Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 48 - Practice and Procedure › Article 1 - Practice Before the Commission › 3 AAC 48.025 - Format for filings

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (e) of this
				  section, all text in filings, including correspondence, tariff filings,
				  pleadings, and letters, whether filed on paper or electronically under
				  3 AAC 48.095, must be legibly typewritten in a font not
				  less than 11 point, or hand printed in black ink, and must be formatted for or
				  printed on 8-1/2 inch by 11 inch paper. Pleadings and testimony must have
				  left-hand margins not less than one and one-half inches, right-hand margins not
				  less than one-half inch, and top and bottom margins not less than one inch. All
				  other filings must have not less than one inch margins on all sides, except
				  that spreadsheets, graphs, maps, and similar documents must have not less than
				  one-half inch margins on all sides. Spreadsheets, graphs, maps, and similar
				  documents may have a font less than 11 point if the font is legible.
(b) Original paper filings of more than one
				  page must be fastened with a clip on the upper left-hand corner or wrapped with
				  a rubber band. Stapled or bound original materials will not be accepted. For
				  both paper and electronic filings, pages must be numbered at the bottom of each
				  page in the form "page x of y," with the exception of tariff sheets and
				  commission forms using an alternate page format. Copies may be stapled or
				  bound.
(c) Filings formatted to
				  print on paper larger than 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches may not be reduced before
				  filing if doing so will make the substantive text, graphics, or photographic
				  material illegible. Instead, oversized paper filings must be folded to 8-1/2
				  inches by 11 inches before filing. Electronic filings containing documents that
				  should be printed on oversized paper must identify those documents and the
				  proper paper sizes necessary to print legible copies of the documents. If the
				  oversized document is greater than 11 inches by 17 inches and is part of a
				  filing that is to be made electronically, a placeholder page generally
				  describing the oversized document must be inserted in the filing where the
				  oversized document otherwise would be and must be filed with the commission
				  under 3 AAC 48.090(b)(3)
				  with a cover letter that includes the commission's docket or tariff advice
				  number for the corresponding electronic filing, and the title, filed date, and
				  page reference of the electronic filing to which the oversized filing pertains.
				  An electronic filing with a placeholder page is not complete until the paper
				  version of the oversized document is officially received under
				  3 AAC 48.090(a) by the commission.
				  Oversized documents must have not less than one-half inch margins on all sides
				  and must be legible.
(d) Filings
				  that are formatted to include distinct divisions, whether filed on paper or
				  electronically in accordance with
				  3 AAC 48.095, must identify those divisions by a cover
				  page inserted at the beginning of the division indicating the name or title of
				  each division. The name or title must be roughly centered on the page and be
				  exclusive of all other information.
(e) The requirements of (a) of this section
				  do not apply to filings submitted under (c) of this section,
				  3 AAC 48.100(k), or
				  3 AAC 48.330, or to filings using commission forms that
				  require a different format. However, any submission must be legible and
				  otherwise comply with this section.
(f) The commission will not accept a filing
				  that fails to meet the requirements of this section.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.06.140