Section 900.402  Notice

a)         Within 7 calendar days after receiving a complete form giving notice of intent to construct a new livestock management facility or livestock waste handling facility serving 1,000 or more animal units that does not propose to utilize a lagoon or a livestock management facility or livestock waste handling facility that does propose to utilize a lagoon, the Department shall:

1)         Send a copy of the notice form to the county board of the county in which the facility is to be located;

2)         Publish a public notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the facility is to be located [510 ILCS 77/12(a)]; and

3)         Send a copy of the notice to be published in the newspaper, pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this Section, to the owner or operator.

            For the purposes of this Subpart, a complete form means that all items listed in Section 900.303(a) of this Part and included on the notice of intent to construct form have been completed by the owner or operator, the form has been reviewed by the Department, and all clarification information has been received by the Department.

b)         The notice in the newspaper shall include:

1)         The date the Department received the notice of intent to construct;

2)         The type and size of the facility and the number of animal units proposed;

3)         The general location of the facility;

4)         The name of the facility;

5)         The date the notice form was sent to the county board;

6)         A summary of how the county board may request the Department to conduct an informational meeting concerning the proposed construction; and

7)         Any additional information the Department may consider necessary or proper.