Sec. 1001.15. Exhibit 15: public health and safety

Exhibit 15 shall contain:

A statement and evaluation that identifies, describes, and discusses all potential significant adverse impacts of the construction and operation of the facility, the interconnections, and related facilities on the environment, public health, and safety, at a level of detail that reflects the severity of the impacts and the reasonable likelihood of their occurrence, identifies the current applicable statutory and regulatory framework, and also addresses:

(a) the anticipated gaseous, liquid and solid wastes to be produced at the facility during construction and under representative operating conditions of the facility, including their source, anticipated volumes, composition and temperature, and such meteorological, hydrological and other information needed to support such estimates and any studies, identifying the author and date thereof, used in the analysis;

(b) the anticipated volumes of such wastes to be released to the environment during construction and under any operating condition of the facility;

(c) the treatment processes to eliminate or minimize wastes to be released to the environment;

(d) the manner of collection, handling, storage, transport and disposal for wastes retained and not released at the site, or to be disposed of;

(e) for wind power facilities, impacts due to blade throw, tower collapse, audible frequency noise, low-frequency noise, ice throw and shadow flicker;

(f) maps of the study area and analysis showing relation of the proposed facility site to public water supply resources; community emergency response resources and facilities including police, fire and emergency medical response facilities and plans; emergency communications facilities; hospitals and emergency medical facilities; designated evacuation routes; existing known hazard risks including flood hazard zones, storm surge zones, areas of coastal erosion hazard, landslide hazard areas, areas of geologic, geomorphic or hydrologic hazard; dams, bridges and related infrastructure; explosive or flammable materials transportation or storage facilities; contaminated sites; and other local risk factors;

(g) all significant impacts on the environment, public health, and safety associated with the information required to be identified pursuant to subdivisions a through f of this section, including all reasonably related short-term and long-term effects;

(h) any adverse impact on the environment, public health, and safety that cannot be avoided should the proposed facility be constructed and operated, and measures for monitoring and measuring such impacts;

(i) any irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources that would be involved in the construction and operation of the facility;

(j) any measures proposed by the applicant to minimize such impacts;

(k) any measures proposed by the applicant to mitigate or offset such impacts; and

(l) any monitoring of such impacts proposed by the applicant.