Sec. 3. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after being served a request for an adjudicatory hearing, an environmental law judge under IC 4-21.5-7 shall, if the environmental law judge determines that:
(1) the request was properly submitted; and
(2) the request establishes a jurisdictional basis for a hearing;
assign the matter for a hearing.
(b) Upon assigning the matter for a hearing, an environmental law judge may stay the force and effect of the following:
(1) A contested permit provision.
(2) A permit term or condition the environmental law judge considers inseverable from a contested permit provision.
(c) After a final hearing under this section, a final order of an environmental law judge on a permit application is subject to review under IC 4-21.5-5.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-7-10-2.5(e).]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.25-1997, SEC.6; P.L.90-1998, SEC.14.