<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-313. - Application procedure.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               The permit applicant shall submit to the county commissioners two copies of all information
               required by federal and state agencies for the facility for which it requests a county
               permit at the same time such information is submitted to the state and federal government
               except facilities already located in the county which shall file such documents when
               they initiate the application process. The review procedure shall not begin nor shall
               the application be designated as complete until such time as all required data are
               submitted and the appropriate fees are paid, or suitable arrangements for payment
               have been approved by the county commissioners.
               
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               (b)
               
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               A designee of the county commissioners shall compile copies of all reports, applications,
               minutes of planning board, environmental affairs board, emergency management advisory
               council, and hazardous and/or low-level radioactive waste board meetings, reports
               by consultants, and similar material excepting only that material which is confidential
               and may be detrimental to the applicant. These shall be placed in one location with
               free access by the public and availability of copying any portions or all of any document
               at costs.
               
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               (c)
               
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               Within 45 days of the submission of the application, the commissioners shall hold
               a public hearing so that the applicant can present its plans to the public and answer
               questions.
               
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               (d)
               
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               After the hearing, the hazardous wastes and/or low-level radioactive waste board shall
               have 60 days in which to determine if the application is complete and shall mail notice
               of its determination to the applicant. If it is not complete, the applicant shall
               have six months to complete the application. However, the applicant may at the end
               of six months make a showing of cause to the county commissioners, and if the commissioners
               find that the delay is justified and in good faith, they can grant the applicant a
               maximum three-month extension.
               
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               (e)
               
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               Each application shall require an analysis conducted by the county staff and a consultant
               selected by the county commissioners upon the recommendation of the hazardous waste
               and/or low-level radioactive waste board. The analysis shall be completed within 120
               days from the day the application is determined to be complete. In certain instances
               where the complexity of the application requires more than the usual 120 days, the
               county staff and/or the consultant may request an additional 60 days from the county
               commissioners, and the proponent has the option of requesting the county commissioners
               to extend the analysis period to allow time for responding to staff and/or consultant
               requests for additional information on a completed application.
               
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               (f)
               
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               The county staff and each consultant shall make reports on the application to the
               hazardous waste and/or low-level radioactive waste management board at their meetings.
               
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               (g)
               
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               The hazardous waste and/or low-level radioactive waste management board shall call
               a public meeting for public comment on the completed application, along with the analysis
               by county staff and consultants. The purpose of this meeting shall be for public review
               of the application. The staff shall give notice by regular mail of the time and place
               of the public meeting to the owner and adjacent property owners as specified on the
               map. Said notice shall be mailed not less than 14 days prior to the date specified
               thereon. Notice of the public meeting shall be posted by the applicant on the proposed
               facility property on each and every street of access, not less than 14 days prior
               to the date specified thereon. Said posted notices shall be at intervals of not greater
               than 1,500 feet. Notice shall also be placed by the applicant in a county newspaper
               of general circulation not less than 14 days prior to the date specified thereon.
               
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               (h)
               
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               Within 45 days after review of the final analysis, completed application and public
               comment, the hazardous waste and/or low-level radioactive waste management board shall
               make a recommendation to the county commissioners at a public meeting whether to accept
               the application, deny it, or accept it with modifications. This recommendation shall
               be made to the full commission. However, before making a recommendation to the county
               commissioners to accept the proposal or accept it with modifications, the hazardous
               waste and/or low-level radioactive waste management board shall make the following
               determinations:
               
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               (1)
               
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               That the construction and operation of the facility will not pose an unreasonable
               health or environmental risk to the surrounding locality.
               
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               (2)
               
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               That the applicant (or facility operator) has the capability and financial resources
               to construct, operate and maintain the facility.
               
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               (3)
               
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               That the applicant or operator has taken or consented in writing to take any and all
               reasonable measures to comply with the applicable federal, state and local regulations
               and ordinances.
               
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               (4)
               
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               That the applicant's plan represents the best available technology for handling the
               wastes at the proposed facility to achieve the goal of maximizing reuse, recycling,
               neutralization, detoxification, incineration, and volume reduction before long-term
               storage. In the case of generators storing or treating their wastes on site at the
               point of generation in the county at the time of adoption of the ordinance from which
               this article is derived, these facilities shall be held to the standard of best management
               practices and may be exempted from the standard of best available technology on that
               site until such time as they may file a permit application as in<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH26EN_ARTXHAWALVERAWAMA_S26-310HAWALVERAWAPERE" class="section-link" data-product-id="14529"> section 26-310</a>(c).
               
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               (i)
               
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               At its next scheduled meeting, the county commissioners shall make its decision to
               grant the permit, deny it, or grant it with specified conditions.
               
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               (j)
               
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               A permit shall be valid for not more than 18 months from the date it is granted by
               the county commissioners unless the applicant begins construction of the facility
               prior to the expiration of the permit and continues to operate the facility according
               to specified conditions. If a permit becomes invalid and the application is unchanged
               from when the permit was granted, it shall follow the procedure of this section and
               the filing fee of<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH26EN_ARTXHAWALVERAWAMA_S26-312APPRFE" class="section-link" data-product-id="14529"> section 26-312</a>.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 26-108; Ord. of 7-11-1989(2), Â§ 8)
               
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