Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) In addition to
the requirements of rule
4906-2-03 of the Administrative
Code, the following conditions apply to certificate applications:
(1) Each page of the certificate application
shall be numbered.
(2) Copies of
the standard certificate application shall be submitted in hard-cover,
loose-leaf binders labeled with the following information:
(a) Name of applicant.
(b) Name of the proposed facility.
(c) Year of submittal of the certificate
application.
(d) Case
number.
(3) Each
certificate application shall be accompanied by a cover letter containing the
following information:
(a) Name and address of
the applicant.
(b) Name and
location of the proposed facility.
(c) Name and address of the applicant's
authorized representative.
(d) An
explanation of any information that was presented by the applicant in the
preapplication notification letter that has been revised by the applicant since
the issuance of the letter.
(e)
Notarized statement that the information contained in the certificate
application is complete and correct to the best knowledge, information and
belief of the applicant.
(B) The information contained within the
certificate application shall conform to the requirements of Chapters 4906-4 to
4906-6 of the Administrative Code, whichever is applicable, except that a
standard certificate application for a major utility facility which is related
to a coal research and development project as defined in section
1555.01 of the Revised Code, or
to a coal development project as defined in section
1551.30 of the Revised Code,
submitted to the Ohio coal development office for review under division (B)(8)
of section 1551.33 of the Revised Code,
shall be the full final proposal as accepted by the Ohio coal development
office.
(C) The following general
instructions apply to certificate applications:
(1) The costs and benefits of the direct and
indirect effects of siting decisions shall be expressed in monetary and
quantitative terms whenever doing so is practicable. All responses shall be
supported by:
(a) An indication of the source
of data.
(b) The assumptions
made.
(c) The methods of reaching
the conclusions.
(d) The
justification for selection of alternatives.
(2) Information filed by the applicant in
response to the requirements of one section without a clear reference to the
information that was given in a prior section shall not be deemed responses to
any other section of the certificate application requirements.
(3) If an applicant asserts that a particular
requirement is not applicable to the proposed facility, the applicant must
provide an explanation why the requirement is not applicable.
(4) Information shall be derived from onsite
surveys, as needed, and the best available, most current reference materials.
The applicant shall provide all required information for each facility
alternative.
(5) The applicant may
provide a copy of any study produced by or for the applicant for the proposed
project as an attachment to the application. The study may be submitted in
response to a specific requirement, provided that the information contained
therein is responsive to the requirement. A brief summary of the study shall be
provided in the body of the application.
(6) If the applicant has prepared the
required hard copy maps using digital, geographically referenced data, an
electronic copy of all such data, excluding data obtained by the applicant
under a licensing agreement which prohibits distribution, shall be provided to
staff on a portable solid state drive
concurrent with submission of
the application.
(7) All maps shall be produced at a scale
such that all required features are legible, with minimal overlap. If a map
requires shading or colors to distinguish different classes of the same feature
(e.g., land use types), no more than six colors or shading patterns should be
used for one set of features. Mapping requirements may be combined in a common
map or maps, provided that the common map(s) remain legible and references to
the common map(s) are included in the application. Maps
shall include a representation of the map scale and the date upon which the map
was produced.
