* § 143. Application, notice, and review relating to major electric\ntransmission facility siting. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the\ncontrary, ORES shall, within one hundred twenty days after its receipt\nof an application for a siting permit with respect to a major electric\ntransmission facility, determine whether the application is complete and\nnotify the applicant of its determination. If ORES does not deem the\napplication complete, it shall set forth in writing delivered to the\napplicant the reasons why it has determined the application to be\nincomplete. If ORES fails to make a determination within the foregoing\none hundred twenty day time period, the application shall be deemed\ncomplete; provided, however, that the applicant may consent to an\nextension of the one hundred twenty day time period for determining\napplication completeness. Provided, further, that no application may be\ncomplete without proof of consultation with the municipality or\npolitical subdivision where the project is proposed to be located, or an\nagency thereof, prior to submission of an application to ORES, related\nto procedural and substantive requirements of local law.\n 2. In addition to addressing uniform standards and conditions, the\napplication for a siting permit with respect to a major electric\ntransmission facility shall include, in such form as ORES may prescribe,\nthe following information: (i) the location of the site or right-of-way;\n(ii) a description of the transmission facility to be built thereon;\n(iii) a summary of any studies which have been made of the environmental\nimpact of the project, and a description of such studies; (iv) a\nstatement explaining the public need for the facility; (v) copies of any\nstudies of the electrical performance and system impacts of the facility\nperformed by the state grid operator pursuant to its tariff; (vi) such\nother information as the applicant may consider relevant or ORES may by\nregulation require; and (vii) a description of any reasonable\nalternative location or locations for the proposed facility, a\ndescription of the comparative merits and detriments of each location\nsubmitted, and a statement of the reasons why the primary proposed\nlocation is best suited for the facility.\n 3. To the greatest extent practicable, each landowner of land on which\nany portion of such proposed facility is to be located shall be served\nby first class mail with a notice that such landowner's property may be\nimpacted by a project and an explanation of how to file with ORES a\nnotice of intent to be a party in the permit application proceedings and\nthe timeframe for filing such application.\n 4. No later than sixty days following the date upon which an\napplication has been deemed complete, and following consultation with\nany relevant state agency or authority, ORES shall publish for public\ncomment draft permit conditions prepared by the office of renewable\nenergy siting and electric transmissions, which comment period shall be\nfor a minimum of sixty days from public notice thereof. Such public\nnotice shall include, but shall not be limited to: (i) written notice to\nthe municipalities and political subdivisions, in which the major\nelectric utility transmission is proposed to be located and to\nlandowners notified of the application pursuant to subdivision three of\nthis section; (ii) publication in a newspaper or in electronic form,\nhaving general circulation in such municipalities or political\nsubdivisions; (iii) posting on the office's and the department's\nwebsite; and (iv) written notice to each member of the legislature\nthrough whose district the facility or any alternate proposed in the\napplication would pass and in the event that such facility or any\nportion thereof is located within the Adirondack Park or Tug Hill, the\nAdirondack Park Agency and Tug Hill commission respectively.\n 5. For any municipality, political subdivision or an agency thereof\nthat has receiv
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