Or. Admin. Code § 345-027-0360 - Preliminary Request for Amendment

(1) To request an amendment to the site certificate required by OAR 345-027-0350(3) or (4), the certificate holder must submit a written preliminary request for amendment to the Department that includes the following:

(a) The name of the facility, the name and mailing address of the certificate holder, and the name, mailing address, email address and phone number of the individual responsible for submitting the request;

(b) A detailed description of the proposed change, including:

(A) A description of how the proposed change affects the facility;

(B) A description of how the proposed change affects those resources or interests protected by applicable laws and Council standards, and

(C) The specific location of the proposed change, and any updated maps and/or geospatial data layers relevant to the proposed change;

(c) References to any specific Division 21 information that may be required for the Department to make its findings;

(d) The specific language of the site certificate, including conditions, that the certificate holder proposes to change, add, or delete through the amendment;

(e) A list of all Council standards and other laws, including statutes, rules and ordinances, applicable to the proposed change, and an analysis of whether the facility, with the proposed change, would comply with those applicable laws and Council standards. For the purpose of this rule, a law or Council standard is "applicable" if the Council would apply or consider the law or Council standard under OAR 345-027-0375(2); and

(f) A list of the names and mailing addresses of property owners, as described in this rule:

(A) The list must include all owners of record, as shown on the most recent property tax assessment roll, of property located:

(i) Within 100 feet of property which the subject of the request for amendment, where the subject property is wholly or in part within an urban growth boundary;

(ii) Within 250 feet of property which is the subject of the request for amendment, where the subject property is outside an urban growth boundary and not within a farm or forest zone; or

(iii) Within 500 feet of property which is the subject of the request for amendment, where the subject property is within a farm or forest zone; and

(B) In addition to incorporating the list in the request for amendment, the applicant must submit the list to the Department in an electronic format acceptable to the Department.

(2) Within 14 days after receiving a preliminary request for amendment, the Department must notify the public that a preliminary request for amendment has been received by:

(a) Sending notice by mail or email to:

(A) All persons on the Council's general mailing list as defined in OAR 345-011-0020;

(B) All persons on any special mailing list established for the facility;

(C) The reviewing agencies for the facility, as defined in OAR 345-001-0010(51); and

(D) The property owners on the list provided under subsection (1)(f) of this rule; and

(b) Posting an announcement on the Department's website to notify the public that a preliminary request for amendment has been received. The announcement must include a copy of the preliminary request for amendment.

(3) For any Council standard that requires evaluation of impacts within an analysis area, the analysis area is the larger of either the study areas, as defined in OAR 345-001-0010(59), or the analysis areas described in the project order for the application for site certificate, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Department following a pre-amendment conference.

(4) The certificate holder may incorporate, by specific reference, evidence previously submitted to the Department in the application for site certificate or previous request for amendment, or evidence that is otherwise included in the Department's record on the facility.

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Or. Admin. Code § 345-027-0360

EFSC 9-2019, temporary adopt filed 08/22/2019, effective 8/22/2019through 2/17/2020; EFSC 1-2020, adopt filed 01/28/2020, effective 1/28/2020

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469.470

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 469.405