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(a) No person may own, construct, modify, operate or close any facility or site for the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste identified or listed under this article, nor shall any person store, treat or dispose of any such hazardous waste without first obtaining a permit from the director for such facility, site or activity and all other permits as required by law. Such permit shall be issued, after public notice and opportunity for public hearing, upon such reasonable terms and conditions as the director may direct if the application, together with all supporting information and data and other evidence establishes that the construction, modification, operation or closure, as the case may be, of the hazardous waste facility, site or activity will not violate any provisions of this article or any of the rules promulgated by the director as required by this article: Provided, That in issuing the permits required by this subsection, the director shall not regulate those aspects of a hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility which are the subject of the permitting or licensing requirements of: (1) Section seven of this article, and which need not be regulated in order for the director to perform his or her duties under this article; or (2) subdivision (13), subsection (a), section six of this article, which need not be regulated under any other provision of this article.

(b) The director shall prescribe a form of application for all permits issued by the director.

(c) The director may require a plan for the closure of such facility or site to be submitted along with an application for a permit which plan for closure shall comply in all respects with the requirements of this article and any rules promulgated hereunder. Such plan of closure is subject to modification upon application by the permit holder to the director and approval of such modification by the director.

(d) An environmental analysis shall be submitted with the permit application for all hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities which are major facilities as that term may be defined by rules promulgated by the director: Provided, That facilities in existence on November 19, 1980, need not comply with this subsection. Such environmental analysis shall contain information of the type, quality and detail that will permit adequate consideration of the environmental, technical and economic factors involved in the establishment and operation of such facilities:

(1) The portion of the applicant’s environmental analysis dealing with environmental assessments shall contain, but not be limited to: