Section 881. Master application procedure

1. The office shall develop and
  implement  a master application procedure to expedite the identification
  and processing of  permits  for  business  undertakings,  projects,  and
  activities.  A  master application shall be made on a form prescribed by
  the office, such form to be designed primarily for  the  convenience  of
  applicants  confronting  requirements  for  multiple permits from one or
  more  state  agencies,  and  shall  provide  for  concise  and  specific
  information  necessary  to a determination of those permits which are or
  may be required for the undertaking, project, or activity.
    2. Use of the master application procedure shall be at the  option  of
  any  person  proposing  a business undertaking, project or activity. The
  office shall assist any  person  upon  request  in  preparing  a  master
  application,  describe  the  procedures involved, and provide such other
  information from the comprehensive permit information  file  as  may  be
  helpful or necessary.
    3.  Upon  receipt of a master application the office shall immediately
  notify in writing each state agency having a possible  interest  in  the
  proposed  business  undertaking,  project,  or  activity with respect to
  permits which are or may be required.
    4. Each state agency so notified shall respond to  the  office  within
  fifteen  days  of  receipt  of  the  notice  and shall advise the office
  whether one or more  permits  under  its  jurisdiction  are  or  may  be
  required for the business undertaking, project, or activity described in
  the master application.  The response shall specify the permits which in
  the  opinion  of  the  agency  are or may be required, if any, and shall
  indicate the fees to be charged.
    5. Any state agency so notified which responds that it does  not  have
  an  interest  in  the  permit  requirements of the business undertaking,
  project, or activity described in the master application, or which  does
  not respond within the time period specified in subdivision four of this
  section,  shall  not  require  a permit for the undertaking, project, or
  activity described in the master application.
    6. The provisions of subdivision five of this section shall not  apply
  if  the  master  application  contained  false,  misleading or deceptive
  information, or failed to include pertinent  information,  the  lack  of
  which could reasonably lead a state agency to misjudge the applicability
  of  permits  under  its  jurisdiction,  or if new permit requirements or
  related standards subsequently became effective for which a state agency
  had no discretion in establishing the effective date thereof.
    7. The office, following the fifteen day notice and  response  period,
  shall  promptly provide the person having submitted a master application
  with application forms and related information for all permits specified
  by the interested state agencies and shall advise such person:
    (a) that all such forms are to  be  completed  and  submitted  to  the
  interested state agencies; or, at the option of the applicant,
    (b)  that the office will receive all such forms as a package with the
  fees to be charged,  if  any,  and  that  the  office  will  immediately
  separate  and submit such forms and any allocable fees to the interested
  state agencies.
    8. An applicant may withdraw a master application at any time  without
  forfeiture  of  any  permit  approval  applied for or obtained under the
  master application procedures contained in this section.
    * NB Authority of office terminated per § 893 December 31, 1995