Notice of Public Comment Period

The Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise, pursuant to § 2.2-1403 of the Code of Virginia, is required to adopt regulations to implement certification programs for small, women- and minority-owned businesses. Such regulations are exempt from the Administrative Process Act (§2.2-400 et seq.), pursuant to subdivision B 2 of § 2.2-4002.

As a courtesy to the Public however, the Department of Minority Business Enterprise is accepting public comments on the adoption of its new regulations and repeal of existing regulations found in Chapter 7 of the Virginia Administrative Code, Agency 10, Numbers 10 and 20 et seq.  The purpose of this action is to revise and update the existing administrative regulations that govern the agency’s public participation guidelines and the regulations that govern the certification of small, women- and minority-owned businesses in accordance with the Code of Virginia § 2.2-1400 et seq. The draft regulations are available on the Commonwealth's Regulatory Town Hall at www.townhall.virginia.gov as well as on the Agency’s website at www.dmbe.virginia.gov.

Public comments may be submitted electronically or via first class mail until December 14, 2007 to:

Paula Gentius-Harris, Esq., Deputy Director

1111 East Main Street, Suite 300

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Paula.gentius-harris@dmbe.virginia.gov