A variance application before the agency for formal action shall be referred to the regulatory programs committee, which shall review it initially pursuant to the same procedures as those set forth for projects in section 572.12(b) of this Title. Certain appeals and requests for reconsideration shall also be referred initially to the regulatory programs committee as set forth in section 572.22 of this Title.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 576.8