Section 309.109  Public Notice

a)         Upon tentative determination to issue or deny an NPDES Permit, completion of the draft permit, if any, and not earlier than 10 days following notice to the applicant pursuant to Section 309.108(d), the Agency shall circulate public notice of the completed application for an NPDES Permit in a manner designed to inform interested and potentially interested persons of the discharge or proposed discharge and of the proposed determination to issue or deny an NPDES Permit for the discharge or proposed discharge.  Procedures for the circulation of public notice shall include at least the following concurrent actions:

1)         Notice shall be mailed to the applicant

2)         Notice shall be circulated within the geographical area of the proposed discharge; such circulation may include any or all of the following:

A)        Posting in the post office and public places of the municipality nearest the premises of the applicant in which the effluent source is located;

B)        Posting near the entrance to the applicant's premises and in nearby places;

C)        Publishing in local newspapers and periodicals, or, if appropriate, in a daily newspaper of general circulation; and

D)        Any other notice requirements necessary to meet the requirements of the Act and the CWA;

3)         Notice shall be mailed to any person or group upon request;

4)         The Agency shall ad the name of any person or group upon request to a mailing list to receive copies of notices for all NPDES applications within the State of Illinois or within a certain geographical area.

b)         The Agency shall provide of not less than 30 days following the date of first publication of the public notice during which time interested persons may submit their written views on the tentative determinations with respect to the NPDES application.  All comments shall be submitted to the Agency and to the applicant.  All written comments submitted during the 30-day comment period shall be retained by the Agency and considered in the formulation of its final determinations with respect to the NPDES application.  The period for comment may be extended at the discretion of the Agency by publication as provided in Section 309.109.

(Source:  Amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 16, p. 20, effective April 20, 1978)