General Information
The proposed rule amendments by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry regarding the 2006 Residential Building Code were presented at a hearing held on January 26, 2007, before Administrative Law Judge Richard C. Luis. Judge Luis will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in late March. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, the testimony and some of the exhibits from the January 26, 2007 hearing, together with comments and replies submitted after the hearing will be considered in assessing the rules for need and reasonablness. A twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of comments regarding the proposed rules. The initial deadline for the submission of written comments on the building code rules is 4:30 p.m. on February 15, 2007.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, State law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted. Additional or new evidence may not be submitted during this five-day reply period. The five-day reply period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on February 23, 2007. Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Luis concerning the proposed rules at:
Richard C. Luis
Administrative Law Judge
100 Washington Ave. S., Suite 1700
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401-2138
rulecomments@state.mn.us
Fax: 612-349-2665
Amended ALJ Report Issued
An Amended ALJ Report has been issued in the Residential Building Codes (Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1309) rulemaking. The Amended Report corrects clerical errors in the Report issued on March 23, 2007.
ALJ Report Issued
The ALJ Report has been issued in the Residential Building Codes (Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1309) rulemaking. For more information about the Department of Labor and Industry or the Building Codes system, visit the agency's website.
Public Exhibits
Scanned versions of some of the exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Procedural documents have not been scanned.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings have been combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below]. The public comment period ends on February 12, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on February 20, 2007. These are "received by" deadlines, and commentators are urged to consider that when sending their comments and replies.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period will be set out below.
Last Updated - April 9, 2007