Presiding Officer's Report for Rulemaking Hearing

Ballast Water Management Rulemaking

Report date: May 19, 2016

Hearing

Location    Department of Environmental Quality

   Headquarters Office, 811 SW 6^th Avenue, Portland

Date    May 18, 2016

Time    Convened: 3:00 p.m.    Closed: 3:44 p.m.  

Presiding Officer  Rian Hooff, Program Coordinator, Ballast Water Program

Zero people attended the hearing, either in person or via the conference call phone line that was made available.

At 3:02 p.m. before taking comments, the presiding officer summarized procedures for the hearing including notification that DEQ was recording the hearing. The presiding officer asked people who wanted to present verbal comments to complete, sign and submit a registration form or, if attending through the conference line, to notify the presiding office of their intent to present comments.

After reading the hearing procedures and confirming that there were no attendees on the conference line, the presiding officer announced that the hearing would be put on hold – awaiting the arrival or call-in of any participant – for at least 30 minutes.

At 3:44 p.m., with no persons arriving or having called in, the presiding officer officially adjourned the public hearing.