New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XVIII - Office of Renewable Energy Siting › Part 900 - Office of Renewable Energy Siting › Subpart 900-2 - Application Exhibits › Section 900-2.19 - Exhibit 18: Socioeconomic Effects

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Exhibit 18 shall contain:
(a) An estimate of the average construction
				  work force, by discipline, for each quarter, during the period of construction;
				  and an estimate of the peak construction employment level.
(b) An estimate of the annual construction
				  payroll, by trade, for each year of construction and an estimate of annual
				  direct non-payroll expenditures likely to be made in the host municipality(ies)
				  (materials, services, rentals, and similar categories) during the period of
				  construction.
(c) An estimate of
				  the number of jobs and the on-site payroll, by discipline, during a typical
				  year once the facility is in operation, and an estimate of other expenditures
				  likely to be made in the host municipality(ies) during a typical year of
				  operation.
(d) An estimate of
				  incremental school district operating and infrastructure costs due to the
				  construction and operation of the facility, this estimate to be made after
				  consultation with the affected school districts.
(e) An estimate of incremental municipal,
				  public authority, or utility operating and infrastructure costs that will be
				  incurred for police, fire, emergency, water, sewer, solid waste disposal,
				  highway maintenance and other municipal, public authority, or utility services
				  during the construction and operation the facility (this estimate to be made
				  after consultation with the affected municipalities, public authorities, and
				  utilities).
(f) An identification
				  of all jurisdictions (including benefit assessment districts and user fee
				  jurisdictions) that levy real property taxes or benefit assessments or user
				  fees upon the facility site, its improvements and appurtenances and any entity
				  from which payments in lieu of taxes will or may be negotiated.
(g) For each jurisdiction, a description of
				  the host community benefits to be provided, including an estimate of the
				  incremental amount of annual taxes (and payments in lieu of taxes, benefit
				  charges and user charges) it is projected would be levied against the
				  post-construction facility site, its improvements and appurtenances, payments
				  to be made pursuant to a host community agreement or other project agreed to
				  with the host community.
(h) For
				  each jurisdiction, a comparison of the fiscal costs to the jurisdiction that
				  are expected to result from the construction and operation of the facility to
				  the expected tax revenues (and payments in lieu of taxes, benefit charge
				  revenues and user charge revenues) generated by the facility.
(i) An analysis of whether all contingency
				  plans to be implemented in response to the occurrence of a fire emergency or a
				  hazardous substance incident can be fulfilled by existing local emergency
				  response capacity, and in that regard identifying any specific equipment or
				  training deficiencies in local emergency response capacity (this analysis to be
				  made after consultation with the affected local emergency response
				  organizations).
(j) A detailed
				  statement indicating how the proposed facility and interconnections are
				  consistent with each of the State smart growth public infrastructure criteria
				  specified in ECL Section 6-0107, or why compliance would be
				  impracticable.
(k) A statement as
				  to the host community benefit(s) to be provided by the applicant.