Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Requirement to Provide Public Notice. The
Office of Conservation shall provide notice of each request for expedited
processing of an application for a permit, modification, order, license,
registration, or variance that is processed pursuant to the provisions of this
Chapter.
1. Separate notice of expedited
processing shall be provided in the same form and manner of public notice as
required by other statute or rule for each application type, or if no public
notice is required, on the official website of the Office of
Conservation.
2. For draft or
proposed application actions subject to public notice requirements under other
regulations or program requirements, such public notice shall indicate that the
draft or proposed permit, modification, order, license, registration, or
variance was processed under the expedited processing provisions of this
Chapter.
3. The expedited review
process shall not shorten any existing time delays for public notice, comment
period, hearing, or in any way shorten or impinge upon the public participation
process required by statue, regulation, or rule for any application for a
permit, modification, order, license, registration, or variance.
B. Content of the Notice
1. For draft or proposed application actions
subject to public notice requirements under other regulations or program
requirements, in addition to such requirements, the public notice shall contain
a statement that the draft or proposed permit, modification, order, license,
registration, or variance was processed under the expedited processing
provisions of this Chapter.
2. Any
notice placed on the official website of the Office of Conservation shall
contain the name of the applicant/permittee, the application number, or when
applicable, the well serial number, the parish in which the facility is
physically located, the application/permit type, the date the request for
expedited processing was received, and the date of the decision to approve or
deny the request for expedited processing.
C. Availability of Records. All recorded
information concerning a request for expedited processing (completed permit
application form, attachments, draft and proposed permits, or any other public
document) not classified as confidential by statute or designated confidential
in accordance with applicable regulations shall be made available to the public
for inspection and copying in accordance with the Public Records Act,
R.S.
44:1 et seq.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
30:4(P).
