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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
321 CMR 10.04: Public Health and Rare Species Regulations
Date:
April 22, 2008 at Richard Cronin Building, MassWildlife Field Headquarters, off North Drive, Westborough
In accordance with the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 131A, Section 4, and Chapter 30A, Section 2, NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing to be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 3:00 P.M. at the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, Mass., to establish rules and regulations relative to declaration of a public health hazard by the Commissioner of Public Health in areas occupied by state-listed rare species. Directions to Field Headquarters
Plain Language Summary of Hearing Proposal:
The change addresses the taking of state-listed endangered, threatened, or special concern species in order to protect public health, and would remove the requirement that the Governor declare a public health emergency and substitute the requirement that the Commissioner of Public Health declare that a public health hazard exists. This change was implemented last year as an emergency regulation, and would now be promulgated as a formal regulation.
Proposed Regulatory Language:
Below is the actual proposed text for the proposed regulations. Red text indicates proposed new language, strike-through indicates proposed text deletion.