IUPUI Environmental Health & Safety

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT INDIANAPOLIS
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

ASSESSMENT OF FINES, PENALTIES OR OTHER COSTS
RELATED TO UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY POLICIES

Appeals Procedures:
Any person affected by a cost or fine assessment issued by the Department of Environmental Health and Safety may request and shall be granted the opportunity to appeal the assessment before a quorum of the IUPUI Environmental Safety Committee provided that a written request for such a review is submitted to the current Chairperson of the Committee within thirty (30) days of issuance of the cost assessment. The written request is to provide a brief statement on the grounds for such a review.

Any cost or penalty assessment issued relative to an IUPUI Environmental Safety Policy shall automatically be considered final and binding if a written request is not filed with the Committee Chairperson within thirty days after the assessment is initially issued.

APPEALS REVIEW PROCEDURES

The Environmental Safety Committee shall review and consider the appeals request at its next regularly-scheduled meeting. The petitioner of the review shall be granted the opportunity to show cause why such an assessment should not be honored. The Department of Environmental Health and Safety shall also have the opportunity to show cause in favor of the assessment.

After review of such causes, the Committee Chairperson shall poll the opinion of Committee members in attendance. The outcome of the appeal will be determined by a simple majority of the opinion of members in attendance at the time of the polling. Any person involved in the assessment of the cost must abstain from voting. In the case of a tie, the opinion of the Committee Chairperson shall determine the outcome of the appeal. The decision of the Committee shall be advisory to the Chancellor or his designee.