1. (a) The department shall deem a request for an ecological review to be administratively complete when all of the information required pursuant to Env-C 804.02 has been received.
2. (b) If the department receives a request that is not administratively complete, the department shall send the applicant written notice of the deficiencies and that the request shall be closed if the additional information is not received within 60 days.

3. (c) Upon administrative completeness, the department shall have 60 days to:

   1. (1) Request additional information from the applicant necessary to complete its review; and
   2. (2) Issue an ecological review decision pursuant to Env-C 804.04 and Env-C 804.05.
4. (d) The time it takes the applicant to respond to a request for additional information pursuant to (c)(1), above, shall not count towards the 60-day timeline in (c), above.
5. (e) The time for the department to complete the review shall only be extended with written authorization from the applicant.
6. (f) An applicant shall have 180 days to provide the information requested pursuant to (c)(1), above. The time for responding to a request for additional information shall be extended an additional 180 days if the applicant submits a written request for a time extension prior to the expiration of the deadline. More than one time extension shall be granted if the applicant demonstrates good cause, as defined in (g), below. The department shall close the ecological review request if the requested additional information is not provided within any allowed time limit.

7. (g) Good cause to extend an applicant’s deadline to provide additional information shall be deemed to exist if:

   1. (1) In order to submit the missing component(s) or additional information, the applicant requires information from a third party not under the applicant’s control, and the applicant has not received the information despite making diligent efforts to obtain it; or
   2. (2) The applicant has otherwise been prevented by circumstances beyond the applicant’s control from obtaining or preparing the missing component(s) or additional information.
8. (h) Once an ecological review request is closed by the department pursuant to (b) or (f), above, the applicant shall submit a new request if an ecological review is still required.

Source. #14473, eff 1-19-26, EXPIRES: 1-19-36