New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 1A - ADMINISTRATION, ORGANIZATION, RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION REQUESTS
Subchapter 3 - RULEMAKING
Section 16:1A-3.2 - Extension of the public comment period
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) The Department, in accordance with the New Jersey Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq., and the Office of Administrative Law Rules for Agency Rulemaking, N.J.A.C. 1:30-5.4, may extend the time for submission of public comments on a proposed rulemaking at its discretion without the need for a specific request or the demonstration of sufficient public interest.
(b) The Department, in accordance with the New Jersey Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq., and the Office of Administrative Law Rules for Agency Rulemaking, N.J.A.C. 1:30-5.4, shall extend the time for submission of public comments for an additional 30-day period, if, within 30 days of the publication of a notice of proposal, sufficient public interest is demonstrated in an extension of time to submit comments.
(c) Sufficient public interest is demonstrated in an extension of the comment period when 10 or more individuals have expressed the need for the extension of the comment period.