Section 690.301  Permit Applications Containing the Entire Fee

a)         Applications received by the Agency will be logged in and assigned a receipt date and number if the following conditions are met:  

1)         The application is complete in accordance with Title IV of the Act and regulations adopted thereunder; and

2)         The entire fee due under Section 690.201 is included with the application.

b)         The Agency shall, not later than 45 days following the receipt of both an application for a construction permit and the fee required by this Part, either approve that application and issue a permit or tender to the applicant a written statement setting forth with specificity the reasons for the disapproval of the application and denial of a permit in accordance with Section 39(a) of the Act.  If there is no final action by the Agency within 45 days after the filing of the application for a permit, the applicant may deem the permit issued. (Section 16.1(i) of the Act)

c)         If modifications to the permit application are received by the Agency from the applicant within 90 days of the date of permit denial in accordance with subsection (b), and if such modifications would allow approval of the application, a permit will be issued without additional fees becoming due under this Part, unless the modifications cause the length of water main to increase beyond the length specified in the permit application before the modifications.  If the modifications cause such an increase and the increase results in additional fees being due under Section 690.201, the applicant shall submit the additional fee to the Agency with the modifications.

d)         Except in those cases where permit denial has been appealed to the Illinois Pollution Control Board in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, modifications received by the Agency more than 90 days after the date of permit denial in accordance with subsection (b) shall be considered new applications subject to the fees specified in Section 690.201.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 9735, effective June 25, 2009)