26 NCAC 05 .0208             AGENCY RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT

(a)  The agency shall address the substance of a public comment as defined in G.S. 150B-21.3A(a)(5).

(b)  Agencies are not required to respond to the individual but shall include a brief response to the merits of the public comment in the report submitted to the Commission.

(c)  The Commission shall consider a report incomplete if the agency does not respond to the merits of the public comments and shall return the report to the agency.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 150B-21.3A;

Eff. April 1, 2014.