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If the agency receives requests from at least 25 persons for an opportunity to submit oral and written comments on the changes to the regulation, the agency shall (i) suspend the regulatory process for 30 days to solicit additional public comment and (ii) file notice of the additional 30-day public comment period with the Registrar of Regulations, unless the agency determines that the changes made are minor or inconsequential in their impact. The comment period, if any, shall begin on the date of publication of the notice in the Register. 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The comment period, if any, shall begin on the date of publication of the notice in the Register. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0873\">873<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0916\">916<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"},{"id":61832,"section_number":"2.2-4007.07","catch_line":"State Air Pollution Control Board; variances","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4007.07\/"},{"id":76510,"section_number":"2.2-4007.1","catch_line":"Regulatory flexibility for small businesses; periodic review of regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4007.1\/"},{"id":73052,"section_number":"2.2-4014","catch_line":"Legislative review of proposed and final regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4014\/"},{"id":70514,"section_number":"2.2-4015","catch_line":"Effective date of regulation; exception","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4015\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":176783,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84064,"identifier":"2.2-4007.06","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/2.2-4007.06","url":"\/2.2-4007.06\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4007.06\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/2.2-4007.06","dublin_core":{"Title":"Changes between proposed and final regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4007.06","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If one or more changes with substantial impact are made to a proposed <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> from the time that it is published as a proposed <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> to the time it is published as a final <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span>, any person may <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> within 30 days from the publication of the final <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> to request an opportunity for oral and written submittals on the changes to the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span>. 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If the agency\nreceives requests from at least 25 persons for an opportunity to submit oral and\nwritten comments on the changes to the regulation, the agency shall (i) suspend\nthe regulatory process for 30 days to solicit additional public comment and (ii)\nfile notice of the additional 30-day public comment period with the Registrar of\nRegulations, unless the agency determines that the changes made are minor or\ninconsequential in their impact. The comment period, if any, shall begin on the\ndate of publication of the notice in the Register. Agency denial of petitions\nfor a comment period on changes to the regulation shall be subject to judicial\nreview.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 873, 916.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}