PSC-02-09-00013-P To Provide the Commission a Forum in Which to Consider the Disposition of the Tax Refund

1/14/09 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-02-09-00013-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXI, ISSUE 02

January 14, 2009

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-02-09-00013-P

To Provide the Commission a Forum in Which to Consider the Disposition of the Tax Refund

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

Proposed Action:

The Commission is considering a proposal by Long Island Water Corporation to allocate, between customers and shareholders, a $3,421,367.50 property tax refund from Nassau County.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 113(2)

Subject:

To provide the Commission a forum in which to consider the disposition of the tax refund.

Purpose:

To consider whether the tax refund should be allocated, in whole or part, to customers.

Public hearing(s) will be held at:

10:00 a.m., March 3, 2009* at Department of Public Service, Three Empire State Plaza, 3rd. Fl., Hearing Rm., Albany, NY.

* On occasion there are requests to reschedule or postpone evidentiary hearing dates. If such a request is granted, notification of any subsequent scheduling changes will be available at the DPS Web Site (www.dps.state.ny.us) under Case 08-W-1251.

Interpreter Service:

Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within reasonable time prior to the scheduled public hearing. The written request must be addressed to the agency representative designated in the paragraph below.

Accessibility:

All public hearings have been scheduled at places reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve or reject, in whole or part, the petition of Long Island Water Corporation d/b/a Long Island American Water, pursuant to Public Service Law Section 113(2), for approval of a proposed allocation of a $3,421,367.50 property tax refund from Nassau County.

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-W-1251SA1)