KRS 353.421: Technical review of applications -- Duties of cabinet.

(1) Within sixty (60) calendar days of receiving an application for a Class VI

underground injection control well, the cabinet shall provide written notice to the

applicant as to the administrative completeness of the application. If the application

is determined to be administratively:

(a) Complete, the cabinet shall notify the applicant in writing that the technical

review period provided by subsection (2) of this section has begun; or

(b) Incomplete, the cabinet shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies that

render it administratively incomplete. The applicant shall have thirty (30)

calendar days from receiving the cabinet's notice of deficiency to correct the

deficiencies and render the application administratively complete.

(2) (a) Technical review of an application shall begin when the cabinet has deemed

the application administratively complete and ready for review. The cabinet

shall issue a final determination to either approve or deny the application

within three hundred sixty -five (365) calendar da ys from the date an

administrative completeness determination has been made by the cabinet.

(b) If the application is found deficient during technical review, the cabinet shall

notify the applicant in writing of the deficiencies identified by the cabinet

during the review. The applicant shall respond to the deficiencies with

information that addresses the identified deficiencies.

(3) An application shall be considered temporarily withdrawn when an applicant is

correcting deficiencies noted by the cabinet pu rsuant to subsection (1)(b) or (2)(b)

of this section. Periods of temporary withdrawal shall not be counted against the

review period allotted to the cabinet for administrative or technical review. Upon

resubmittal the review period allotted to the cabinet shall resume.