(1) The department shall approve or disapprove a project application within 45 working days after the date of receipt of the application. The decision and the detailed reasons for the approval or disapproval of a proposal shall be in writing, and, if the proposal is approved, the amount of rebates to business firms authorized for use shall be stated.

    (2) Upon receipt of the application, the department shall provide a copy of the project application to the local unit of government and the county in which the project will be located for review and comments. Any review and comments of the project shall be returned to the department within 30 working days after receipt of the application. Comments shall include:

    (a) Whether the project conflicts with any applicable comprehensive plan.

    (b) Verification of the neighborhood organization and business firm submitting the project application.

    (c) Other comments as may be considered appropriate.

    (3) The department may provide any other person, group, community action agency, or division of federal, state, or local unit of government a copy of the project for review and comment.

    (4) The department may approve a project application after 35 working days from receipt of the project application, whether or not comments have been received from a local unit of government, or any person, group, or division of federal, state, or a local unit of government to whom copies of the project application have been provided.