295.57 Application procedure.

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(1)Submission.

(a)An applicant shall submit the application for a mining permit as provided in s. 295.47 .

(b)The department shall protect as confidential any information, other than effluent data, contained in an application for a mining permit, upon a showing that the information is entitled to protection as a trade secret, as defined in s. 134.90

(c), and any information relating to production or sales figures or to processes or production unique to the applicant or that would tend to adversely affect the competitive position of the applicant if made public.

(2)Determination of administrative completeness.

(a)The department shall review an application for a mining permit and, within 30 days after the application is submitted, shall determine either that the application is complete or that additional information is needed. If the department determines that the application is complete, the department shall notify the applicant in writing of that fact within the 30-day period and the date on which the department sends the notice is the day on which the application is administratively complete.

(b)If the department determines under par.

(a)that an application is incomplete, the department shall notify the applicant in writing and may make one request for additional information during the 30-day period specified in par.

(a). Within 10 days after receiving additional requested information from the applicant, the department shall notify the applicant in writing as to whether it has received all of the requested information. The day on which the department sends the 2nd notice under this paragraph is the day on which the application is administratively complete.

(c)If the department fails to meet the 30-day time limit under par.

(a)or the 10-day time limit under par.

(b), the application is administratively complete on the last day of the 30-day time limit or 10-day time limit.

(d)The department may request additional information needed to process a mining application from the applicant after the application is administratively complete, but the department may not delay the determination of administrative completeness based on a request for additional information.

(3)Notice of additional approvals. Within 30 days after the mining permit is administratively complete under sub.

(2), the department shall notify the applicant in writing of any approval required for the construction or operation of the mining site that was not previously identified by the department.

(3m)Receipt of certain approvals. If a storm water discharge permit under s. 283.33

(a)or a water quality certification under rules promulgated under subch. II of ch. 281 to implement 33 USC 1341

(a)is needed for a mining operation, the person applying for the mining permit may apply for and be issued the permit or certification.

(4)Public information and notice.

(a)The department shall make available for review in the city, village, or town in which the proposed mining site is located, information concerning the proposed mining, including all of the following: