SECTION 460:2-39-1. Petitions requesting promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a rule or regulation

  Any person may petition the Department requesting the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a Department rule or regulation. All petitions submitted must contain the following information.

(1)   All petitions must be submitted in typewritten or legible printed form.

(2)   All petitions must clearly identify the party(s) submitting such petition and must include a statement reflecting the interest of the party(s) in submitting such petition.

(3)   All petitions must clearly state that the petition is for the promulgation of a new rule, the amendment of an existing rule, or the repeal of an existing rule, or, separately, any combination of the above. In the instance of a requested amendment to any existing rule(s), a complete text of the existing rule language requested for change or deletion and/or such language as may be requested to be added must be specified. In the instance of a requested repeal of any rule(s), the petition must state the complete rule(s) requested for repeal.

(4)   All petitions must clearly and separately state the factual basis and reasons, legal grounds, and technical justification for each requested rule promulgation, amendment, or repeal, and shall indicate whether petitioner desires a public hearing. Any and all supporting documents, records, statistics, studies, or information must be submitted with the petition.

(5)   All petitions must be duly signed and endorsed by all petitioning parties, or their legal representatives, and such signatures and endorsement must be duly acknowledged by notary.