Review of regulations - 27 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 704

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     § 704.  Review of regulations.
        (a)  Notice to board.--The department shall notify the board
     of the development of any regulatory proposal which would
     regulate agriculture as early as possible but not less than 120
     days prior to the date the Environmental Quality Board meets to
     initially consider any proposed rulemaking resulting from the
     regulatory proposal.
        (b)  Meeting and consultation with board.--At the request of
     the board, if the request is made within 30 days from the date
     of receipt of the notice required by subsection (a), the
     department shall meet and consult with the board in the
     formulation of any such regulatory proposal, and thereafter the
     board may provide the department with written comments thereon.
        (c)  Inclusion of comments with proposed rulemaking.--The
     department shall include any written comments of the board,
     received prior to the department's submission of a proposed
     rulemaking package to the Environmental Quality Board, as part
     of its submission to the Environmental Quality Board.
        (d)  Exceptions.--The requirements of this section shall not
     apply to regulations with mandatory statutory deadlines, to
     regulations required to be adopted by court order, to emergency
     regulations, to final regulations adopted pursuant to section
     204 of the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to
     as the Commonwealth Documents Law, or where interim regulations
     are otherwise authorized by statute. The department shall advise
     the board as soon as possible of the development of regulations
     identified in this subsection which would regulate agriculture.

        Cross References.  Section 704 is referred to in section 703
     of this title.

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