Sec. 1001.3. Exhibit 3: location of facilities

Exhibit 3 shall contain:

Maps, drawings and explanations showing the location of the proposed major electric generating facility, all interconnections, and all ancillary features not located on the facility site such as roads, railroads, switchyards, fuel or energy storage or regulation facilities, solid waste disposal areas, waste treatment and disposal facilities, and similar facilities, in relation to municipalities (county, city, town and village) and taxing jurisdictions associated with any part of the overall development proposal. Such maps, drawings and explanations shall include:

(a) New York State Department of Transportation or USGS maps (1:24,000 topographic edition), showing:

(1) the proposed location of the major electric generating facility and any reasonable and available alternative location sites required to be identified, including electric transmission line and fuel gas transmission line interconnections that are not subject to review under article VII of the PSL, and including ancillary features located on the facility site such as roads, railroads, switchyards, fuel or energy storage or regulation facilities, solid waste disposal areas, waste treatment and disposal facilities, and similar facilities;

(2) the proposed location of any interconnections, including all offsite electric transmission lines, fuel gas transmission lines, fuel oil transmission lines, water supply lines, wastewater lines, communications lines, steam lines, stormwater drainage lines, and appurtenances thereto, to be installed in New York State connecting to and servicing the site of a major electric generating facility that are not subject to the commission's jurisdiction under PSL article VII;

(3) the location of all proposed ancillary features not located on the facility site such as roads, railroads, switchyards, fuel or energy storage or regulation facilities, solid waste disposal areas, waste treatment and disposal facilities, and similar facilities, that are not subject to the board's jurisdiction under PSL article 10;

(4) the proposed location of any electric transmission line and fuel gas transmission line interconnections that are subject to review under article VII of the PSL and that are not subject to the board's jurisdiction under PSL article 10; and

(5) A study area for the proposed facility generally related to the nature of the technology and the setting of the proposed site. In highly urbanized areas, the study area may be limited to a one-mile radius from the property boundaries of the facility site, interconnections, and alternative location sites. For large facilities or wind power facilities with components spread across a rural landscape, the study area shall include the area within a radius of at least five miles from all facility components, interconnections and related facilities and alternative location sites. For facilities in areas of significant resource concerns, the size of a study area shall be configured to address specific features or resource issues.

(b) Maps clearly showing the location of the proposed facility site, any reasonable and available alternative location sites required to be identified, the interconnections, and all ancillary features not located on the facility site in relation to municipal boundaries, taxing jurisdictions, designated neighborhoods or community districts, at a scale sufficient to determine and demonstrate relation of facilities to those geographic and political features.

(c) Written descriptions explaining the relation of the location of the proposed facility site, any reasonable and available alternative location sites required to be identified, the interconnections, and all ancillary features not located on the facility site to the affected municipalities, taxing jurisdictions, designated neighborhoods or community districts.