1. (a) Use. If an agency continues a hearing or comment period announced in a published Notice of Rulemaking Intent, the agency may submit a Notice of Continued Hearing and/or Comment Period to the OAR. [See also 655:10-7-52 (relating to notice document scope)]

2. (b) Content. A Notice of Continued Hearing and/or Comment Period must contain the following headings and information:

   1. (1) Rulemaking action. Under the bolded heading "RULEMAKING ACTION:", select "Continued comment period and/or public hearing relating to a proposed (PERMANENT or EMERGENCY) rulemaking action."
   2. (2) Proposed rules. Under the bolded heading "PROPOSED RULES:", the same information included under the heading "PROPOSED RULES" in the Notice of Rulemaking Intent [see 655:10-7-26(c)(2)] is auto-populated upon selection of agency draft.
   3. (3) Register publication of Notice. Under the bolded heading "REGISTER PUBLICATION OF NOTICE:", type the following: "The Notice of Rulemaking Intent for this action was published at (Register cite)." [See 655:10-15-6 (relating to citing the Register)]

   4. (4) Continued comment period. Under the bolded heading "CONTINUED COMMENT PERIOD:"select "Yes" (if continuing a comment period) and include the following:

      1. (A) Original comment period. Under the bolded subheading "Original comment period:", select the beginning and ending dates of the original comment period.
      2. (B) Continued to. Under the bolded subheading "Continued to:", select the ending date of the continued comment period.

   5. (5) Continued public hearing. Under the bolded heading "CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING:", select "Yes" (if continuing a public hearing) and include the following:

      1. (A) Original public hearing. Under the bolded subheading "Original public hearing:", select the date of the original public hearing.
      2. (B) Continued to. Under the bolded subheading "Continued to:", select the date of the hearing which continues the original public hearing.

   6. (6) Requests for comments from business entities. Under the bolded heading "REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS FROM BUSINESS ENTITIES," identify whether any of the proposed rules affect business entities, as follows:

      1. (A) If the agency determines that the rule[s] affects business entities, include a request that such entities provide the agency, within the comment period, in dollar amounts if possible, the increase in the level of direct costs . . . and indirect costs . . . , or other costs expected to be incurred by a particular entity due to compliance with the proposed rule[s] [75:303(B)(6)]; or
      2. (B) If the agency determines that the rule(s) does not affect business entities, as described in (i) of this subparagraph and in 75 O.S., Section 303(B)(6), type "n/a."
   7. (7) Copies of proposed rules. Under the bolded heading "COPIES OF PROPOSED RULES:", type where copies of the proposed rules may be obtained for review by the public [75:303(B)(9)].
   8. (8) Rule impact statement. Under the bolded heading "RULE IMPACT STATEMENT:", state if the agency has issued or intends to issue a rule impact statement ... and where copies of such impact statement may be obtained for review by the public [75:303(B)(8)].
   9. (9) Additional information. Under the bolded heading "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:", type any additional information determined by the agency to be pertinent to the notice. The use of this category is optional.

Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2983, eff 7-13-92

Amended at 15 Ok Reg 3353, eff 7-15-98

Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2655, eff 7-1-00

Amended at 39 Ok Reg 2181, eff 9-11-22

<div>Amended at 41 Ok Reg, Number 14, effective 3-4-24 (emergency)</div>

Amended at 42 Ok Reg, Number 20, effective 7-11-25