Section 80. Appointment of negotiated rulemaking panel  


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  • A. The agency may appoint a negotiated rulemaking panel (NRP) if a regulatory action is expected to be controversial.

    B. An NRP that has been appointed by the agency may be dissolved by the agency when:

    1. There is no longer controversy associated with the development of the regulation;

    2. The agency determines that the regulatory action is either exempt or excluded from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act; or

    3. The agency determines that resolution of a controversy is unlikely.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 25, Issue 10, eff. February 20, 2009.

Statutory Authority

§§ 2.2-4007.02 and 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia.