Arizona Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION
Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure
Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE POWER PLANT AND TRANSMISSION LINE SITING COMMITTEE
Section R14-3-201 - Sessions of the committee

Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 14-3-201

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024

A. Sessions of the Committee shall be held at such times and places as the business of the Committee shall require and after notice as provided in these Rules of Practice and Procedure.

B. Hearings on applications for certificates of environmental compatibility, in the discretion of the chairman but subject to overruling by a majority of the Committee within five days of notice of his decision, shall be conducted by the Full Committee or by a hearing officer qualified under A.R.S. § 40-360.04(B). There shall be no quorum requirement in the event a hearing is conducted by the full Committee.

C. Hearings shall be presided over by a Presiding Officer who shall be either:

1. The chairman or his designee, in the event of a hearing conducted by the full Committee, or

2. The hearing officer.

D. For purposes of these rules, the chairman or his designee shall act as Presiding Officer with respect to each application unless and until a hearing officer is designated in accordance with subsection (B) hereof.

E. The powers and duties of the Presiding Officer, in addition to those set forth in these Rules of Practice and Procedure, shall include the authority to:

1. Administer oaths and affirmations.

2. Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence.

3. Take or cause depositions to be taken.

4. Regulate the course of a hearing.

5. Hold conferences, prior to the hearings at which time each party shall set forth the issues it wishes to present at the hearing, and during the hearing for the settlement of the issues, and for such other purposes as the Presiding Officer deems appropriate.

6. Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters.

7. Examine witnesses.

8. Set the dates for the submission of transcript corrections.

9. Mail to each member of the Committee, within five days after the transcript is prepared and delivered, a certified copy of the record of the hearings, including the transcript and reproducible exhibits.

Effective 2-70.

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