20-12-03 (Existing) Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Department of Environmental Management

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(a) Petition. Any interested person may petition the Department, requesting the adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule of the Department, stating thile reasons therefor. (b) Submission. The original petition and two (2) copies shall be submitted to the Department. It shall include: (1) A statement of the nature of the petitioner's interest. (2) A draft or t�he s,ubstance of the proposed rule or amendment or a designation of the, provision sought to be repealed. (3) An explicit statement of the reasons in support of the proposed rule, (c) Disposition of Petition. Within thirty (30) days after the submission of the petition, the Director shall either deny the petition in writing, stating the reasons for such denial, or initiate public proceedings in accordance with Section 91-31 of the Hawal'i Revised Statutes, for the adoption, amendment or 1-3 (e) Acceptance of Petition. If the, Department determines that the petition is in order and that it discloses sufficient reasons in support of the proposed rulemaking to justify the institution of rulemaking prodings, the Department shall conduct the rulernaking proceieidings in accordance with this section and the applicable statutes. 11WO 0 - 4! (a) Publication an�d Mailing. When,, pursuant to a petition therefore or upon its own, the Department proposes to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule, a notice of proposed rulemaking shall be published at leiast on,ce in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and the notice shall also be mailed to a�ll persons or agencies who have made timely written requests for advance notice of the Department's rulemaking proceedings, provided that the fees or costs N