[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR222.9]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 222--ACTION ON OCEAN DUMPING PERMIT APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 102 
OF THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 222.9  Issuance of permits.

    (a) Within 30 days following receipt of the Presiding Officer's 
recommendations or, where no hearing has been held, following the close 
of the 30-day period for requesting a hearing as provided in Sec. 222.4, 
the Administrator or the Regional Administrator, as the case may be, 
shall make a determination with respect to the issuance, denial, or 
imposition of conditions on, any permit applied for under this 
Subchapter H and shall give notice to the applicant and to all persons 
who registered their attendance at the hearing by providing their name 
and mailing address, if any, by mailing a letter stating the 
determination and stating the basis therefor in terms of the Criteria.
    (b) Any determination to issue or deny any permit after a hearing 
held pursuant to Sec. 222.7 shall take effect no sooner than:
    (1) 10 days after notice of such determination is given if no 
request for an adjudicatory hearing is filed in accordance with 
Sec. 222.10(a); or
    (2) 20 days after notice of such determination is given if a request 
for an adjudicatory hearing is filed in accordance with paragraph (a) of 
Sec. 222.10 and the Administrator or the Regional Administrator, as the 
case may be, denies such request in accordance with paragraph (c) of 
Sec. 222.10; or
    (3) The date on which a final determination has been made following 
an adjudicatory hearing held pursuant to Sec. 222.11.
    (c) The Administrator or Regional Administrator, as the case may be, 
may extend the term of a previously issued permit pending the conclusion 
of the proceedings held pursuant to Secs. 222.7 through 222.9.
    (d) A copy of each permit issued shall be sent to the appropriate 
District Office of the U.S. Coast Guard.