[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR124.15]

[Page 269-270]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 124--PROCEDURES FOR DECISIONMAKING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A--General Program Requirements
 
Sec. 124.15  Issuance and effective date of permit.

    (a) After the close of the public comment period under Sec. 124.10 
on a draft permit, the Regional Administrator

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shall issue a final permit decision (or a decision to deny a permit for 
the active life of a RCRA hazardous waste management facility or unit 
under Sec. 270.29). The Regional Administrator shall notify the 
applicant and each person who has submitted written comments or 
requested notice of the final permit decision. This notice shall include 
reference to the procedures for appealing a decision on a RCRA, UIC, 
PSD, or NPDES permit under Sec. 124.19 of this part. For the purposes of 
this section, a final permit decision means a final decision to issue, 
deny, modify, revoke and reissue, or terminate a permit.
    (b) A final permit decision (or a decision to deny a permit for the 
active life of a RCRA hazardous waste management facility or unit under 
Sec. 270.29) shall become effective 30 days after the service of notice 
of the decision unless:
    (1) A later effective date is specified in the decision; or
    (2) Review is requested on the permit under Sec. 124.19.
    (3) No comments requested a change in the draft permit, in which 
case the permit shall become effective immediately upon issuance.

[48 FR 14264, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 9607, Mar. 7, 1989; 65 
FR 30911, May 15, 2000]