(A) The permit applicant shall submit to the Board of Commissioners 12 copies of all information required by federal and state agencies for the facility for which it requests a county permit at the time such information is submitted to the state and federal governments. The review procedure shall not begin nor shall the application be designated as complete until such time as all required data are submitted and the appropriate fees are paid.
(B) A designee of the Board of Commissioners shall compile copies of all reports, applications, minutes of the Environmental Affairs Board meetings, reports by consultants, and similar materials. These shall be placed in one location with free access by the public and availability of copying any portion or all of any document at cost.
(C) Within 45 days of the submission of the application, the Commissioners’ designee shall hold a public hearing so that the applicant can present its plans to the Environmental Affairs Board and answer questions regarding the same.
(D) After the hearing, the Commissioners’ designee, after consultation with the Environmental Affairs Board, shall have 60 days in which to determine if the application is complete and shall mail notice of its determination to the applicant. If it is not complete, the applicant will have six months to complete the application. However, the applicant may, at the end of six months, make a showing of cause to the Board of Commissioners and, if the Board finds that the delay is justified and in good faith, it may grant the applicant an extension of not more than three months.
(E) Each application shall require an analysis conducted by the county staff and a consultant or consultants selected by the Board of Commissioners upon the recommendation of the Environmental Affairs Board. The analysis shall be completed within 90 days from the day the application is determined to be complete. In certain instances where the complexity of the application requires more than the usual 90 days, the county staff and/or consultant may request an additional 60 days from the County Commissioners and the proponent has the option of requesting the Board of Commissioners to extend the analysis period to allow time for responding to staff and/or consultant request for additional information on a completed application.
(F) The Commissioners’ designee and each consultant shall make reports on the application to the Environmental Affairs Board at its meetings.
(G) The Environmental Affairs Board shall call a public meeting for public comment on the completed application along with the analysis of county staff and consultants. The purpose of this meeting shall be for public review of the application. The staff shall give notice by regular mail of the time and place of the public meeting to the owner and adjacent property owners as specified on the above referenced map. Said notice shall be mailed not less than 14 days prior to the date specified thereon. Notice of a public meeting shall be posted by the applicant on the proposed facility property on each and every street or highway of access to the subject property not less than 14 days prior to the date specified thereon. Said posted notices shall be at intervals of not greater than 1,500 feet. Notice shall also be placed by the applicant in the county newspaper not less than 14 days prior to the dates specified thereon.
(H) Within 45 days after receipt of the final analysis, completed application, and public comment, the Environmental Affairs Board shall make a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners at a public meeting whether to accept the application, deny it, or accept it with modifications. This recommendation shall be made to the full Board of Commissioners; however, before making a recommendation to the County Commissioners to accept the proposal or accept it with modifications, the Environmental Affairs Board shall make the following determinations:
(1) The construction and operation of the facility will not pose an unreasonable health or environmental risk to the surrounding locality;
(2) The applicant (or facility operator) has the capability, and financial resources to construct, operate, and maintain the facility;
(3) The applicant or operator has taken, or consented in writing to take, any and all reasonable measures to comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulations and ordinances; and
(4) The applicant’s plan represents the best available technology for handling the waste for which the applicant will be permitted and that the applicant has demonstrated that it will employ the best management practices in handling the waste at the proposed facility.
(I) At its next scheduled meeting, or at such meeting thereafter as might be designated by the Board, the Board of Commissioners shall make its decision to grant the permit, deny it, or grant it with specified conditions.
(J) A permit shall be valid for no more than 18 months from the date it is granted by the Board of Commissioners unless the applicant begins construction of the facility prior to the expiration of the permit, thereafter forthwith completes such construction, and operates the facility in accordance with all specified conditions. If a permit becomes invalid and the application is unchanged from when the permit was granted, it shall follow the procedure of this section and the filing fee of § 110.28.
(Ord. passed 2-5-1990)