WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 753

this subsection, the Department may hold a consolidated hearing
in 1 county.

(d)  For a permit to apply sewage sludge on land other than
marginal land, the Department shall mail a copy of the permit
application to:

(1)  The local health official;

(2)  The chairman of the legislative body and any
elected executive of the county where the sewage sludge is to be
applied; and

(3)  The elected executive of any municipal
corporation where the sewage sludge is to be applied.

(e)  (1) Within 10 days after receiving a copy of the permit
application, the executive or the legislative body of the
county, or the executive or the legislative body of the municipal
corporation, where the sewage sludge is to be applied may request
that the Department conduct a public information meeting.

(2)  If the Department receives a request under
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department:

(i) Shall conduct a public information meeting
in the affected subdivision;

(ii) May consolidate the public information
meeting with 1 or more public information meetings for other
applications in the same county; and

(iii) Shall notify the applicant for a permit
and give the applicant the opportunity to present information at
the public information meeting.

(3)  If the executives or legislative bodies of more
than 1 county or municipal corporation request a public
information meeting under this subsection, the Department may
hold a consolidated public information meeting in 1 county.

(F) (1) WHEN THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ANY APPLICATION FOR A
PERMIT TO STORE SEWAGE SLUDGE AT A SITE, WHETHER TEMPORARILY OR
PERMANENTLY, THE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY SHALL:

(I) ESTABLISH A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT, TO BE HELD
WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE PERMIT APPLICATION;

(II) PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION AND OF
THE HEARING DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER HAVING
A SUBSTANTIAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
WHERE THE SEWAGE SLUDGE IS TO BE STORED; AND

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