Section App 215.02 - Disposition of Petition(a) The council shall consider all petitions for rulemaking and proceed pursuant to RSA 541-A:4. The council shall request additional data or argument from the petitioner or other interested persons to clarify the argument.(b) The council shall deny the petition in the case of any of the following: (1) If the data or agreement fails to support the petition;(2) The petition is not within the council's rulemaking authority;(3) The petition is a duplicate of a existing rule or statutory provision already in existence;(4) The petition recreates inconsistency within the existing rule and the statutory mandate of the council; or(5) The petition is inconsistant with another administrative rule.(c) If the data or argument fails to support the petition, the council shall state the reason therefore in the order.N.H. Admin. Code § App 215.02