California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 2 - State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 5 - Power Plant Site Certification › Article 1 - General Provisions Applicable to Notices of Intent and Applications for Certification › B - Filing and Information Requirements for Notices and Applications › Section 1714 - Distribution of Copies to Public Agencies and Tribal Governments; Request for Comments

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) As
					 soon as possible after receipt of the notice or application for a site and
					 related facility requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity,
					 the executive director shall transmit a copy thereof to the Public Utilities
					 Commission and shall request the Public Utilities Commission to perform an
					 analysis and to offer comments and recommendations regarding the economic,
					 financial, rate, system reliability, and service implications of the design,
					 construction, operation, and location of the site and related facilities. For
					 applications for a site and related facility which does not require a
					 certificate of public convenience and necessity, the executive director shall
					 transmit a notice of receipt of the application to the Public Utilities
					 Commission.
(b) Within ten days
					 after receipt of the application for a site and related facility that is
					 proposed to connect to the California Independent System Operator-controlled
					 grid, the executive director shall transmit a copy thereof to the California
					 Independent System Operator and shall request the California Independent System
					 Operator to perform an analysis and to offer comments and recommendations
					 regarding the system reliability implications and identification of
					 interconnection facilities required for connection to the California
					 Independent System Operator-controlled grid. For applications which do not
					 connect to the California Independent System Operator-controlled grid, the
					 executive director shall transmit a notice of receipt to the California
					 Independent System Operator.
(c)
					 The executive director shall also transmit a copy of the notice or application
					 to the Coastal Commission for any site located in the coastal zone, to the Bay
					 Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) for any site located in the
					 Suisun Marsh or the jurisdiction of the BCDC, to the California Department of
					 Fish and Wildlife, to the Air Pollution Control District in which the project
					 is located, to the Regional Water Quality Control Board in which the project is
					 located, to all federal, state, regional, and local agencies which have
					 jurisdiction over the proposed site and related facility, or which would have
					 such jurisdiction but for the commission's exclusive authority to certify sites
					 and related facilities pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with section
					 25500) of Division 15 of the
					 Public Resources Code, and to any other federal, state, regional, or local
					 agency which has been identified as having a potential interest in the proposed
					 site and related facility, and shall request analyses, comments, and
					 recommendations thereon.
(d) No
					 later than 14 days after a notice or application has been accepted, staff shall
					 notify and invite tribal governments deemed traditionally and culturally
					 affiliated with a project area by the Native American Heritage Commission, to
					 participate in consultations with staff, consistent with Public Resources Code
					 section
					 21080.3.1.
					 For projects with a federal nexus, staff shall also invite tribal governments
					 deemed traditionally and culturally affiliated with a project area by federal
					 land managing agencies, to participate in consultations.
(e) Upon receiving a copy of the notice or
					 application, each agency requested to file comments shall inform the presiding
					 member (or the executive director if no committee has been appointed yet) of
					 when such comments can be filed with the commission. Unless otherwise specified
					 by law or by order of the presiding member, all such comments shall be filed
					 prior to the conclusion of the evidentiary hearings held pursuant to sections
					 1723 and
					 1745 on the notice or
					 application.
1.
						Amendment of subsection (d) filed 1-11-83; designated effective 2-1-83 pursuant
						to Government Code section
						11346.2(d)
						(Register 83, No. 3).
2. Amendment of subsections (c)-(e) filed
						8-10-93; operative 9-9-93 (Register 93, No. 33).
3. Amendment of
						subsection (a), new subsection (b), subsection relettering and amendment of
						newly designated subsection (c) filed 6-20-2000 as an emergency; operative
						6-20-2000 (Register 2000, No. 25). A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL by 10-18-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by
						operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance
						as to 6-20-2000 order transmitted to OAL 9-26-2000 and filed 10-25-2000
						(Register 2000, No. 43).
5. Amendment of subsections (c)-(d),
						repealer of subsection (e) and subsection relettering filed 12-21-2015;
						operative 1-1-2016 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2015, No. 52).
6. Amendment of section heading and
						subsections (d)-(e) filed 12-5-2018; operative 1-1-2019 pursuant to Government
						Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2018, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  25218(e)
						  and
						  25541.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  25505,
						  25506,
						  25506.5,
						  25507
						  and
						  25519,
						  Public Resources Code.