[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 20]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR124.15]

[Page 281]
 
                   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 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]