(a) Except as provided in Section 10431, the Executive Director shall promptly reproduce the text of all written communications concerning applications that the Executive Director, the Commission, or the Chair has received and shall promptly distribute the texts to the parties named in Section 10381 if the staff receives the comments either no later than 5 p.m. on the Tuesday following the close of the public hearing, provided that if the Commission votes on an application on the same day as it closes the public hearing, no written comments will be accepted after the close of the public hearing, or prior to such other deadline that the Commission may establish, provided that if an applicant submits and the Executive Director files a nonmaterial amendment to the application less than seven days prior to the close of the period for accepting written comments from the public, the public can submit written comments on the amendment at any time prior to the Commission vote on the amended application and the Executive Director shall reproduce and distribute those comments in the same manner.

(b) The Executive Director shall not reproduce and distribute written communications pertaining to a permit application received later than 5 p.m. on the Tuesday following the close of the public hearing or after such other deadline that the Commission, the Chair, or the Executive Director may establish at the Commission meeting at which the Commission holds the public hearing on the application.