Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 445 - Energy Facility Siting Board › Chapter 00 - N/A › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Section 445-RICR-00-00-1.6 - Applications

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Statement - All applications shall be in
							writing and shall clearly state the nature of the activity for which a Board
							license is sought and a factual and legal basis for the Board's authority to
							grant a Board license.
B. Contents
							- An application shall include the following:
1. The exact legal name of the applicant, if
							the applicant is a corporation, trust, association or other organized group,
							the state or territory under the laws of which the applicant was created or
							organized, the location of the applicant's principal place of business, and the
							names of all states where the applicant is authorized to do business.
2. The name, title and post office address of
							one person to whom correspondence or communication in regard to the application
							is to be addressed. The Board will serve, where required, all notices, orders
							and other papers upon the person so named and such service shall be deemed to
							be service upon the applicant.
3.
							Identification of the proposed owner(s) of the facility, including
							identification of all affiliates of the proposed owners, as such term is
							defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											39-3-27.
4. A detailed description of the proposed
							facility including its function and operating characteristics, and complete
							plans as to all structures, including, where applicable, underground
							construction, transmission facilities, cooling systems, pollution control
							systems and fuel storage facilities associated with the proposed location for
							the project.
5. Site plan for each
							proposed location for the project.
6. The total land area involved.
7. Project cost.
8. Proposed dates for beginning of
							construction, completion of construction and commencement of service.
9. Where applicable, estimated number of
							facility employees.
10. Proposed
							financing for construction and operation of the facility.
11. Where applicable, required support
							facilities, e.g. road, gas, electric, water, telephone, and an analysis of the
							availability of the facilities and/or resources to the project.
12. A detailed description and analysis of
							the impact, including cumulative impact for facilities other than transmission
							lines, of the proposed facility on the physical and social environment on and
							off site, together with a detailed description of all environmental
							characteristics of the proposed site and a summary of all studies prepared and
							relied upon in connection therewith. In the case of transmission facilities,
							such description and analysis shall include a review of the current independent
							scientific research pertaining to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and shall
							provide data on the anticipated levels of EMF exposure and potential health
							risks associated with this exposure.
13. All studies and forecasts, complete with
							information, data, methodology and assumptions of which they are based, on
							which the applicant intends to rely in showing the need for the proposed
							facility under the statewide master construction plan submitted
							annually.
14. Complete detail as to
							the estimated construction costs of the proposed facility, the projected
							maintenance and operation costs, the estimated unit cost of energy to be
							produced by the proposed facility, where applicable, and the expected methods
							of financing the facility. For transmission lines, the applicant shall also
							provide estimated costs to the community such as safety and public health
							issues, storm damage and power outages, and estimated costs to businesses and
							homeowners due to power outages.
15. A complete life-cycle management plan for
							the proposed facility, including measures for protecting the public health and
							safety and the environment during the facility's operations, including plans
							for the handling and disposal of wastes from the facility at the end of its
							useful life.
16. A study of the
							alternatives to the proposed facility, including alternatives as to energy
							sources, methods of energy production and transmission and sites for the
							facility, together with the reasons for the applicant's rejection of such
							alternatives. The study shall include estimates of facility costs and unit
							energy costs of alternatives considered.
17. Identification of Federal agencies which
							may exercise licensing authority over any aspect of the facility.
18. Identification of state and local
							government agencies which may exercise licensing authority over any aspect of
							the facility or which could exercise licensing authority over any aspect of the
							facility absent the Act.
19.
							Identification of foreign governmental agencies which must issue licenses that
							may affect any aspect of the facility.
20. All pertinent information regarding
							filings for licenses made with federal, state, local foreign governmental
							agencies including the nature of the license sought, copies of the applicable
							statutes or regulations, and copies of all documents filed in compliance with
							 42 U.S.C. §§
												4321 through  4370h,
							the date of filing and the expected date of decision.