2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 1-A - Long Island Power Authority › 1020-II - Public Notice Before Approval of Utility Transmission Facilities.

§  1020-ii.  Public  notice  before  approval  of utility transmission
facilities. 1. As used in this section, the following terms  shall  have
the following meanings:
(a)  "municipality"  means  a  county,  city,  town  or village in the
service area;
* (b) "utility transmission facility" means any electric  transmission
line  operating  at  sixty-five kilovolts or higher in the service area,
including associated equipment. It shall not  include  any  transmission
line  which  is  an  in-kind  replacement  or  which  is  located wholly
underground. This section also shall not apply  to  any  major  electric
transmission  facility  subject  to the jurisdiction of article seven of
the public service law; and
* NB Effective until December 31, 2040
* (b) "utility transmission facility" means any electric  transmission
line  operating  at  sixty-five kilovolts or higher in the service area,
including associated equipment. It shall not  include  any  transmission
line  which  is  an  in-kind  replacement  or  which  is  located wholly
underground. This section also shall not  apply  to  any  major  utility
transmission  facility  subject  to the jurisdiction of article seven of
the public service law; and
* NB Effective December 31, 2040
(c) " authority customer" means the customer of record located  within
five hundred feet of a proposed utility transmission facility.
2. The authority shall not construct any utility transmission facility
without  first  providing public notice as provided by this subdivision.
Such public notice  shall  be  provided  by  the  authority  before  the
environmental   significance   of  such  action  is  determined  by  the
authority, pursuant to article eight of the  environmental  conservation
law. The public notice shall provide the following information:
(a) the location of the site or right-of-way;
(b) a description of the transmission facility to be built thereon;
(c)  a summary of any studies including an environmental assessment or
environmental  impact  statement  pursuant  to  article  eight  of   the
environmental conservation law which have been made of the environmental
impact of the project, and a description of such studies;
(d) a statement explaining the need for the facility;
(e)  a  description  of any reasonable alternate location or locations
assessed for the proposed facility;
(f) a description of the comparative merits  and  detriments  of  each
location submitted; and
(g)  a  statement  of the reasons why the primary proposed location is
best suited for the facility.
When  completed,  copies  of  the   environmental   assessment   form,
environmental  impact  statement  and  studies referred to in the notice
shall be filed with the authority and  shall  be  available  for  public
inspection.
3. Notice shall be provided by first class mail to:
(a)  each  municipality in which any portion of such facility is to be
located, both as primarily proposed and  in  the  alternative  locations
listed.  Notice  to  a  municipality  shall  be  addressed  to the chief
executive officer thereof;
(b) each member of the legislature through whose district the  utility
transmission facility or any alternate proposed would pass; and
(c) each authority customer.