Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 179-1-01 - NOTICEA. Notice of Hearings to be held by the Board shall be given as follows: 1. By registered mail to the person or persons whose legal rights, duties or privileges are at issue, sufficiently in advance of the hearing date to afford an adequate opportunity to prepare and submit evidence and argument.2. By publication to the public sufficiently in advance of the hearing date to afford interested persons an adequate opportunity to prepare and submit evidence and argument and to petition to intervene in any proceedings deemed by the Board to involve the determination of issues of substantial public interest.3. Notice by publication shall be given in a newspaper of general circulation at least twice, in the area of the State affected and in any other trade, industry, professional or interest group publication which the Board deems effective in reaching persons who would be entitled to intervene.B. All Notices of Hearings shall contain the following:1. A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the proceeding is being conducted;2. A reference to the particular substantive statutory and rule provisions involved;3. A short and plain statement of the nature and purpose of the proceeding and of the matters asserted;4. A statement of the time and place of the hearing,5. A statement of the manner and time within which evidence and argument may be submitted to the agency for consideration,6. A statement of the manner and time within which applications for intervention may be filed.12-179 C.M.R. ch. 1, § 01