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r 12 930 <br />Section IV. Apps cation and Processing Fee <br />A. The Board of County commissioners, upon the <br />recommendation of the Environmental Affairs Board, shall require <br />a permit application fee in the amount of $100,000 to reimburse <br />the County for the costs of any needed professional assistance <br />that may be required to evaluate the permit application and <br />amendments, verify its contents and evaluate the impact of such <br />a permit on the community, public health and environment. This <br />assistance may include, but shall not be limited to the <br />assistance of lawyers, biologists, geologists, engineers, <br />chemists, hydrologists, emergency response, transportation and <br />public health experts, land appraisers and professional testing <br />laboratories. Funds not so expended in the legitimate review of <br />the permit application shall be returned to the applicant. <br />B. Failure to provide these funds within 30 days of <br />demand, therefore, shall result in termination of the permit <br />process or cancellation of the permit. The Board of County <br />Commissioners may take legal action against the applicant for <br />any costs incurred to the county up to the point of <br />termination. <br />Section V. Application Procedure. <br />A. The permit applicant shall submit to the Board of <br />County commissioners twelve copies of all information required <br />by federal and state agencies for the facility for which it <br />requests a county permit at the time such iformationfacilities <br />submitted to the state and federal government P <br />already located in the county. The review procedure shall not <br />begin nor shall the application be designated as complete until <br />such time as all required data are submitted and the appropriate <br />fees are paid, or suitable arrangements for payment have been <br />approved by the Board of County Commissioners. <br />B. A designee of the Board of County Commissioners shall <br />compile copies of all reports, applications, minutes of the <br />Environmental Affairs Board meetings, reports by consultants and <br />similar materials. These shall be placed in one location with <br />free access by the public and availability of copying any <br />portion or all of any document at cost. <br />C. Within 45 days of the submission of the application, <br />the Commissioners' designee shall hold a public hearing so that <br />the applicant can present its plans to the Environmental Affairs <br />Board and answer. questions regarding the same. <br />D. After the hearing, the Commissioners' designee, after <br />consultation with the Environmental Affairs Board, shall have 60 <br />days in which to determine if the application is complete and <br />shall mail notice of its determination to the applicant. If it <br />is not complete, the applicant will have six months to complete <br />the application. However, the applicant may at the end of six <br />months make a showing of cause to the Board of County <br />-6- <br />