LAC 33:V.2243. Administrative Procedures for Exemptions under LAC 33:V.2271 and No-Alternative Determinations under LAC 33:V.2273

A. Before making a final decision on the exemption or determination request, the department will provide the person requesting the exemption or determination and the public, through a newspaper notice in the official state journal and the local newspaper in the affected area, the cost of which will be charged to the person requesting the exemption or determination, the opportunity to submit written comments on the request on the conditions of the exemption or determination, allowing a 45-day comment period. The notices referred to in this Section will be provided in the local newspaper in three separate issues; however, the comment or notice period shall begin with the notice in the official state journal. The administrative authority will also, in response to a request or at his or her own discretion, hold a public hearing whenever such a hearing might clarify one or more issues concerning the exemption or determination request. The administrative authority will give public notice of the hearing at least 30 days before it occurs. (Public notice of the hearing may be given at the same time as notice of the opportunity for the public to submit written comments.)