| (a) The chief clerk shall deliver or mail to the applicant,
the executive director, the public interest counsel, and the Alternative
Dispute Resolution Office, copies of all documents filed with the
chief clerk in response to public notice of an application.
(b) The commission may designate an agency office to
process public comment under this subsection.
(1) If the application and timely hearing requests
are considered by the commission, the designated office will prepare
any required response to public comment, no later than ten days before
the commission meeting at which the commission will evaluate the hearing
requests. The response shall be made available to the public and filed
with the chief clerk.
(2) If the application is approved by the executive
director under Chapter 50, Subchapter G of this title (relating to
Action by the Executive Director), any required response to public
comment should be made no later than the time of the executive director's
action on the application.
(c) The Office of Chief Clerk or the executive director
shall hold a public meeting when there is a significant degree of
public interest or when otherwise appropriate to assure adequate public
participation. A public meeting is intended for the taking of public
comment and is not a contested case under the Texas Administrative
Procedure Act. The applicant shall attend any such public meeting
held by the Office of the Chief Clerk or the executive director. The
executive director shall respond to public comment either by giving
an immediate oral response at the public meeting or by preparing a
written response. The response shall be made available to the public.
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