Sec. 3. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after being served a request for an adjudicatory hearing, an administrative law judge under IC 4-15-10.5 shall, if the administrative law judge determines that:
(1) the request was properly submitted; and
(2) the request establishes a jurisdictional basis for a hearing;
assign the matter for a hearing.
(b) Upon assigning the matter for a hearing, an administrative law judge may stay the force and effect of the following:
(1) A contested permit provision.
(2) A permit term or condition the administrative law judge considers inseverable from a contested permit provision.
(c) After a final hearing under this section, a final order of an administrative law judge on a permit application is subject to review under IC 4-21.5-5.