(a) A biosolids permit may be summarily suspended or revoked by the Department when unforeseen adverse conditions make the use of biosolids inconsistent with the purpose and intent of this chapter or when the applicator has violated any provision(s) of this chapter, including its fee requirements, any Federal/State laws or regulations, or violated a provision(s) of the waste discharge permit of the Regional Water Quality Control Board. This remedy shall be available to the Department in addition to that set forth elsewhere in this chapter or in County ordinance. If the Department suspends or revokes the permit, a written notice to this effect shall be delivered in person or by certified mail to the business address of the name appearing on the application. The written notice shall state the grounds for the revocation.
(b) The applicator may appeal any revocation to the Board of Supervisors by filing a written request for a hearing before the Board of Supervisors with the Clerk of the Board not more than ten (10) calendar days after notice of the revocation has been delivered. Unless the Department finds the grounds for the revocation to constitute an immediate threat to public health and safety, any revocation by the Department shall be stayed during the pendency of an appeal therefrom which has been properly and timely filed. Upon receipt of a written request for a hearing, the Clerk of the Board shall set the matter for public hearing on a date not more than sixty (60) calendar days following receipt of such written request, and shall give the applicant and the Board of Supervisors at least thirty (30) calendar days written notice of the time, date, and place of the hearing. After the Hearing, the Board of Supervisors shall issue its written decision and findings on the appeal within thirty (30) calendar days after the close of the hearing. Such decision will be final.
(c) Any legal action seeking to set aside the decision of the Board of Supervisors with regard to any biosolids permit shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the date of the mailing of written decision and findings of the Board of Supervisors Any such action shall be brought pursuant to the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure, Section 1094.5 et seq. (§ 1, Ord. 1204, eff. January 16, 1997)