4/28/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-17-10-00008-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve, reject or modify requests by St. Lawrence Gas Company (St. Lawrence) regarding certain requirements regarding its application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4(1) and 122(1)(f)
Subject:
Requests for late submission and waiver of certain filing requirements.
Purpose:
Consider requests for late submission and waiver of certain filing requirements.
Substance of proposed rule:
On April 7, 2010, St. Lawrence Gas Company filed an application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need pursuant to Article VII of the Public Service Law. Accompanying the application was a motion seeking late submission and waiver of specified filing requirements as follows: New York State Department of Transportation (Topographic Edition) 1:24,000 Scale Mapping (16 NYCRR § 86.3(a)(1)(i)), New York State Department of Transportation 1:250,000 (16 NYCRR § 86.3(a)(2)), Exhibit 4: environmental impact (16NYCRR § 86.5(b)(4), (5), (6), (7)), Exhibit 7: Local Ordinances (16 NYCRR § 86.8). While the application for a certificate is licensing, the request for late submission and waiver of filing requirements is rule making.
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, (518) 486-2655, email:
leann_ayer@dps.state.ny.usData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, (518) 474-6530, email:
Secretary@dps.state.ny.usPublic 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.