A. If an informal conference has been held, the Department shall issue and furnish the applicant and persons who are parties to the administrative proceedings with the written finding of the Department, granting or denying the permit in whole or in part and stating the reasons therefor, within the sixty (60) days of the hearings in the informal conference.

B. If no informal conference has been held, the Department shall notify the applicant for a permit within a reasonable time, whether the application has been approved or disapproved in whole or in part.

C. If the application is approved, the permit shall be issued. If the application is disapproved, specific reasons shall be set forth in the notification. Within thirty (30) days after the applicant is notified of the final decision of the Department on the permit application, the applicant or any person with an interest which is or may be adversely affected may request a hearing on the reasons for the final determination. The Department shall hold a hearing within thirty (30) days of such request and provide notification to all interested parties at the time that the applicant is so notified. Such hearing shall be of record, adjudicatory in nature and no person who presided at an informal conference shall either preside at the hearing or participate in this decision or in any administrative appeal. Within thirty (30) days after the hearing the Department shall issue and furnish the applicant, and all persons who participated in the hearing, with the written decision of the Department granting or denying the permit in whole or in part and stating the reasons.

Laws 1979, c. 249, § 17, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979.