Withdrawing Actions and Stages
Withdrawing a Stage and Retaining the Action
The Town Hall allows you to withdraw a stage of a regulatory action, e.g., emergency, NOIRA,
proposed, fast-track, or final stage at any time. The Action is retained and additional stages
can be created to complete the action.
Note: If you wish to indicate that a fast-track stage has been objected to,
please click here.
If the stage has not yet been submitted to the Registrar:
If the stage has been submitted to the Registrar:
In order to withdraw a stage, take the following steps:
Step 1: Click on "Current Actions" on the blue menu bar. Click on the link to the stage you wish to withdraw. This will take you to the Stage Information page. Step 2: Now click on the Edit Stage link near the top of the page. Then, click on the Withdraw Stage link near the top of the page. Your stage has now been withdrawn.
- The act of withdrawing a stage from the Town Hall has no legal effect, i.e., it is not a withdrawal as described in §2.2-4014 through §2.2-4016 of the Code of Virginia.
- You can resubmit the stage on the Town Hall at any time.
- Keep in mind that as long as no stage of a regulatory action has ever been submitted for publication to the Register, the stage and any action related to it cannot be seen by public users of the Town Hall.
- Additionally, the only parties that will receive email notification of this event will be internal users of the Town Hall, i.e., you and executive branch reviewers. No email notification will be sent to registered public users of the Town Hall.
If the stage has been submitted to the Registrar:
- This act may be a withdrawal as described in §2.2-4014 through §2.2-4016 of the Code of Virginia. If you withdraw a stage after it has been submitted to the Registrar, you must first notify the Registrar and then DPB.
- Additionally, all registered public (and internal) users of the Town Hall will receive email notification of the withdrawal. You may wish to use the Agency Mailing List feature to send out an email further explaining the reason(s) for the withdrawal.
- You may wish to consult your representative in the Attorney General’s office before you withdraw a stage under these circumstances.
In order to withdraw a stage, take the following steps:
Step 1: Click on "Current Actions" on the blue menu bar. Click on the link to the stage you wish to withdraw. This will take you to the Stage Information page. Step 2: Now click on the Edit Stage link near the top of the page. Then, click on the Withdraw Stage link near the top of the page. Your stage has now been withdrawn.
Withdrawing an Action and all the associated Stages
The Town Hall allows you to withdraw an entire regulatory action (including all of
its regulatory stages) from the Town Hall at any time.
If you are "withdrawing" an entire regulatory action from the Town Hall, this is the usual
scenario: the regulatory action has not yet become final and effective and the agency/board has
decided not to move forward with the action at this time or in the forseeable future.
If a stage of the regulatory action has been submitted to the Registrar:
If no stage of this regulatory action has yet been submitted to the Registrar:
In order to withdraw an entire regulatory action, take the following steps: Step 1: Click on "Current Actions" on the blue menu bar. Step 2: Click on the title of the regulatory action that you wish to withdraw. Step 3: Click on the Edit Action link. Step 4: Click on the Withdraw Action link. Step 5: Click to confirm the withdrawal of the action. Your action has been withdrawn.
- This act may be a withdrawal as described in §2.2-4014 through §2.2-4016 of the Code of Virginia. If you withdraw a regulatory action after any of its stages have been submitted to the Registrar, you must first notify the Registrar and then DPB.
- Additionally, all registered public (and internal) users of the Town Hall will receive email notification of the withdrawal. You may wish to use the Agency Mailing List feature to send out an email further explaining the reason(s) for the withdrawal.
- You may wish to consult your representative in the Attorney General’s office before you withdraw a regulatory action under these circumstances.
If no stage of this regulatory action has yet been submitted to the Registrar:
- The act of withdrawing the regulatory action from the Town Hall has no legal effect, i.e., it is not a withdrawal as described in §2.2-4014 through §2.2-4016 of the Code of Virginia.
- You can resubmit the regulatory action on the Town Hall at any time.
- Keep in mind that as long as no stage of a regulatory action has ever been submitted for publication to the Register, the regulatory action and any activity related to it cannot be seen by public users of the Town Hall.
- Additionally, the only parties that will receive email notification of this event will be internal users of the Town Hall, i.e., you and executive branch reviewers. No email notification will be sent to registered public users of the Town Hall.
In order to withdraw an entire regulatory action, take the following steps: Step 1: Click on "Current Actions" on the blue menu bar. Step 2: Click on the title of the regulatory action that you wish to withdraw. Step 3: Click on the Edit Action link. Step 4: Click on the Withdraw Action link. Step 5: Click to confirm the withdrawal of the action. Your action has been withdrawn.