(a) Public Notification. The Director will publish in an official government publication and/or newspaper(s) of general circulation from within Portage County that provides meaningful public notice with the jurisdiction(s) served by the POTW, or on a Web page, a notice to issue a WDP, at least twenty (20) days prior to issuance. The notice will indicate a location where the draft permit may be reviewed and an address where written comments may be submitted.
(b) Permit Appeals. The Director shall provide public notice of the issuance of a WDP. Any person, including the User, may petition the Director to reconsider the terms of an WDP within twenty (20) days of notice of its issuance.
(1) Failure to submit a timely petition for review shall be deemed to be a waiver of the administrative appeal
(2) In its petition, the appealing party must indicate the WDP provisions objected to, the reasons for this objection, and the alternative condition, if any, it seeks to place in the WDP.
(3) The effectiveness of the WDP shall not be stayed pending the appeal.
(4) If the Director fails to act within thirty (30) days, a request for reconsideration shall be deemed to be denied. Decisions of the Director responding to an appeal shall be considered final administrative actions for purposes of judicial review.
(5) Aggrieved parties seeking judicial review of the final administrative WDP decision must do so by filing a complaint with the Portage County, Ohio Common Pleas Court within thirty (30) days of receiving the decision.
(Ord. 2012-90. Passed 8-15-12.)