19VAC10-10-30: Notification of interested parties

A. The department shall prepare a Notice of Intent to Develop Regulations ("notice") prior to the development of any substantive regulation. The notice will identify the subject matter and purpose for the development of the regulation and shall specify a time deadline and point of contact for receipt of responses from persons interested in participating in the developmental process.

B. The methods for disseminating the notice to the public shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Send notice to all persons identified pursuant to 19VAC10-10-20 as having a potential interest in the regulation;

2. Publish notice in the Virginia Register of Regulations;

3. Publish notice in the DES "Update" or other agency newsletter;

4. Send notice to Virginia emergency service organizations, requesting that they publish it in their newsletters or journals;

5. Send news releases to the news media in the are to be affected by the regulation; or

6. Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the four major metropolitan areas of the Commonwealth or in a newspaper in the particular area affected by the regulation.