52 Pa. Code § 57.74 - Filing and service of application and notice of filing

(a) Filing. The applicant shall file with the Commission the original of the application. An affidavit of service showing the identity of those served under subsections (b) and (c) shall accompany the original application filed with the Commission.

(b) Copies. At the time of filing, the applicant shall serve a copy of the application by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the following:

(1) The chief executive officer, the governing body and the body charged with the duty of planning land use in each city, borough, town, township and county in which any portion of the HV line is proposed to be located.

(2) The president of the public utility, other than the applicant, in whose service territory any portion of the HV line is proposed to be located.

(3) The Department of Environmental Resources, Attention: Bureau of Environmental Planning; Post Office Box 2357, 101 S. Second Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.

(c) Notice.

(1) At the time of filing, the applicant shall serve a notice of filing and a map of suitable detail showing the proposed route of the proposed facility by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the following:

(i) The Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Room 1200 Transportation and Safety Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.

(ii) The Chairman of the Historical and Museum Commission, Post Office Box 1026, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.

(iii) Other local, State or Federal agencies designated in § 57.72(c)(11) (relating to form and content of application).

(iv) The persons, corporations and other entities designated in § 57.72(c)(4), unless they are served with a copy of the application under § 57.75(i) (relating to hearing and notice).

(2) The notice of filing shall contain a statement identifying the filing, the date on which the filing was or is to be made, a description of the proposed line, the design voltage, the number of route miles, the right-of-way width and the location of the proposed HV line within each township traversed and a statement that a copy of the application is available for public examination as provided in subsection (d).

(d) Examination. On the day of filing of the application, the applicant shall make a copy of the application available for public examination during ordinary business hours at a convenient location within a county in which any part of the proposed HV line will be located.

(e) Additional notice. The applicant shall provide an additional notice and shall serve such additional copies of the application without cost as the Commission may require.

Notes

52 Pa. Code § 57.74

The provisions of this § 57.74 adopted May 19, 1978, effective 5/20/1978, 8 Pa.B. 1403; amended January 7, 1983, effective 1/8/1983, 13 Pa.B. 131; amended January 10, 2014, effective 1/11/2014, 44 Pa.B. 249.

The provisions of this § 57.74 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 504, 523, 1301, 1501 and 1504.

This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 5.14 (relating to applications requiring notice); 52 Pa. Code § 57.72 (relating to form and content of application); 52 Pa. Code § 57.75 (relating to hearing and notice); and 52 Pa. Code § 69.3101 (relating to scope).