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C. Publication for Public Comment

  1. Upon publication of its recommendations (“Publication”), USGBC shall invite public comment in the form of written testimony from any interested party for a period of 45 days following Publication (the “Public Comment Period”). The consensus committee’s recommendations will be published for public review and comment on the USGBC website. USGBC members will be notified of the comment period and an announcement will be made to the public. Any employee of a USGBC member, as well as any member of the public who has or creates a free a site-user account on the USGBC website may review and comment on the draft.

  2. Web-based comments will be accepted within the 45 day public comment period only through an online form displayed on the USGBC website. The comment form will require respondents to reference specific paragraphs or sections of the draft and will include provisions for submitting substantive and procedural comments. Project team feedback gathered during the course of testing of credits and prerequisites in the Pilot Credit Library is considered, by its nature, to be equal to a comment submitted via the online USGBC website form. Comments that are outside of the scope of the recommendations will not be considered. Only comments submitted through either the public comment forum or the Pilot Credit Library process will be accepted. No response will be given to comments submitted by hard copy letters, faxes, or email.

  3. Comments will be collated and reviewed by the relevant consensus committee. Consideration will be given to each comment and evaluation will be made as to whether to make revisions to the credits/prerequisites based on the comments.

  4. The comments received, without commenter name or organization will be posted on the USGBC website. The relevant consensus committee shall direct a response to each proposed recommended changed section of LEED upon which comments have been received and shall include a rationale for whether the recommended comment/objection has been accepted or rejected.

  5. After consideration of all comments received from interested parties during the Public Comment Period, the relevant

consensus committee may, in its discretion, invite persons or organizations whom it believes it would benefit to participate in meetings specifically scheduled for the purpose of permitting the committee’s greater understanding of the submitted written testimony.

6 The relevant consensus committee, in its discretion, may direct TAGs to evaluate and advise it on input provided during the Public Comment Period.

  1. If the consensus committee makes any substantive revisions to the report and recommendations released for the initial public comment period, it shall publish a revised report and recommendations on the USGBC website for additional public comment. Only in the event of material change to the LSC-approved framework would any LSC review be sought. The revised report and recommendations will be made available for web-based comment for 30 days through the online form on the USGBC website.

  2. Any additional comments will be collated and reviewed. Consideration will be given to comments and evaluation will be done as to whether to make revisions to the credits based on the comments.

  3. On the basis of substantive and/or procedural comments, the consensus committee may remand any part or the whole of the proposed action for an additional comment period repeating the relevant steps as it deems necessary for the committee to take action. If a third public comment period is believed by the committee to be necessary, it will be open for 10 days; if needed, a fourth public comment period will be open for 5 days.

  4. The relevant consensus committee will review the final recommendations with respect to each proposal and submit the same to the USGBC Board and to the LSC. The Board shall ask the LSC to perform an independent reasonableness review of each proposal which may be performed with the assistance of third parties engaged by the LSC. Once the Board is presented with the reasonableness review conclusions, and is satisfied that a vote may proceed, it shall so notify the consensus committee and the LSC.

D. Consensus Body Voting

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