Minnesota Administrative Rules

5210.0060 OBJECTIONS.

Subpart 1.

Conditions.

Objections submitted pursuant to part 5210.0050 must comply with the following conditions:

A.

the objections must include the name and address of the objecting party;

B.

the objections must be postmarked on or before the 30th day after the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking;

C.

the objections must specify the provision of the proposed rule to which objection is made, and must state the reasons for the objections; and

D.

each objection must be separately stated and numbered.

Subp. 2.

Notice of public hearing.

Within 30 days after the last day for filing objections, if 25 or more persons request a public hearing, the commissioner shall, and in any other case may, publish in the State Register a notice of a public hearing. The notice must contain:

A.

a statement of the time, place, and nature of the hearing;

B.

a reference to the authority under which the hearing is to be held;

C.

a specification of the provisions of the proposed rule which have been objected to, and on which a hearing has been requested;

D.

a specification of the issues to be discussed at the hearing;

E.

the requirement for interested persons to file a notice of intention to appear at the hearing together with a statement of the position to be taken with regard to the issues and of the evidence to be presented in support of the position;

F.

the designation of a presiding officer to conduct the hearing; and

G.

any other appropriate provisions with regard to the proceeding.

Subp. 3.

Participants.

Any objecting party requesting a hearing on a proposed standard, and any interested person who files a proper intention to appear, shall be entitled to testify at a hearing.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 182.657

History:

20 SR 2428; 22 SR 1758

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008