Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Air Quality Division › Part 18 - PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY › Section R. 336.2817 - Public participation

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1817.
(1) The
				department shall notify all applicants within a specified time period as to the
				completeness of the application or any deficiency in the application or
				information submitted. If there is a deficiency, then the date of receipt of
				the application shall be the date on which the department received all required
				information.
(2) Within 120 days
				after receipt of a technically complete application, the department shall do
				all of the following:
(a) Make a preliminary
				determination whether construction should be approved, approved with
				conditions, or disapproved.
(b)
				Make available in at least 1 location in each region in which the proposed
				major source would be constructed a copy of all materials the applicant
				submitted, a copy of the preliminary determination, and a copy or summary of
				other materials, if any, considered in making the preliminary
				determination.
(c) Notify the
				public, by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in each region
				in which the proposed major source would be constructed, of the application,
				the preliminary determination, the degree of increment consumption that is
				expected from the major source or major modification, and of the opportunity
				for comment at a public hearing as well as written public comment.
(d) Send a copy of the notice of public
				comment to the applicant, to the United States environmental protection agency,
				and to officials and agencies having cognizance over the location where the
				proposed construction would occur. The notice shall also be sent to any other
				state or local air pollution control agencies; the chief executives of the city
				and county where the major source would be located; any comprehensive regional
				land use planning agency; and any state, federal land manager, or Indian
				governing body whose lands may be affected by emissions from the major source
				or major modification.
(e) Provide
				opportunity for a public hearing for interested persons to appear and submit
				written or oral comments on the air quality impact of the major source,
				alternatives to it, the control technology required, and other appropriate
				considerations.
(f) Consider all
				written comments submitted within a time specified in the notice of public
				comment and all comments received at any public hearing in making a final
				decision on the approvability of the application. The department shall make all
				comments available for public inspection in the same locations where the
				department made available preconstruction information relating to the proposed
				major source or major modification.
(g) Make a final determination whether
				construction should be approved, approved with conditions, or
				disapproved.
(h) Notify the
				applicant in writing of the final determination and make the notification
				available for public inspection at the same location where the department made
				available preconstruction information and public comments relating to the major
				source.