R 281.922 Permit applications.

Rule 2. (1) An application for a permit shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the department. (2) An application for a permit shall not be deemed as received or filed until the department has received all information requested on the application form, the application fee, and other information authorized by the act and necessary to reach a decision. The period for granting or denying an application begins as soon as all such information and the application fee are received by the department. (3) Application fees shall be submitted to the department with the initial submittal of an application form. The fee shall be paid by check, money order, or draft made payable to: "State of Michigan." (4) An application may be considered to be withdrawn and the file for the application may be closed if an applicant fails to respond to any written inquiry or request from the department for information requested as a part of the application form within 30 days of the request or such longer period of time as needed by the applicant to provide the information agreed to, in writing, between the applicant and the department. (5) Upon request, the department shall provide any person with a copy of a permit application and supporting documents consistent with all provisions of Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being S15.231 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws. (6) Decisions reached by the department which deny or modify an application for a permit shall be supported by written documentation to the applicant based upon the applicable criteria contained in section 9 of the act. The department shall create a form based on the criteria from section 9 of the act to be completed and placed into each application file. When a proposed activity involves a coordinated review by federal agencies as provided for under the act and section 404 of title IV of the clean water act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. S1344, the department shall prepare a fact sheet pursuant to 40 C.F.R. S124.8 (April 1, 1983) and 40 C.F.R.S233.39 (April 1, 1983) for inclusion in the application file.