§ 8.24.030. Operating permit required— Application—Suspension revocation.

Any owner and/or operator of a sanitary landfill and/or solid waste land disposal facility required to obtain an operating permit pursuant to 329 IAC 2 shall also be required to file a duplicate of the application required under 329 IAC 2-5-1 and 329 IAC 2-8-2 with the Porter County health officer. The Porter County health officer and the staff of the shall review such application and within forty-five (45) calendar days of receipt thereof decide whether or not to issue the applicant a local permit for operation of a sanitary landfill and/or solid waste land disposal facility.

The Porter County board of health shall promulgate such additional rules and procedures for review of permit applications as it may deem, from time to time, necessary and appropriate. Such additional rules and regulations to include reasonable opportunity for the public to review and comment on any permit application or renewal prior to the health officer's decision to grant or deny a permit issuance or renewal.

Operation of a sanitary landfill and/or solid waste land disposal facility in violation of any of the technical criteria contained in Section 8.24.020 shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a local operating permit. The Porter County board of health shall establish reasonable rules and regulations for implementing a procedure for suspension or revocation of local operating permits granted under this chapter.

The Porter County health officer shall charge a fee for processing all applications for sanitary landfill and/or solid waste land disposal facility permits under this chapter. Such permit fee shall be equivalent to the costs incurred by the health officer and the staff of the Porter County health department in reviewing and processing applications for the issuance of permits under this chapter. The Porter County board of health shall establish a procedure for documenting and identifying the costs associated with processing permits issued under this chapter. Such costs to include, but not necessarily limited to, the reimbursement to the county for the man-hours committed to the review and processing of an application as well as the costs associated with the retaining of any outside consultants or experts for purposes of reviewing permit applications.

All permit applications and applications for renewal of permits under the provisions of this chapter shall be accompanied with a certified or cashier's check in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). At the conclusion of the permit application review process, the Porter County health officer shall submit an itemized cost statement to the applicant for a permit or a renewal, and the applicant shall reimburse the county in a sum equivalent to the aforementioned itemized statement (minus a credit for the one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) initial payment) within sixty (60) days of receipt thereof.

(Ord. 89-16 § 3)