PSC-02-09-00011-P The Commission Will Determine Whether to Grant a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need

1/14/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-02-09-00011-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 02

January 14, 2009

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-02-09-00011-P

The Commission Will Determine Whether to Grant a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed Action:

The Commission will determine whether to waive some of the application information and filing requirements applicable to the Long Island Power Authority's proposed electric transmission facility.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, article VII, section 122(1)

Subject:

The Commission will determine whether to grant a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.

Purpose:

The Commission will determine the form and content of the application.

Substance of proposed rule:

On November 24, 2008, the Long Island Power Authority filed an application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for an underground transmission facility that will be constructed and operated between the Riverhead and Canal Substations. The applicant has requested that the Commission waive several information and filing requirements otherwise required for the submission of the electric transmission facility application. The Commission will decide whether or not to grant the request to waive some of the filing requirements.

Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Public comment will be received until:

45 days after publication of this notice.

Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement

Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.

(08-T-1388SA1)