Section 670.412. Public hearings.

 

(1)  

(a) The department may hold a public hearing whenever the department finds, on the basis of requests, a significant degree of public interest in the preliminary determination.

(b) The department may also hold a public hearing at the department's discretion, whenever, for instance, such a hearing might clarify one or more issues involved in the preliminary determination or operating license decision.

(c) The department may hold a public informational hearing whenever the department receives written notice of opposition to a preliminary determination and a request for a hearing within 45 days of public notice under s. NR 670.410 (2) (a) , and whenever possible the department shall schedule a hearing under this section at a location convenient to the nearest population center to the proposed facility.

(d) Public notice of the hearing shall be given as specified in s. NR 670.410 .

(e) Department determinations under this chapter are made as part of the process for approving a feasibility and plan of operation report or license under subch. III of ch. 289 , Stats., or ch. 291 , Stats. , and are therefore exempt from s. 227.42 (1) , Stats.

CR 05-032 : cr. Register July 2006 No. 607 , eff. 8-1-06.