2011 Utah Code
Title 19 Environmental Quality Code
Chapter 5 Water Quality Act
Section 112 Hearings conducted by an administrative law judge -- Decisions on denial or revocation of permit conducted by executive director.

19-5-112. Hearings conducted by an administrative law judge -- Decisions on denial or revocation of permit conducted by executive director.
(1) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (2), an administrative law judge shall conduct hearings authorized by Section 19-5-111 in accordance with Section 19-1-301.
(b) All decisions shall be rendered by a majority of the board.
(2) (a) An administrative law judge shall conduct, on the executive director's behalf, a hearing regarding an appeal of a permit decision for which the state has assumed primacy under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection 19-1-301(6), the administrative law judge shall submit to the executive director a proposed dispositive action.
(c) The executive director may:
(i) approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove a proposed dispositive action submitted to the executive director under Subsection (2)(b); or
(ii) return the proposed dispositive action to the administrative law judge for further action as directed.
(d) The decision of the executive director is final and binding on all parties as a final determination of the board unless stayed or overturned on appeal.