Receipt and use of federal data

1. The department shall receive national pollutant discharge elimination system applications and other relevant data collected by the regional administrator prior to North Dakota's participation in the national pollutant discharge elimination system. The procedure for such transmittal of data shall be set out in a formal agreement entered into by the department and the regional administrator. 2. No national pollutant discharge elimination system permits shall be issued by the department based upon any Refuse Act or national pollutant discharge elimination system application which the regional administrator has identified as incomplete or otherwise deficient until the department receives information sufficient to correct the deficiency to the satisfaction of the regional administrator.