Application for Hearing Board

Hearing Boards were established by Health and Safety Code, Chapter 8, Section 40800, and consist of five members – an attorney, a professional engineer, a medical doctor, and two public members. Hearing Boards are a quasi-judicial body that rules on particular cases that affect only individual facilities. Hearing Boards are authorized to hear requests for variance relief, permit revocations, abatement orders, and appeals by permit applicants, or by interested third parties, concerning the issuance or denial of permits. Regions: North (Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties); Central (Fresno, Kings, and Madera counties); South (Kern and Tulare Counties) Members must maintain a primary residence in one of the counties of the applicable Hearing Board Region.

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