Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-4-.03 - Public Participation
(1) Any city, county, group of counties, or
authority beginning a process to select a site for a municipal solid waste
disposal facility shall first call a public meeting as described herein.
(a) Notice such meeting shall be published at
least once per week for two weeks immediately preceding the public meeting in a
newspaper of general circulation serving such municipality or county.
(b) Where such proposed facility will serve a
regional solid waste management authority established pursuant to O.C.G.A.
12-8-53, the notice procedure
outlined in subparagraph (a) above shall be followed in each jurisdiction
participating in such authority.
(c) The purpose of the public meeting shall
be to discuss the waste management needs of the local government or region and
to describe the siting process to be followed.
(2) The governing authority of any county or
municipality taking action resulting in a municipal solid waste disposal
facility siting decision shall notify the public as follows:
(a) Cause to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation serving such city or county at least once per week for two
weeks immediately preceding the date of such meeting, notice of the meeting at
which the siting decision is to be made.
(b) Such notices shall state the time, place,
and purpose of the meeting.
(c) The
meeting shall be conducted by the governing authority taking the
action.
(3) Upon
submission of an application to the Division for any municipal solid waste
disposal facility for which a permit (other than a permit-by-Rule) is required,
the applicant, within fifteen (15) days of the submission of said application,
shall take the following actions:
(a) Publish
public notice of the application in a newspaper of general circulation serving
the host county if the proposed facility or expanded facility is to serve no
more than one county;
(b) Publish
public notice of the application in a newspaper of general circulation serving
each affected if the proposed facility or expanded facility is to serve more
than one county;
(c) Provide
written notice of the permit application to the governing body of each affected
county in subparagraph (a) or (b) above; to the governing body of each local
government within subparagraph (a) or (b) above; and to the regional
development center;
(d) Request
that the public notice outlined herein to be displayed prominently in the
courthouse of each county notified in (c) above.
(e) Upon notification by the Division that a
proposed facility is suitable for the intended purpose, the host local
government shall initiate a local notification and negotiation process as
required in O.C.G.A.
12-8-32.
(4) The governing authority of the county or
municipality will hold a public hearing not less than two weeks prior to the
issuance of any permit, except for a private industry disposal facility, and
notice of such hearing shall be posted at the proposed site in a location
closest to the primary existing entrance or primary proposed entrance where it
can be viewed unaided from a public right-of-way and advertised in a newspaper
of general circulation serving the county or counties in which the proposed
activity will be conducted, at least thirty (30) days prior to such hearing. A
typed copy of the hearing transcript shall be submitted to the
Division.
(5) Whenever the Director
issues, denies, revokes, suspends, or transfers, a permit or approves a major
modification of a permit for a facility, he shall notify the chief elected
official of the host local government in which the facility is located or is
proposed to be located.
Notes
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