Section 55-0111. Special groundwater protection areas; designation

1.  The  commissioner  shall  review  all  petitions of nomination for
  special groundwater protection areas. If a petition  complies  with  all
  the  requirements  of  section 55-0109 of this article, the commissioner
  shall  certify  such  compliance  and  approve  the   petition.      The
  commissioner  shall  determine  within  thirty  days  of  receipt of the
  petition, the completeness of the petition and respond to the petitioner
  of his findings. The commissioner shall have ninety days from  the  date
  of  receipt  to certify in writing to the petitioner that a petition has
  been  approved,  approved  with  modifications,  or  disapproved.  If  a
  petition   is   disapproved,  the  commissioner  shall  include  in  the
  notification to the petitioner the reasons for disapproval and allow the
  petitioner to resubmit the petition.  Any  petition  resubmission  shall
  reinitiate  the  review process. If the commissioner does not respond to
  the petitioner  within  the  time  prescribed,  the  petition  shall  be
  considered to be approved.
    2.  Once  a  petition  has  been  officially  approved, the designated
  planning entity shall be eligible for such funds to develop the plan and
  comply with all the requirements of this article for  a  period  not  to
  exceed three years.