# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 01 — General Provisions

### Chapter 03 — Petitions for Adoption, Amendment, or Repeal of Regulations

#### Regulation .07 Reasons for Denial of a Petition.

*COMAR 26.01.03.07*

The Secretary may deny a petition to promulgate, amend, or repeal a regulation, for any reason permitted by law, including, but not limited to:

A. That the Secretary does not have the authority to grant the petition;

B. That the Department does not have adequate information or resources to evaluate the petition;

C. That the Department does not have adequate resources to implement the requested regulation if it is adopted;

D. That the Secretary previously adopted a regulation dealing with the same subject matter as that of the petition and rejected the position taken by petitioner at that time, or the petitioner unreasonably failed to make his position known at that time; or

E. That, in the discretion of the Secretary, the requested regulation change is contrary to or inconsistent with Departmental policy.