Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-10-2-5; IC 14-39-0.5

Affected: IC 8-23-26; IC 14-39-1-4; IC 36-9-42

Sec. 8. (a) Not later than sixty (60) days after receiving an application for a certificate of authority, the department shall review the application and determine whether the application is incomplete or inaccurate, or both. Subject to subsection (c), if the department determines the application is incomplete or inaccurate, or both, the department shall return the application to the applicant, informing the applicant in writing that they are entitled to file a corrected application. If the department determines the application is complete and accurate, the department shall notify the applicant of the:

(1) determination; and

(2) date, time, and location of the public information meeting to be held under IC 14-39-1-4.

The department shall schedule the public information meeting under subdivision (2) not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after determining whether the application is complete and accurate.

(b) If the department fails to act on an application not later than ninety (90) days after a public information meeting under subsection (a) or (d), the application is considered approved by the department.

(c) The department shall process a corrected application in the same way an initial application is processed.

(d) The department shall schedule an additional public information meeting as prescribed under subsection (a) if a material change is made to the application that is not:

(1) a minor modification under section 10 of this rule;

(2) a substantive change made due to comments received during a previous public information meeting under subsection (a) or this subsection; or

(3) a federal agency, a state agency, or another unit of government requires the change under IC 8-23-26, IC 36-9-42, or another applicable state or federal law.

The department shall expedite reviewing changes to an application for a certificate of authority under this subsection.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 30-5-8; filed September 5, 2025, 11:44 a.m.: 20251001-IR-312250162FRA)