(1)
(a) The division shall conduct a final technical review and make a final administrative decision for a permit application upon completion of an expedited review.
(b) To make a final administrative decision on a permit application, the division shall:
(i) review a preliminary permit decision for the permit application;
(ii) conduct a final technical review of the permit application; and
(iii)
(A) approve the permit application;
(B) deny the permit application; or
(C) return the permit application to the applicant with a description of the permit application's deficiencies.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a permit applicant may appeal the division's final administrative decision as provided in Section 40-8-13.1.