NOTICE OF OPEN BURNING APPROVAL
PB-221782
Notice is hereby given that a 5-year approval from 326 IAC 4-1 has been issued to The Nature Conservancy to conduct a 3 unit, 128 total acre prescribed burn of hardwood leaf litter and fine woody fuels for native vegetation restoration/maintenance purposes at the Brown County Hills – Hitz Rhodehamel Woods (T9N, R3E, Sec.5-6). The burning will take place north of the intersection of Bear Wallow Hill Road & Mathis Road, south of Freeman Ridge Road, and east of Forest Field Drive, Nashville, Brown County.
Any affected person wishing to challenge this decision is required by Indiana Code Section {IC) 4-21.5-3-7 to file a petition for administrative review. (Please note that a “petition for administrative review” is not a compilation of interested party signatures but is a legal document, the requirements of which are described in IC 4-21.5-3-7.) The petition must be submitted in writing to N-501E, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, within fifteen (15) days of the publication of this newspaper notice.
Pursuant to IC 13-14-8-11 (formerly IC 13-7-7-6), IC 4-21.5-3-5 and IC 4-21.5-3-7, this decision will become effective fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this newspaper notice or, in the case of individuals who have received personal notifications, eighteen (18) days after the mailing date of this Notice of Approval unless a petition for review is submitted by an affected party. Pursuant to IC 4-21.5-3-5(d), the Office of Environmental Adjudication will provide an interested party with notice of any pre-hearing conferences, preliminary hearing, or orders disposing of the review of this decision if a written request is submitted to the Office of Environmental Adjudication.
A copy of the Approval decision is available along with further information regarding the appeal process for inspection and copying at the Brown County Health Department, 281 Locust Lane, Nashville, and at the Brown County Public Library, 205 Locust Lane, Nashville.
32060785 8/29, 2018 hspaxlp 18-165
