Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-17 - ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT SITING › Section 62-17.520 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Words, terms and phrases used in this chapter, unless
				  otherwise indicated, shall have the meaning set forth in Section
				   403.522, F.S. In addition, the
				  following words when used in this part shall have the indicated
				  meanings:
(1) "Access road" means a
				road within the corridor which is proposed to be used to gain access to the
				rights-of-way, transmission towers, or other utility property or facilities,
				including those roads used for maintenance purposes.
(2) "Alternate corridors" means corridors
				proposed by the applicant in the application that are secondary in preference
				to its preferred corridor or corridors proposed by parties to the certification
				proceeding other than the applicant pursuant to the provisions of Section
				 403.5271, F.S.
(3) "Clerk of the Siting Board" means the
				person designated as the clerk of the Department pursuant to Rule 62-103.050,
				F.A.C.
(4) "Construction" means any
				clearing of land, erection of structures, excavation or other action by the
				applicant that would alter the physical environment or ecology of a
				right-of-way for the tranmission line, but does not include those activities
				essential for surveying, preliminary corridor evaluation, environmental
				studies, or trimming of vegetation, or activities on the right-of-way not
				associated with the certified transmission line.
(5) "Electronic Copies" means documentation
				submitted by the applicant that is stored on electronic media (for example,
				compact disc) in a manner suitable for ease of copying and pasting text or
				graphics into word processing software. Acceptable formats for electronic
				copies include Microsoft Word for Windows Versions 5.0 or higher; Rich Text
				Format, and portable document format (pdf). Any portable document format (.pdf)
				files must be of a version that allows all narrative and tables to be readily
				converted to text.
(6)
				"Established" means, when referring to an established right-of-way, a right of
				use created by purchase, grant, reservation, dedication, condemnation, permit,
				license, or any other procedure authorized by law.
(7) "Life of the facility" means the duration
				of construction and operational life of the certified transmission line,
				including any appurtenant structures, until the removal and abandonment of the
				entire facility.
(8) "Maintenance"
				means the act of physically maintaining the transmission line including the
				right-of-way.
(9) "Precertification
				amendments" means documentation submitted by the applicant during the
				application review period pursuant to Section
				 403.5275, F.S., that reflects
				changes proposed by the applicant to the designs or plans contained in its
				previously submitted application. It does not mean responses to requests for
				additional information to make the application complete as determined by
				reviewing agencies.
(10) "Primary
				corridor" shall mean the preferred original corridor which the applicant seeks
				to have certified.
(11)
				"Postcertification amendments" means documentation that reflects changes in the
				certified project under the provisions of Section
				 403.5317(1),
				F.S.
(12) "Secretary" means the
				Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, or the duly authorized
				designee.
Rulemaking Authority
					 403.523(1) FS.
					 Law Implemented 403.522
					 FS.
New 11-20-80, Amended 6-26-84, Formerly 17-17.52,
					 17-17.520, Amended 5-24-10.