California Code of Regulations › Title 27 - Environmental Protection › Division 1 - General Functions and Responsibilities › Subdivision 1 - PERMITTING › Chapter 4 - PERMIT CONSOLIDATION ZONE PILOT PROGRAM › Article 3 - PERMIT CONSOLIDATION ZONE APPLICATION PROCESS › Section 10404 - Informational Requirements for an Application for a Permit Consolidation Zone

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
					 zone application shall:
(1) Identify an
					 individual or agency who shall perform the duties of the Zone
					 Administrator.
(2) Designate one
					 primary point of contact for each participating permitting authority within a
					 zone including title, address, phone number, and, if available, the facsimile
					 number and e-mail address of the contact.
(3) Identify the area which is being
					 designated as a Permit Consolidation Zone. This shall include a description of
					 the area and a listing of the types of facilities specifically included within
					 the zone, a map showing the zone boundaries, the boundaries of the applicant's
					 jurisdiction, and the boundaries of adjacent jurisdictions.
(4) Identify the population of the city or
					 county based on the 1990 census.
(5) Identify the environmental permits to be
					 substituted by the facility compliance plan.
(6) Identify the types of facilities which
					 the Zone Applicant will prohibit from inclusion within the Permit Consolidation
					 Zone.
(7) Include a copy of the
					 resolution adopted by the Zone Applicant's governing authority that approves
					 the creation of a Permit Consolidation Zone.
(8) Identify any efforts to reform or
					 expedite permit procedures or requirements that constitute permit streamlining
					 that have been implemented by the Zone Applicant's jurisdiction(s) or the
					 environmental agencies participating in the proposed Permit Consolidation
					 Zone.
(9) Identify if there is a
					 single CUPA within the boundaries of the proposed Permit Consolidation
					 Zone.
(10) Identify the public
					 notice requirements that currently exist for the individual environmental
					 permits that will be substituted by a facility compliance plan.
(11) Identify the public notice, hearing,
					 comment, participation, administrative appeal, and judicial review provisions
					 that apply to a Plan Applicant within the proposed Permit Consolidation
					 Zone.
(12) Identify the steps
					 taken, in addition to the public notice requirement in Section
					 10402(d), to
					 inform the public and businesses located within a proposed zone of the zone
					 applicant's intent to apply for a Permit Consolidation Zone.
(13) Identify the permitting authorities
					 which have agreed to participate in the Permit Consolidation Zone.
(14) Identify the agreements or agreements in
					 process, between the zone applicant and other local, state, federal, and
					 regional permitting agencies with jurisdiction within the boundaries of the
					 proposed Permit Consolidation Zone. These agreements shall represent and
					 describe the commitment of the permitting authority to participate in a Permit
					 Consolidation Zone. The Zone Applicant shall submit all approved agreements
					 with the application package. The approved agreements must:
(A) Be binding on the parties executing the
					 agreement;
(B) Clearly identify the
					 permits to be substituted by a facility compliance plan; and
(C) Identify the appeal process to be used in
					 the event a facility wishes to appeal a determination of incompleteness and/or
					 inadequacy.
(15) Identify
					 any and all military bases or military reservations being converted to private
					 use within the boundaries of the proposed Permit Consolidation Zone.
(16) Identify how permitting authorities will
					 cooperate on facility compliance inspections, consolidation of permit fees, and
					 review and submittal of environmental monitoring reports.
(17) Identify the process for conversion of a
					 facility compliance plan to individual environmental permits, in the event of
					 termination of the Permit Consolidation Zone, withdrawal of a permitting
					 authority from a Zone, or upon the request of a facility who has received a
					 facility compliance plan.
(18)
					 Identify how the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) will be complied
					 with and implemented within the proposed Permit Consolidation Zone and who will
					 be responsible.
(19) Provide
					 information that shows the proposed Permit Consolidation Zone is in conformance
					 with all planning and zoning restrictions applicable to the permits to be
					 substituted by a facility compliance plan within the zone.
(20) Identify all economic incentive zones
					 that exist within the Permit Consolidation Zone.
(21) Identify the fees assessed for each
					 individual permit application that may be incorporated within the consolidated
					 fee statement for a facility compliance plan application.
(22) Identify steps zone applicant will use
					 to encourage businesses within a zone to practice pollution
					 prevention.