[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR124.208]

[Page 303]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 124_PROCEDURES FOR DECISIONMAKING--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart G_Procedures for RCRA Standardized Permit
 
Sec.  124.208  What are the opportunities for public comments and hearings on draft permit decisions?

    (a) The public notice that you issue under Sec.  124.207 must allow 
at least 45 days for people to submit written comments on your draft 
permit decision. This time is referred to as the public comment period. 
You must automatically extend the public comment period to the close of 
any public hearing under this section. The hearing officer may also 
extend the comment period by so stating at the hearing.
    (b) During the public comment period, any interested person may 
submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public 
hearing. If someone wants to request a public hearing, they must submit 
their request in writing to you. Their request must state the nature of 
the issues they propose to raise during the hearing.
    (c) You must hold a public hearing whenever you receive a written 
notice of opposition to a standardized permit and a request for a 
hearing within the public comment period under paragraph (a) of this 
section. You may also hold a public hearing at your discretion, 
whenever, for instance, such a hearing might clarify one or more issues 
involved in the permit decision.
    (d) Whenever possible, you must schedule a hearing under this 
section at a location convenient to the nearest population center to the 
facility. You must give public notice of the hearing at least 30 days 
before the date set for the hearing. (You may give the public notice of 
the hearing at the same time you provide public notice of the draft 
permit, and you may combine the two notices.)
    (e) You must give public notice of the hearing according to the 
methods in Sec.  124.207(a) and (b). The hearing must be conducted 
according to the procedures in Sec.  124.12(b), (c), and (d).
    (f) In their written comments and during the public hearing, if 
held, interested parties may provide comments on the draft permit 
decision. These comments may include, but are not limited to, the 
facility's eligibility for the standardized permit, the tentative 
supplemental conditions you proposed, and the need for additional 
supplemental conditions.