Regulations of Marine Dumping Permit Management Article 12

When the central competent authority receives an application for a marine dumping permit, it shall complete its documentary review within 14 days and notify the applying applicants to pay review fees within seven days. The central competent authority shall complete its actual review within two months of the day after the receival of the review fees from the applicants; when necessary the actual review may be extended for another two months, but only once.The applicants that apply for a permit pursuant to Article 3, Paragraph 2 shall submit relevant ship or equipment information to the central competent authority within the notification period. Applicants that fail to submit the information within the deadline shall have their application rejected. The central competent authority shall complete its actual review within 14 days after receiving the information from the applicants.Those circumstances in which the review of the application documents in the two forgoing paragraph demonstrates failure to comply with these Regulations or incomplete content, the central competent authority shall notify the applicant to make corrections within a limited time period. The number of days for making corrections shall not be calculated within the review period, but the overall period for correction may not exceed 42 days; any applications that have not been corrected by the deadline shall be rejected.The central competent authority may, when necessary, consult with the relevant industry competent authority during the review in Paragraph 1.