

     (b) Upon assigning the matter for a hearing, an administrative law judge may stay the force and effect of the following:

(1) A contested permit provision.

(2) A permit term or condition the administrative law judge considers inseverable from a contested permit provision.

     (c) After a final hearing under this section, a final order of an administrative law judge on a permit application is subject to review under IC 4-21.5-5.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-10-2.5(e).]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.25-1997, SEC.6; P.L.90-1998, SEC.14; P.L.128-2024, SEC.19.