La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § XIX-4709

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

Section XIX-4709 - Public Notice and Availability of Records

A. Requirement to Provide Public Notice. The Office of Conservation shall provide notice of each request for expedited processing of an application for a permit, modification, order, license, registration, or variance that is processed pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

1. Separate notice of expedited processing shall be provided in the same form and manner of public notice as required by other statute or rule for each application type, or if no public notice is required, on the official website of the Office of Conservation.

2. For draft or proposed application actions subject to public notice requirements under other regulations or program requirements, such public notice shall indicate that the draft or proposed permit, modification, order, license, registration, or variance was processed under the expedited processing provisions of this Chapter.

3. The expedited review process shall not shorten any existing time delays for public notice, comment period, hearing, or in any way shorten or impinge upon the public participation process required by statue, regulation, or rule for any application for a permit, modification, order, license, registration, or variance.

B. Content of the Notice

1. For draft or proposed application actions subject to public notice requirements under other regulations or program requirements, in addition to such requirements, the public notice shall contain a statement that the draft or proposed permit, modification, order, license, registration, or variance was processed under the expedited processing provisions of this Chapter.

2. Any notice placed on the official website of the Office of Conservation shall contain the name of the applicant/permittee, the application number, or when applicable, the well serial number, the parish in which the facility is physically located, the application/permit type, the date the request for expedited processing was received, and the date of the decision to approve or deny the request for expedited processing.

C. Availability of Records. All recorded information concerning a request for expedited processing (completed permit application form, attachments, draft and proposed permits, or any other public document) not classified as confidential by statute or designated confidential in accordance with applicable regulations shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying in accordance with the Public Records Act, R.S. 44:1 et seq.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § XIX-4709

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Conservation, LR 412375 (11/1/2015).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:4(P).