(b) When the Administrator proposes to deny issuance or transfer, he will send to the applicant, via certified mail, return receipt requested, and publish in the Federal Register, written notice of his intention to deny issuance or transfer. The notice will include:

1. (1) The basis upon which the Administrator proposes to deny issuance or transfer; and

2. (2) If the basis for the proposed denial is a deficiency which the Administrator believes the applicant can correct:

   1. (i) The action believed necessary to correct the deficiency; and
   2. (ii) The time within which any correctable deficiency must be corrected (not to exceed 180 days except as specified by the Administrator for good cause).

(c) The Administrator will deny issuance or transfer:

1. (1) On the 30th day after the date the notice is received by the applicant under paragraph (b) of this section, unless before the 30th day the applicant files with the Administrator a written request for an administrative review of the proposed denial; or
2. (2) On the last day of the period established under paragraph (b)(2)(ii) in which the applicant must correct a deficiency, if the deficiency has not been corrected before that day and an administrative review requested pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) is not pending or in progress.