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Item#12-CC Agenda-12/13/2010 5 File#10-3486[Total Pages 8] 1 REVISOR 7850.5300 7850.5300 LOCAL REVIEW OF PROPOSED FACILITIES. Subpart 1. Local review. An applicant who seeks a site or route permit for one of the projects identified in subpart 2 has the option of applying to those local units of government that have jurisdiction over the site or route for approval to build the project. If local approval is granted, a site or route permit is not required from the commission. If the applicant files an application with the PUC, the applicant shall be deemed to have waived its right to seek local approval of the project. Subp. 2. Eligible projects. An applicant may seek approval from a local unit of government to construct the following projects: A. a large electric power generating plant with a capacity of less than 80 megawatts; B. a large electric power generating plant of any size that burns natural gas and is intended to be a peaking plant; C. a high voltage transmission line of between 100 and 200 kilovolts; D. a substation with a voltage designed for and capable of operation at a ' nominal voltage of 100 kilovolts or more; E. a high voltage transmission line service extension to a single customer between 200 and 300 kilovolts and less than ten miles in length; and F. a high voltage transmission line rerouting to serve the demand of a single customer when at least 80 percent of the rerouted line will be located on property owned or controlled by the customer or the owner of the transmission line. Subp. 3. Notice to PUC. Within ten days of submission of an application to a local unit of government for approval of an eligible project, the applicant shall notify the commission in writing that the applicant has elected to seek local approval of the proposed project. Within the same ten-day period, the applicant shall mail notice to those persons ' on the general notification list that a permit has been applied for from the local unit of government for the project and shall provide a description of the project and the name of a person with the local unit of government to contact for more information. Subp. 4. Referral to PUC. A local unit of government with jurisdiction over a project identified in this section to whom an applicant has applied for approval to build the project may request the PUC to assume jurisdiction and make a decision on a site or route permit. A local unit of government shall file the request with the commission within 60 days after an application for the project has been filed with any one local unit of government. If one of the local units of government with jurisdiction over the project requests the commission to assume jurisdiction, jurisdiction over the project transfers evisor of Statutes State of Minnesota. All Rights Copyright©2009 by the R Reserved. 1