La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § VI-309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VI-309 - Review of an Area of Ground Water Concern Application

A. Within 30 days of receipt of an application pursuant to §305 A, the commissioner shall notify the applicant whether the application is administratively complete.

B. If the commissioner determines an application is incomplete, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the information needed to make such application administratively complete.

C. The applicant shall have 180 days to respond to a request by the commissioner for more information.

D. The commissioner may reject and return any application determined to be:

1. without merit or frivolous; or

2. incomplete after the applicant's response to the commissioner's request for more information, unless the remaining information required by the commissioner is minor in its nature.

E. Using available data, an analysis shall be made by the commissioner to determine if the area under consideration meets the criteria to be either:

1. designated an area of ground water concern or a critical area of ground water concern; or

2. modified or removed from an area of ground water concern or a critical area of ground water concern designation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § VI-309

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Groundwater Management Commission, LR 28:1585 (July 2002), amended by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 30:1214 (June 2004), LR 35:251 (February 2009).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:3099 et seq.