12/5/07 N.Y. St. Reg. ERD-14-07-00004-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Amendment of sections 500.1; 501.2(a); 501.3; 501.6(f); 501.8(c) and (e); 502.2(d)–(g); 502.3(a), (c)(ii), (v), (vi), (vii) and (x); 502.4; 502.6(b); 504.2(e); 505.3(b); 505.5; 505.8(a)(2)(ii); 505.9(a) and (c) of Title 21 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Public Authorities Law, sections 1855(4) and 1852(3); Public Officers Law, section 87
Subject:
The rules concerned set forth the procedures for accessing records and contacting the authority. The proposed rule making amends the authority's Freedom of Information Law regulations and amends the authority's general regulations by updating the authority's address and substituting officer titles.
Purpose:
To amend the authority's Freedom of Information Law regulations and general regulations by updating the authority's address and substituting officer titles.
Text or summary was published
in the notice of proposed rule making, I.D. No. ERD-14-07-00004-P, Issue of April 4, 2007.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Sara L. LeCain, Energy Research and Development Authority, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203, (518) 862-1090 ext. 3423, e-mail:
sll@nyserda.orgAssessment of Public Comment
Comment: Assemblywoman Destito and Assemblyman Gianaris agree with the changes proposed by the Authority, but recommend further amendments to the regulations with respect to processing of request by e-mail.
Response: The current rulemaking was submitted using an expedited procedure to effect these technical amendments; and other recent statutory changes to the Freedom of Information Law will be implemented through a more substantive process after conducting a more in-depth rulemaking procedure.
