Sec. 1. (a) Whenever the department receives a permit application, the department shall send notice that the permit application has been received by the department to the following:
(1) The county executive of a county that is affected by the permit application.
(2) The executive of a city that is affected by the permit application.
(3) The executive of a town council of a town that is affected by the permit application.
(b) The department may require a person who submits a permit application to the department to provide information on the application necessary for the department to implement subsection (a).