N.H. Admin. Code § Site 301.03 - Contents of Application
(a)
Each application for a certificate of site and facility for an energy facility
shall be signed and sworn to by the person, or by an authorized executive
officer of the corporation, company, association, or other organization making
such application.
(b) Each
application shall include the information contained in this paragraph, and in
(c) through (h) below, as follows:
(1) The
name of the applicant;
(2) The
applicant's mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail
address;
(3) The name and address
of the applicant's parent company, association, or corporation, if the
applicant is a subsidiary;
(4) If
the applicant is a corporation:
a. The state
of incorporation;
b. The
corporation's principal place of business; and
c. The names and addresses of the
corporation's directors, officers, and stockholders;
(5) If the applicant is a limited liability
company:
a. The state of the company's
organization;
b. The company's
principal place of business; and
c.
The names and addresses of the company's members, managers, and
officers;
(6) If the
applicant is an association, the names and addresses of the residences of the
members of the association; and
(7)
Whether the applicant is or will be the owner or lessee of the proposed
facility or has or will have some other legal or business relationship to the
proposed facility, including a description of that relationship.
(c) Each application shall contain
the following information with respect to the site of the proposed energy
facility and alternative locations the applicant considers available for the
proposed facility:
(1) The location and
address of the site of the proposed facility;
(2) Site acreage, shown on an attached
property map and located by scale on a U.S. Geological Survey or GIS
map;
(3) The location, shown on a
map, of property lines, residences, industrial buildings, and other structures
and improvements within the site, on abutting property with respect to the
site, and within 100 feet of the site if such distance extends beyond the
boundary of any abutting property;
(4) Identification of wetlands and surface
waters of the state within the site, on abutting property with respect to the
site, and within 100 feet of the site if such distance extends beyond the
boundary of any abutting property, except if and to the extent such
identification is not possible due to lack of access to the relevant property
and lack of other sources of the information to be identified;
(5) Identification of natural, historic,
cultural, and other resources at or within the site, on abutting property with
respect to the site, and within 100 feet of the site if such distance extends
beyond the boundary of any abutting property, except if and to the extent such
identification is not possible due to lack of access to the relevant property
and lack of other sources of the information to be identified;
(6) Evidence that the applicant has a current
right, an option, or other legal basis to acquire the right, to construct,
operate, and maintain the facility on, over, or under the site, in the form of:
a. Ownership, ground lease, easement, or
other contractual right or interest;
b. A license, permit, easement, or other
permission from a federal, state, or local government agency, or an application
for such a license, permit, easement, or other permission from a state
governmental agency that is included with the application; or
c. The simultaneous filing of a federal
regulatory proceeding or taking of other action that would, if successful,
provide the applicant with a right of eminent domain to acquire control of the
site for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining the facility
thereon; and
(7)
Evidence that the applicant has a current or conditional right of access to
private property within the boundaries of the proposed energy facility site
sufficient to accommodate a site visit by the committee, which private
property, with respect to energy transmission pipelines under the jurisdiction
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, may be limited to the proposed
locations of all above-ground structures and a representative sample of the
proposed locations of underground structures or facilities.
(d) Each application shall include
information about other required applications and permits as follows:
(1) Identification of all other federal and
state government agencies having permitting or other regulatory authority,
under federal or state law, to regulate any aspect of the construction or
operation of the proposed energy facility;
(2) Documentation that demonstrates
compliance with the application requirements of all such agencies;
(3) A copy of the completed application form
for each such agency; and
(4)
Identification of any requests for waivers from the information requirements of
any state agency or department having permitting or other regulatory authority
whether or not such agency or department is represented on the
committee.
(e) If the
application is for an energy facility, including an energy transmission
pipeline, that is not an electric generating facility or an electric
transmission line, the application shall include:
(1) The type of facility being
proposed;
(2) A description of the
process to extract, produce, manufacture, transport or refine the source of
energy;
(3) The facility's size and
configuration;
(4) The ability to
increase the capacity of the facility in the future;
(5) Raw materials used or transported, as
follows:
a. An inventory, including amounts
and specifications;
b. A plan for
procurement, describing sources and availability; and
c. A description of the means of
transportation;
(6)
Production information, as follows:
a. An
inventory of products and waste streams, including blowdown emissions from a
high pressure gas pipeline;
b. The
quantities and specifications of hazardous materials; and
c. Waste management plans;
(7) A map showing the entire
energy facility, including, in the case of an energy transmission pipeline, the
location of each compressor station, pumping station, storage facility, and
other ancillary facilities associated with the energy facility, and the
corridor width and length in the case of a proposed new route or widening along
an existing route; and
(8) For a
high pressure gas pipeline, the following information:
a. Construction information, including a
description of the pipe to be used, depth of pipeline placement, type of fuel
to be used to power any associated compressor station, and a description of any
compressor station emergency shutdown system;
b. Proposed construction schedule, including
start date and scheduled completion date;
c. Operation and maintenance information,
including a description of measures to be taken to notify adjacent landowners
and minimize sound during blowdown events;
d. Copy of any proposed plan application or
other documentation required to be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission in connection with construction and operation of the proposed
facility; and
e. Copy of any
environmental report, assessment or impact statement prepared by or on behalf
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission when it becomes
available.
(f) If the application is for an electric
generating facility, the application shall include the following information:
(1) Make, model, and manufacturer of each
turbine and generator unit;
(2)
Capacity in megawatts, as designed and as intended for operation;
(3) Type of turbine and generator unit,
including:
a. Fuel utilized;
b. Method of cooling condenser discharge;
and
c. Unit efficiency;
(4) Any associated new
substations, generator interconnection lines, and electric transmission lines,
whether identified by the applicant or through a system impact study conducted
by or on behalf of the interconnecting utility or ISO New England,
Inc.;
(5) Copy of system impact
study report for interconnection of the facility as prepared by or on behalf of
ISO New England, Inc. or the interconnecting utility, if available at the time
of application;
(6) Construction
schedule, including start date and scheduled completion date; and
(7) Description of anticipated mode and
frequency of operation of the facility.
(g) If the application is for an electric
transmission line or an electric generating facility with an associated
electric transmission or distribution line, the application shall include the
following information:
(1) Location shown on
U.S. Geological Survey Map;
(2) A
map showing the entire electric transmission or distribution line project,
including the height and location of each pole or tower, the distance between
each pole or tower, and the location of each substation, switchyard, converter
station, and other ancillary facilities associated with the project;
(3) Corridor width for:
a. New route; or
b. Widening along existing route;
(4) Length of line;
(5) Distance along new route;
(6) Distance along existing route;
(7) Voltage design rating;
(8) Any associated new electric generating
unit or units;
(9) Type of
construction described in detail;
(10) Construction schedule, including start
date and scheduled completion date;
(11) Copy of any proposed plan application or
other system study request documentation required to be submitted to ISO New
England, Inc. in connection with construction and operation of the proposed
facility; and
(12) Copy of system
impact study report for the proposed electric transmission facility as prepared
by or on behalf of ISO New England, Inc. or the interconnecting utility, if
available at the time of application.
(h) Each application for a certificate for an
energy facility shall include the following:
(1) A detailed description of the type and
size of each major part of the proposed facility;
(2) Identification of the applicant's
preferred choice and other alternatives it considers available for the site and
configuration of each major part of the proposed facility and the reasons for
the preferred choice;
(3)
Documentation that the applicant has held at least one public information
session in each county where the proposed facility is to be located at least 30
days prior to filing its application, pursuant to
RSA
162-H:10, I and
Site
201.01;
(4) Documentation that written notification
of the proposed facility, including copies of the application, has been given
to the governing body of each municipality in which the facility is proposed to
be located, and that written notification of the application filing, including
information regarding means to obtain an electronic or paper version of the
application, has been sent by first class mail to the governing body of each of
the other affected communities;
(5)
The information described in Sections 301.04 through 301.09;
(6) For a proposed wind energy facility,
information regarding the cumulative impacts of the proposed facility on
natural, wildlife, habitat, scenic, recreational, historic, and cultural
resources, including, with respect to aesthetics, the potential impacts of
combined observation, successive observation, and sequential observation of
wind energy facilities by the viewer;
(7) Information describing how the proposed
facility will be consistent with the public interest, including the specific
criteria set forth in
Site
301.16(a)-(j); and
(8) Pre-filed testimony and exhibits
supporting the application.
Notes
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