As if the recent series of hearings and the invitation for written comments from the public were not enough, contingents from both sides of the fracking issue in New York State organized rallies and press conferences this week in anticipation of the close of the comment period on the state's proposed gas drilling regulations on Wednesday.
Under current practice, the receipt of any adverse public CRA comment on a merger or other expansionary application will typically delay application processing significantly (and regulators will often consider public comments received even after the close of the comment period), which has been a source of frustration to banks with exemplary CRA ratings.
Just weeks before the close of the comment period, a study reporting on the mortality experience of workers employed at the Castle Hayne and Corpus Christi facilities appeared in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) [ 45].
(d) The regulatory authority shall act upon an administratively complete application for a coal exploration permit and any written comments within 15 days from the close of the comment period.
In 2017, the OCC updated its policy on the review of public comments for licensing filings, clarifying that the OCC will not accept comments after the close of the comment period and will only extend the comment period in extenuating circumstances.
Late Monday, the EPA submitted a letter to the State Department criticizing the draft environmental impact statement and backing concerns voiced by Keystone critics through more than 1 million letters, emails and personal testimony to the State Department before the close of the comment period on Monday night.
(ii) Effective date The effective date of any amendment to existing standards or operating rules that is adopted through an interim final rule published under this paragraph shall be 25 months following the close of such public comment period.
Officials with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation say they have counted 32,100 statements so far since the close of a public comment period on Wednesday on their proposal to allow hydrofracking in the state.
And yet, eight months later — and five months after the close of the public comment period on the rules — the Labor Department has still not even submitted them to the O.M.B. for the required vetting.
The pending rule grants several of our requests and we are urging the USDA to implement it swiftly after the close of the public comment period on October 26th.
The F.C.C. did not return a message seeking comment for this article, but it recently closed a comment period on the regulation of in-state phone rates.
