La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § I-728

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 5, May 20, 2024

Section I-728 - Public Notice

A. Electronic Public Notice List. The Office of Coastal Management shall maintain the electronic public notice list, which shall contain the name and electronic address provided by all persons who request to receive public notice from the Office of Coastal Management via electronic transmission. Subscribers to the electronic public notice list will receive electronic notification by email or other widely available electronic means of dissemination used for distributing information electronically if the subscriber requests such other means be utilized and if such technology is being used by the Office of Coastal Management. The content of these transmissions will include: public notice of applications, notice of public hearings, notice of other agency actions, and items of general interest related to the programs of the Office of Coastal Management.

1. Procedure for Subscribing to the Electronic Public Notice List

a. Any interested person may request orally or in writing to be added or removed as a subscriber to the electronic public notice list.

b. Once the Office of Coastal Management receives the request, the interested party will be added to the electronic public notice list.

2. Maintenance of the Electronic Public Notice List

a. Periodically, but not more than twice per year, the Office of Coastal Management may send a request to subscribers of the electronic public notice list to verify their intention to remain a subscriber. The request may contain an "opt out" feature that allows the subscriber to request to be removed from the electronic public notice list.

b. Subscribers may be removed from the electronic public notice list anytime after one year after receipt of their latest request to be placed on the list, or upon a request from the subscriber to be removed from the list, whichever occurs first. Subscribers will be informed that they may be removed from the electronic public notice list anytime after one year after receipt of their latest request to be placed on the list at the time they request to be included on such list.

3. Automatic Removal from Public Notice Mailing List

a. A request to be added as a subscriber to the electronic public notice list will serve as a request for removal from the public notice mailing list, as described below.

B. Public Notice Mailing List. The Office of Coastal Management shall maintain a public notice mailing list of all interested persons who request to be subscribers to the public notice mailing list in order to receive notice of applications, public hearings, other agency action, and items of general interest related to the programs of the Office of Coastal Management via the United States Postal Service.

1. Procedure for Subscribing to the Public Notice Mailing List

a. Any person seeking to be added to the public notice mailing list shall submit a request orally or in writing.

b. Once the Office of Coastal Management receives the request, the interested party will be added to the public notice mailing list.

2. Maintenance of the Public Notice Mailing List

a. The fact that any correspondence or dispatch sent to any subscriber on the public notice mailing list, properly addressed with postage prepaid, is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable, may be regarded as evidence of the subscriber's intent to be removed from the public notice mailing list, and the subscriber may be removed from the public notice mailing list without further formality.

b. Subscribers may also be removed from the public notice mailing list anytime after one year after receipt of their latest request to be placed on the public notice mailing list or upon a request by the subscriber to be removed from such list, whichever occurs first. Subscribers will be informed that they may be removed from the public notice mailing list anytime after one year after receipt of their latest request to be placed on the list at the time they request to be included on such list.

c. Any subscriber found on the electronic public notice list shall be removed without further formality from the public notice mailing list.

C. Prior Mailing Lists

1. All mailing lists authorized under regulations in effect prior to the effective date of this regulation are terminated, and all subscriptions on those lists are converted to subscriptions to the public notice mailing list with a start date concurrent with the effective date of this regulation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § I-728

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management, LR 39:328 (February 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:214.21-41.