Section 100.40  Department Review Procedures

a)         The Application shall be reviewed by the Department and the Director may, in his discretion, obtain the assistance of other persons and entities either within or outside State government to assist in this review procedure.  Such assistance may include professional consultants, such as accountants, architects, attorneys, engineers, planners, etc., applying ordinary professional standards to such review to the extent the Department, pursuant to its administrative abilities, is lacking professional and technical services required to assess feasibility, adequacy, sufficiency and other relevant factors contained in the Application.

b)         The time required by the Department to conduct its review of the Application will be determined by some or all of the following factors:

1)         the scope and complexity of the proposed Project;

2)         the number of other Applications under concurrent review by the Department;

3)         the availability of staff and administrative finances of the Department; and

4)         the sufficiency and accuracy of the Application.

c)         Subsequent to review by the Department, the applicant shall be notified of the conclusion of the Department's evaluation.