Public Participation 391-3-19-.06(5)
(a) Within 7 days after submitting to the Director the compliance status report required pursuant to Rule 391-3-19-.06(3), the responsible party who submits the report shall publish a notice in both a major local newspaper of general circulation and the legal organ of the local governments in whose jurisdiction the site is located, announcing that such report is available for inspection by the general public. The public notice must include:
1. The name, address and location of the site as it appears on the Hazardous Site Inventory, and, if the plan applies to less than the full site, the street address and owner's name for applicable properties;
2. The following statement: "The Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Department of Natural Resources, State of Georgia (EPD) has placed this site on the Hazardous Site Inventory pursuant to its authority under the Hazardous Site Response Act and Rules promulgated thereunder. As required by the Rules for Hazardous Site Response, the responsible party for this site was required to investigate the site and submit a compliance status report to EPD summarizing the results of that investigation. EPD is currently reviewing the compliance status report to determine if corrective action is needed for regulated substances that have been released at this site. Before EPD decides whether corrective action is needed, the public has the opportunity to review the compliance status report and provide comments to EPD about the report.";
3. Announcement of a 30-day public comment period beginning on the date of the published notice, and the name, address and telephone number of an EPD contact person to whom written or oral comments can be made;
4. Name, address and telephone number of the responsible party or its designated contact person; and
5. Location where the report may be viewed and copied.
(b) Within 7 days after submitting to the Director a proposed corrective action plan, or any subsequent revisions thereof, the responsible party who submits the plan shall publish a notice in both a major local newspaper of general circulation and the legal organ of the local governments in whose jurisdiction the site is located, announcing that such plan is available for inspection by the general public. The public notice must include:
1. The name, address and location of the site as it appears on the Hazardous Site Inventory, and, if the plan applies to less than the full site, the street address and owner's name for applicable properties;
2. The following statement: "The Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Department of Natural Resources, State of Georgia (EPD) has placed this site on the Hazardous Site Inventory pursuant to its authority under the Hazardous Site Response Act and Rules promulgated thereunder. The Director of EPD has determined that this site needs corrective action and has required the responsible party for this site to submit to EPD a proposed corrective action plan that describes the corrective action the responsible party has determined is necessary to comply with the risk reduction standards of EPD's Rules for Hazardous Site Response. Before EPD decides whether to approve this proposed corrective action plan, the public has the opportunity to review the proposed corrective action and provide comments to EPD about the plan.";
3. Announcement of a 30-day public comment period beginning on the date of the published notice, and the name, address and telephone number of an EPD contact person to whom written or oral comments can be made;
4. Name, address and telephone number of the responsible party or its designated contact person; and
5. Location where the plan may be viewed and copied.
(c) Where a proposed corrective action plan is submitted at the same time as the compliance status report required under Rule 391-3-19-.06(3), the same procedures as described under Items (a) and (b) above shall be followed, but with the substitution of the following statement for that given in Item (2):
"The Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Department of Natural Resources, State of Georgia (EPD) has placed this site on the Hazardous Site Inventory pursuant to its authority under the Hazardous Site Response Act and Rules promulgated thereunder. As required by the Rules for Hazardous Site Response, the responsible party for the site was required to investigate the site and submit a compliance status report to EPD summarizing the results of that investigation. The responsible party has submitted to EPD, along with the compliance status report, a proposed corrective action plan that describes the corrective action the responsible party has determined is necessary to comply with the risk reduction standards of EPD's Rules for Hazardous Site Response. Before EPD decides whether to approve the proposed corrective action plan, the public has the opportunity to review the compliance status report and proposed corrective action and provide comments to EPD about the report and plan."
(d) Within 15 days after publishing the public notice required by Rule 391-3-19-.06(5)(a), (b), or (c), the responsible party shall provide the Director with an exact copy of the public notice as it appeared in the paper.
(e) Within 7 days after submitting to the Director either the compliance status report required pursuant to Rule 391-3-19-.06(3), or a proposed corrective action plan, the responsible party shall provide to the county government in the county in which the site is located and to the government of any city in whose jurisdictions the site is located a written notice providing the same information required in Rule 391-3-19-.06(5)(a), (b), or (c) as applicable.