Sentences with phrase «with opportunity for public comment»

After two meetings with opportunity for public comment, the NOSB voted to remove the following materials which will no longer be allowed in organic production or handling:

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There will be a year - long vetting process replete with debate at public hearings, discussion during community meetings and ample opportunities for public comment.

Sunder defended NIST's investigation, noting that the federal agency endeavored to make it as open and inclusive as possible, with numerous opportunities for the public and engineering community to review and provide input, such as public meetings, comment periods and advisory committee meetings that were open to the public.

-- The regulations issued under this section shall require that each public entity which operates a fixed route system hold a public hearing, provide an opportunity for public comment, and consult with individuals with disabilities in preparing its plan under paragraph (7).

«The department will not require compliance with the interpretations set forth» in the previous memo «without providing prior notice and an opportunity for public comment on the issues,» the letter said.

Since there was no opportunity for public comments, Surfrider Foundation Georgia, together with other environmental groups, organized an opposition room.

-- Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, after public notice and opportunity for comment, shall add to and revise the types of offset practices to the list established under subsection (a) if those types of practices meet the standards for environmental integrity that are consistent with the purposes of this title.

--(i) In the event of a positive determination under subparagraph (C), the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, by the same date jointly establish a methodology (or methodologies) to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from indirect land use changes that are attributable to the production of renewable fuels and that occur outside the country in which feedstocks are grown for purposes of calculating a renewable fuel's lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions to determine whether the fuel meets a definition in paragraph (1) or complies with paragraph (2)(A)(i).

Not just because the federal government missed an opportunity to link food choices with environmental issues, but because there appeared to be significant support for the inclusion of sustainability in the guidelines: one analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity looked at the 29,000 public comments on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's report, and found «overwhelming support» for including sustainability.