TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 7. Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation, 12-7-1 through 12-7-22.

ARTICLE 6 FOREST HERITAGE TRUST

12-7-10. Referral of application and plan to district; time for action.

Except as otherwise provided by Code Section 12-7-7, immediately upon receipt of an application for a permit the application and plan for sediment and erosion control shall be referred to the appropriate district wherein such land-disturbing activities are proposed to take place, for its review and approval or disapproval concerning the adequacy of the erosion and sediment control plan proposed by the applicant. A district shall approve or disapprove a plan within 35 days of receipt. Failure of a district to act within 35 days shall be considered an approval of the pending plan.

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 994, § 9; Ga. L. 1980, p. 942, § 6; Ga. L. 2003, p. 224, § 5.)