Section 312IAC3-1-2. Ultimate authority

   (a) Except as provided in this section, the commission is the ultimate authority for the department and any department board.

  (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), an administrative law judge is the ultimate authority for an administrative review under the following:

(1) An order under IC 14-34, except for a proceeding:

(A) concerning the approval or disapproval of a permit application or permit renewal under IC 14-34-4-13; or

(B) for suspension or revocation of a permit under IC 14-34-15-7.

(2) An order granting or denying temporary relief under IC 14-34 or an order:

(A) voiding;

(B) terminating;

(C) modifying;

(D) staying; or

(E) continuing;

an emergency or temporary order under IC 4-21.5-4.

(3) An order designated as a final order in section 9 of this rule.

(4) A final agency action by an administrative law judge under IC 14-22-32-5.

  (c) An administrative law judge is also the ultimate authority for the following:

(1) The Indiana board of licensure for professional geologists under IC 25-17.6.

(2) The Indiana board of registration for soil scientists under IC 25-31.5.

  (d) For a proceeding consolidated with the office of environmental adjudication under IC 14-10-2-2.5(b), the panel described in IC 14-10-2-2.5(c) is the ultimate authority for administrative review. (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 3-1-2; filed Feb 5, 1996, 4:00 p.m.: 19 IR 1317; filed Oct 19, 1998, 10:12 a.m.: 22 IR 749; filed Dec 26, 2001, 2:42 p.m.: 25 IR 1543; filed Aug 29, 2002, 1:03 p.m.: 26 IR 8; readopted filed Oct 2, 2002, 9:10 a.m.: 26 IR 546; readopted filed Jul 21, 2008, 12:16 p.m.: 20080813-IR-312080052RFA; filed Apr 3, 2009, 2:00 p.m.: 20090429-IR-312080688FRA; errata filed Jan 20, 2012, 2:33 p.m.: 20120201-IR-312120052ACA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:48 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140027RFA)