§ 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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