How to appeal a wastewater permit decision

(a) The industrial user may petition to appeal the terms of a wastewater discharge permit, its modification, revocation, suspension, or denial, or the director’s order, including but not limited to enforcement within 30 days of the director’s final action on the matter in accordance with the rules of the department. (b) (1) Failure to submit a timely petition for appeal shall be a waiver of the administrative appeal. (2) In its petition, the appealing party shall indicate the wastewater discharge permit provisions objected to, the reasons for this objection, and alternative condition, if any, it seeks to substitute for the provisions objected to in the wastewater discharge permit, or the specific basis for its objections to the permit modification, suspension, revocation, or denial, and alternatives, if any, it suggests, or specific grounds for its objection to the director’s order. (3) The effectiveness of the wastewater discharge permit or the director’s final action regarding the permit modification, suspension, revocation, or denial, or the director’s order, including but not limited to enforcement, shall not be stayed pending the appeal. (4) If the petition for appeal is not acted upon within 30 days by the director, the petition shall be denied and the industrial user shall comply with the terms of the permit or the director’s final action regarding the permit modification, suspension, or revocation, or the terms of the director’s order. (5) The director shall take final action on a permit denial, issuance, modification, or renewal, or the order, including but not limited to enforcement, by sending the permit or the director’s order to the applicant by certified mail.