Mississippi § 49-27-15 - Application; notice of date for filing objections; hearing and notice of hearing; payment of publication fees and costs of providing notice to public.
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§ 49-27-15. Application; notice of date for filing objections; hearing and notice of hearing; payment of publication fees and costs of providing notice to public.
The department may schedule a hearing on any application; however, the department shall schedule a hearing on each application if, during the time period in which written objections are required to be filed, (i) a written request for a hearing is submitted by the applicant, or (ii) a hearing is requested or written objections are submitted to the application by a political subdivision, an agency, or five (5) or more persons affected by the application. At such hearing, any person may present oral or written comments on the application. Not later than sixty (60) days from the receipt of a complete application, the commission shall publish notice of the time period in which written objections to any application must be filed. The hearing must be held within twenty (20) days after the time period in which objections are required to be filed ends, unless a later date for the hearing is agreed to by all parties. Notice of the date on or before which objections must be filed shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the affected wetlands are located. The last publication of such notice shall be made not more than seven (7) days prior to such date. The published notice shall describe the site of the proposed activity and shall give a general description of the proposed regulated activity. Further, notice shall be given describing the date, time and place for the hearing by United States mail, postage prepaid, to each of the objectors and to the applicant at the address furnished to the commission by the parties, and by causing a copy of such notice to be published at least one time in one (1) newspaper having a general circulation in the county in which the affected wetlands are located. An applicant shall pay the publication fees and the costs of providing notice to the public.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 49-27-15 ("Application; notice of date for filing objections; hearing and notice of hearing; payment of publication fees and costs of providing notice to public.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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