Waiver of PSC Regulations, 16 NYCRR, Sections 86.3(a)(1), (2), (b)(2) and 86.6(c)
NY-ADR
1/29/14 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-04-14-00008-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 4
January 29, 2014
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. PSC-04-14-00008-P
Waiver of PSC Regulations, 16 NYCRR, Sections 86.3(a)(1), (2), (b)(2) and 86.6(c)
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
Waiver of certain provisions of 16 NYCRR regarding requirements for applications under PSC Article VII for Certificates of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need, requested in a motion by applicant, Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC.
Statutory authority:
Public Service Law, sections 4 and 122
Subject:
Waiver of PSC regulations, 16 NYCRR, Sections 86.3(a)(1), (2), (b)(2) and 86.6(c).
Purpose:
To consider a waiver of certain regulations relating to the content of an application for transmission line siting.
Substance of proposed rule:
The Commission is considering a motion by Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC for a waiver or partial waiver of certain requirements for the content of an application for authority to construct and operate an electric transmission line pursuant to a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need under Public Service Law Article VII.
Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC seeks authority to construct and operate a new, approximately 14.6-mile, 345 kV transmission line to connect the planned Cricket Valley Energy Center generation facility in the Town of Dover, New York to the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.’s (Con Edison) Pleasant Valley Substation in the Town of Pleasant Valley, New York (the Transmission Line); and the re-conductor of an approximately 3.4-mile segment of the existing 345 kV Line 398 in the Town of Dover between the Cricket Valley Switchyard and the New York – Connecticut state line (the Re-conductoring Segment; collectively, the Project). Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC specifically seeks waivers of 16 NYCRR Sections 86.3(a)(1), 86.3(a)(2), 86.3(b)(2), and 86.6(c), relating to maps, aerial photographs, and design drawings. The Commission may grant, deny or modify the relief requested or adopt an alternate resolution proposed in responses to the motion or otherwise related to the motion.
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.ny.gov/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:
Deborah Swatling, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 486-2659, email: [email protected]
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 408-1978, email: [email protected]
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.
(13-T-0585SP1)
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