(a) The department will determine if an application is complete for review. Incomplete or vague applications will be returned to the applicant with a request for additional information within 30 calendar days after receipt of the application. The application review time period will not begin until the department has determined that an application is complete.

(b) If the application is determined to be complete, the department will mail to the applicant a decision in the form of a license or permit with conditions or, if applicable, a statement that the license or permit applied for has been denied, with an explanation for the denial, within 45 calendar days after receipt of the completed application.

(c) If the department fails to mail a decision within the time periods specified above, the applicant may make notice of that failure, by means of certified mail, return receipt requested, for all licenses and permits listed in section 175.1(c)(1)-(9) of this Part, addressed to the Director of the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233 and for all licenses and permits listed in section 175.1(c)(10) of this Part, addressed to the Chief, Bureau of Marine Resources, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 205 N. Belle Mead Road, Suite 1, E. Setauket, NY 11733. This notice must contain the applicant's name, the name of the license or permit applied for, and the date the application was mailed to the department.

(d) If the department fails to mail the decision to the applicant within 15 working days of the receipt of such notice, the application will be deemed approved and the license or permit deemed granted, subject to the standard terms or conditions applicable to such license or permit.