Section Env-WtC 208.04 - Public Comment on Proposed Council RulesThe council shall provide notice of and receive public comment on proposed council rules as follows:
(a) The council shall give notice of the proposed rulemaking in accordance with RSA 541-A:6;(b) Any person wishing to submit written comments shall file the comments as specified in the notice of proposed rulemaking;(c) A public hearing shall be held during a meeting of the council and shall be identified on the agenda for the meeting as a hearing to receive public comment on the proposed council rules;(d) The presiding officer shall open the public hearing and shall ask any person wishing to comment on the proposed council rules to identify himself or herself for the record and to proceed with his/her comments;(e) All comments shall be recorded in full by tape recording or other method which will provide a verbatim record of the hearing;(f) After all persons who wish to comment have done so, the presiding officer shall close the public hearing on the proposed council rules;(g) For rulemaking hearings, the record shall remain open until the date specified in the notice published in the Rulemaking Register; and(h) Hearings on proposed rules shall be continued or postponed only in accordance with RSA 541-A:11, III or IV, respectively.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-WtC 208.04