Section 103.23. Date of filing application

(a) The required application and supporting documentation shall be filed with the Department prior to February 1 annually. No application received by the Department or postmarked later than January 31 will be accepted for processing by the Department. If January 31 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or State or Federal holiday, the deadline will be the next business day.

(b) Applications shall be submitted on forms supplied by the Department.

The provisions of this § 103.23 adopted September 2, 1971, effective September 3, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 1804; amended January 22, 1982, effective January 23, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 382; amended September 27, 1991, effective September 28, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 4397. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (151607).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 103.23 amended under the act of August 20, 1953 (P. L. 1217, No. 339) (35 P. S. § § 701—703); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. § § 691.1—691.1001); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).

Notes of Decisions

The EHB properly granted Department of Environmental Resources’ Motion for Summary Judgment in an appeal from a DER action refusing to process an application for an annual subsidy for the operations of a sewage treatment plant when the application was postmarked after January 31 deadline. Upper Allegheny Joint Sanitary Authority v. Department of Environmental Resources, 567 A.2d 342 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1989); appeal denied 582 A.2d 327 (Pa. 1990).