(1) Interested persons may petition the Department to make changes or additions to the list of approved invertebrates by following the procedures in the Administrative Procedures Act, ORS 183.390.
- (a) The agency must either deny the petition or initiate rulemaking within 90 days of receiving the petition. In deciding whether to grant or deny a petition the Department may request additional information from the petitioner necessary for completing a determination of whether the invertebrate is capable of having a significant adverse effect on the environmental quality of this state or causing significant level of economic damage in Oregon.
- (b) The Department may deny a petition if information provided by the petitioner is insufficient to allow the Department to make a science-based assessment of whether an invertebrate poses a significant risk of adverse effect to the environmental quality of this state or a significant level of economic damage in Oregon.
Statutory/Other Authority
570.210 & 570.215
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 570.215
History
DOA 19-2011, f. & cert. ef. 10-13-11