[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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 Sec. Sec.  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.