(i) A facility may, at any time, submit information to the department demonstrating that the facility is in compliance or has corrected the condition(s) that prompted the department to impose the prohibition.

(ii) Upon submission of information to the department, the department will designate an individual to review submissions and provide a written decision as set forth below.

(iii) The designated individual will provide a written decision to the facility within five business days after the department receives the facility’s submission. If the designated individual decides to deny termination of the delivery prohibition, the decision will set forth the reasons for the denial including a description of any deficiency in the information supplied by the facility.

(iv) The decision of the designated individual will constitute a final agency determination subject to challenge under article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.

(v) The department will retain the record generated during the staff review process for one year.

(i) Not later than 15 days after a tag has been affixed to a tank fill port, the department will provide the facility with an opportunity to present proof on the limited issue of whether the department incorrectly determined that any tier 1 or tier 2 conditions existed at the facility. Notice of such hearing will be sent together with the written notification of any delivery prohibition issued pursuant to section 613-5.1(a)(2) or (b)(3) of this Subpart.

(ii) The department will bear the burden of proof at the expedited hearing.

(iii) The failure of the facility to appear at the time and place scheduled for the expedited hearing will constitute a waiver of the opportunity for an expedited hearing.

(iv) The expedited hearing will be held before a department hearing officer. The hearing officer will make a report to the commissioner setting forth the appearances, the arguments presented at the hearing, findings of fact and conclusions of law, and a recommended determination for consideration by the commissioner.

(v) The hearing officer may, to the extent practicable and without prejudice to the facility’s right to have a timely expedited hearing, consolidate the expedited hearing regarding the existence of tier 1 or 2 conditions with any hearing regarding the facility’s violation of other provisions of the Environmental Conservation Law, or any order, rule, or regulation issued or promulgated thereunder.

(vi) The hearing officer will have the powers and authority provided to a presiding officer under the State Administrative Procedure Act.

(vii) The expedited hearing will be recorded. The hearing officer will cause a typed transcript of the record to be prepared for the department’s files, but will not wait for the preparation of this transcript before making a report to the commissioner, if so requested by the facility or the commissioner.

(viii) The hearing officer will issue his or her report within 30 days after the close of the hearing, unless the parties agree to an extension of this time.