TITLE 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SUBCHAPTER D - WATER PROGRAMS

PART 124 - PROCEDURES FOR DECISIONMAKING

subpart a - GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

124.15 - Issuance and effective date of permit.

  (a) After the close of the public comment period under 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 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 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 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 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]