Section 1130.655  HFSRB Consideration and Action

a)         Chairman Consideration and Action

Applications for permit that meet all of HFSRB's review criteria and are unopposed shall be:

1)         reviewed for approval by the Chairman, acting on behalf of HFSRB [20 ILCS 3960/5]; or

2)         referred by the Chairman to the full Board for review and action. 

b)         HFSRB Consideration and Action

HFSRB shall review each application for permit to determine compliance with all applicable review criteria.  HFSRB shall consider the application material, additional information, public comment and public hearing testimony, HFSRB staff findings, and other information coming before it and take the following action:

1)         approve the application and issue a permit;

2)         issue an Intent to Deny (an initial denial of a project);

3)         issue an initial denial of a project and afford the applicant an opportunity for an administrative hearing;

4)         issue a final denial of a project subsequent to an administrative hearing or waiver of a hearing; or

5)         defer the decision to consider an application to a subsequent meeting.  HFSRB deferral of an application shall extend the review period, if it were to otherwise expire, until the date of the subsequent HFSRB meeting. HFSRB may defer consideration of an application for permit when the application is the subject of litigation, until all litigation related to the application is complete.

c)         HFSRB Written Decisions

HFSRB shall issue written decisions, upon request of the applicant or an adversely affected party, to the Board within 30 days after the meeting in which the final decision has been made. [20 ILCS 3960/12]

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 14647, effective October 14, 2016)