Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 138 - Public Utilities Commission
Chapter 7851 - CERTIFICATE OF NEED; GAS STORAGE, PIPELINE
APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF NEED
Part 7851.0340 - LOCATION

Universal Citation: MN Rules 7851.0340

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Subpart 1. Map.

On a suitable map, identify the sites or routes that, in the opinion of the applicant, could serve as the site or route for the proposed facility. For a proposed storage facility, indicate the county, township, range, and sections of each identified site. For a proposed pipeline, indicate the cities or population centers through which the route passes. Indicate on the map trunk highways, railroads, and airports within one mile of the site or along the route.

Subp. 2. Map data.

For each site or route identified in response to subpart 1, list:

A. the general nature of the terrain;

B. the general soil types and approximate percentage of each;

C. the estimated maximum and minimum depths of groundwater;

D. for a proposed pipeline, the number of miles of the route that passes through, respectively, federal lands, state lands, county or tax-forfeit lands, incorporated areas, and private land outside incorporated areas;

E. the types of vegetation (including forest, brush, marsh, pasture, and cropland) on the site or along the route, and the approximate percentage of each;

F. the predominant types of land use (such as residential, forest, agricultural, commercial, and industrial) within one mile of the site or along the route and the approximate percentage of each;

G. national natural landmarks, national wilderness areas, national wildlife refuges, national wild and scenic rivers, national parks, national forests, national trails, and national waterfowl production areas within one mile of the site or along the route, as mapped on the inventory of significant resources by the State Planning Agency;

H. state critical areas, state wildlife management areas, state scientific and natural areas, state wild, scenic, and recreational rivers, state parks, state scenic wayside parks, state recreational areas, state forests, state trails, state canoe and boating rivers, state zoo, designated trout streams, and designated trout lakes within one mile of the site or along the route, as mapped on the inventory of significant resources by the State Planning Agency; and

I. national historic sites and landmarks, national monuments, national register historic districts, registered state historic or archaeological sites, state historical districts, sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and any other cultural resources within one mile of the site or along the route, as indicated by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Statutory Authority: MS s 216B.08; 216B.2421; 216B.243; 216C.10

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