Section 24-250. Action on applications for certificates or tunneling permits

(a)  The  commissioner  shall act within a reasonable time not to exceed
  sixty days on an application for a tunneling permit,  for  an  operating
  certificate,  or  for  a  renewal of an operating certificate, and shall
  notify the applicant in writing of his or her approval or disapproval of
  the application.
    (b) If an application is disapproved, the commissioner shall set forth
  his or her  objections  in  the  notice  of  disapproval  or  notice  of
  violation.
    (c)  Within sixty days after service on the applicant of the notice of
  disapproval, exclusive of the day of service, the applicant may  request
  the  commissioner  to reconsider the application by answering in writing
  the commissioner's objection to the application.
    (d) The commissioner shall consider the applicant's answer to  his  or
  her  objections,  and  shall  notify  the  applicant in writing within a
  reasonable time, not to exceed sixty days, of his  or  her  approval  or
  denial  of the application. Failure to answer or request an extension of
  time within sixty days after service of the notice of disapproval  or  a
  notice of violation shall be deemed a denial of the application.
    (e)  The  commissioner  may grant a temporary operating certificate or
  tunneling permit for a period not to exceed sixty days upon  receipt  of
  an  application  for the granting or renewal of an operating certificate
  and  may,  at  his  or  her  discretion,  renew  a  temporary  operating
  certificate  or  tunneling permit for an additional period not to exceed
  sixty days.