INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION Actions Taken by the Commission [35 Pa.B. 7072] The Independent Regulatory Review Commission met publicly at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 15, 2005, and announced the following:
Regulations Approved
Department of Transportation #18-392: Official Traffic Control Devices (deletes 67 Pa. Code Chapters 201, 203, 204, 211 and 217 and replaces them with new Chapter 212)
Environmental Hearing Board #106-8: Practice and Procedure (amends 25 Pa. Code Chapter 1021)
____ Approval Order Public Meeting held
December 15, 2005Commissioners Voting: Alvin C. Bush, Vice Chairperson; Arthur Coccodrilli; John F. Mizner, Esq.; Murray Ufberg, Esq., by phone
Department of Transportation--Official Traffic Control Devices; Regulation No. 18-392 On August 17, 2004, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (Commission) received this proposed regulation from the Department of Transportation. This rulemaking deletes 67 Pa. Code Chapters 201, 203, 204, 211 and 217 and replaces them with new Chapter 212. The proposed regulation was published in the August 28, 2004 Pennsylvania Bulletin with a 30-day public comment period. The final-form regulation was submitted to the Commission on November 2, 2005.
This regulation adopts the most recent edition of the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) published by the Federal Highway Administration and adds supplemental provisions to the MUTCD.
We have determined this regulation is consistent with the statutory authority of the Department of Transportation (75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6103, 6105 and 6121) and the intention of the General Assembly. Having considered all of the other criteria of the Regulatory Review Act, we find promulgation of this regulation is in the public interest.
By Order of the Commission:
This regulation is approved.
____ Approval Order Public Meeting held
December 15, 2005Commissioners Voting: Alvin C. Bush, Vice Chairperson; Arthur Coccodrilli; John F. Mizner, Esq.; Murray Ufberg, Esq., by phone
Environmental Hearing Board--Practice and Procedure; Regulation No. 106-8 On March 29, 2005, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (Commission) received this proposed regulation from the Environmental Hearing Board (Board). This rulemaking amends 25 Pa. Code Chapter 1021. The proposed regulation was published in the April 9, 2005 Pennsylvania Bulletin with a 30-day public comment period. The final-form regulation was submitted to the Commission on November 10, 2005.
The regulation amends the Board's procedural rules to make them similar to rules of practice before the courts of common pleas and the federal district courts.
We have determined this regulation is consistent with the statutory authority of the Board (35 P. S. § 7515(c)) and the intention of the General Assembly. Having considered all of the other criteria of the Regulatory Review Act, we find promulgation of this regulation is in the public interest.
By Order of the Commission:
This regulation is approved.
JOHN R. MCGINLEY, Jr.,
Chairperson[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-2419. Filed for public inspection December 30, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
