18-21-113. PROCEDURE FOR APPEAL OF DECISIONS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR.

1. Within 30 days of the issuance of any decision under this Title or the issuance of any other order by the Director, such as an order to comply or an order assessing civil penalties, any person adversely affected by the order may appeal to the Commission. However, the Commission shall have no jurisdiction to hear such an appeal unless the person seeking the appeal has previously exhausted all of their available remedies before the Director.
2. An appeal shall be instituted by the delivery, no later than 30 days after the date of the order appealed from, of a notice of appeal to the office of the Commission and to the offices of the Directors. The notice shall state the appellant’s name and address, the order appealed from, and the general grounds of the appeal.
3. In any appeal, the Commission may adopt such procedures and set such schedules as are appropriate for the circumstances, including informal hearings or formal trial-like proceedings, on the conditions that any appellant may demand and shall be granted the right to formal trial-like hearings in its notice of appeal and that, in any appeal, the Commission shall hold an informal hearing at which the appellant, and any other interested person, may appear to present his position on the appeal.
4. The hearing on an appeal shall be held no later than 30 days after the notice of appeal is filed, unless the Commission grants a request for extension for good cause.
5. The Commission shall issue its decision on the appeal no later than 30 days after conclusion of the hearing.