1. (a) A person who receives notice of the department's intention to deny an application for a certification of registration, to reprimand, suspend or revoke a certificate of registration, to prohibit the registrant from paying cash for a purchase of regulated material pursuant to §1956.036(e) of the Act, or to impose an administrative penalty under §36.60 of this title (relating to Administrative Penalties), may appeal the decision by requesting an informal hearing.
2. (b) The request for hearing must be submitted by mail, facsimile, or electronic mail, to the department in the manner provided on the department's metals recycling program website within twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of notice of the department's proposed action. If a written request for a hearing is not submitted within twenty (20) calendar days of the date notice was received, the right to a hearing under this section or §36.57 of this title (relating to Hearings before the State Office of Administrative Hearings) is waived.
3. (c) An informal hearing will be scheduled and conducted by the department's designee.
4. (d) Following the informal hearing, the hearing officer will issue a written statement of findings to the person at the address on file. The result may be appealed to the State Office of Administrative Hearings as provided in §36.57 of this title.

Source Note:The provisions of this §36.56 adopted to be effective January 10, 2016, 41 TexReg 498; amended to be effective November 2, 2017, 42 TexReg 6032.