Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-8-204 - Time-frames

A. The overall time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072 for the Department to act on an application for an approval of a source is 60 days. The applicant and the Department may agree in writing to extend the substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame by no more than 25% of the overall time-frame.

B. The administrative completeness review time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072 for an application for an approval of a source is 30 days and begins on the date the application is received.

1. The Department shall mail notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies to the applicant within the administrative completeness review time-frame.

a. A notice of deficiencies shall list each deficiency and the information and documentation needed to complete the application.

b. If the Department issues a notice of deficiencies within the administrative completeness review time-frame, the administrative completeness review time-frame and the overall time-frame are suspended from the date that the notice is issued until the date the Department receives the missing information from the applicant.

c. If the applicant fails to submit to the Department all the information and documents listed in the notice of deficiencies within 60 days of the date the Department mailed the notice of deficiencies, the Department deems the application for approval of a source withdrawn.

2. If the Department issues an approval of a source to the applicant during the administrative completeness review time-frame, the Department does not issue a separate written notice of administrative completeness.

C. The substantive review time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072 is 30 days and begins on the date the notice of administrative completeness is mailed to the applicant.

1. The Department shall mail an approval of a source or a written notification of denial of approval to the applicant within the substantive review time-frame.

2. If the Department issues a comprehensive written request or supplemental request for information, the substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame are suspended from the date the Department issues the request until the date the Department receives all of the information.

3. If the Department denies approval of a source, the Department shall send the applicant a written notice of disapproval that lists the reasons for disapproval and all other information required in A.R.S. § 41-1076.

D. If a time-frame's last day is on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the Department considers the next business day as the time-frame's last day.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-8-204

Adopted effective August 6, 1990 (Supp. 90-3). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at A.A.R. 4178, effective November 23, 2004 (Supp. 04-3).