40 CFR §222.9

1. (a)Within 30 days following receipt of the Presiding Officer's recommendations or, where no hearing has been held, following the close of the 30-day period for requesting a hearing as provided in § 222.4, the Administrator or the Regional Administrator, as the case may be, shall make a determination with respect to the issuance, denial, or imposition of conditions on, any permit applied for under this Subchapter H and shall give notice to the applicant and to all persons who registered their attendance at the hearing by providing their name and mailing address, if any, by mailing a letter stating the determination and stating the basis therefor in terms of the Criteria.
2. (b)Any determination to issue or deny any permit after a hearing held pursuant to § 222.7 shall take effect no sooner than:
   1. (1)10 days after notice of such determination is given if no request for an adjudicatory hearing is filed in accordance with § 222.10(a); or
   2. (2)20 days after notice of such determination is given if a request for an adjudicatory hearing is filed in accordance with paragraph (a) of § 222.10 and the Administrator or the Regional Administrator, as the case may be, denies such request in accordance with paragraph (c) of § 222.10; or
   3. (3)The date on which a final determination has been made following an adjudicatory hearing held pursuant to § 222.11.
3. (c)The Administrator or Regional Administrator, as the case may be, may extend the term of a previously issued permit pending the conclusion of the proceedings held pursuant to §§ 222.7 through 222.9.
4. (d)A copy of each permit issued shall be sent to the appropriate District Office of the U.S. Coast Guard.