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...At the request of an electric light company, the public utilities commission shall provide information and assistance to the electric light company in obtaining any bonus, extension, or other Phase I sulfur dioxide emission allowance that the company may be eligible to receive from the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under Title IV of the "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990," 104 Stat...

...(A) To the extent funding is available in the biomass energy program fund, the public utilities commission shall maintain a program to promote the development and use of biomass energy. (B) The biomass energy program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money received by the commission for the program maintained under this section shall be credited to the fund, and used for that program.

...As used in sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contiguous property" includes, but is not limited to, a manufactured home park as defined in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code; a public or publicly subsidized housing project; an apartment complex; a condominium complex; a college or university; an office complex; a shopping center; a hotel; an industrial park; and a race track. (B) "Gas" means nat...

...For the purpose of protecting the public safety with respect to intrastate pipe-lines used by any operator: (A) The public utilities commission shall: (1) Adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules to carry out sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code, including rules concerning pipe-line safety, drug testing, and enforcement procedures. The commission shall adopt these rules only after notice and opportu...

... (iv) Establish and carry out a public education program under 49 C.F.R. 192.616; (v) Establish the MAOP of the pipeline under 49 C.F.R. 192.619; (vi) Install and maintain pipeline markers according to the requirements for transmission lines under 49 C.F.R. 192.707; (vii) Perform leakage surveys according to requirements in 49 C.F.R. 192.706; (viii) Retain a record of each required leakage survey conducted ...

...(A) In addition to the assessment required by section 4905.10 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall assess against all operators an amount equal to the appropriation in each fiscal year from the pipe-line safety fund. The assessment against each operator shall be based on the total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered in this state during the calendar year next preceding the assessment. The commi...

...Each operator shall do all of the following: (A) Comply with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. For the purpose of that compliance, the act or omission of any officer, employee, or agent of an operator, while acting within the scope of his duties or employment, is deemed the act or omission of the operator. (B) Establish and maintain any record, make any report, and provi...

...(A) To the extent known to the commission, the commission shall notify an operator of a master-meter system that the operator is subject to sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code, the pipe-line safety code, safety inspections, and safety audits. (B)(1) Each operator of a master-meter system shall conduct safety inspections as required by sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safe...

...eral revenue fund. (c) May direct the attorney general to seek the remedies provided in section 4905.96 of the Revised Code. (2) An intrastate pipe-line transportation facility is hazardous to life or property, the commission by order: (a) Shall require the operator of the facility to take corrective action to remove the hazard. Such corrective action may include suspended or restricted use of the facility, p...

...by the public utilities commission, the attorney general shall bring a civil action against an operator in the name of the state to enforce orders of the commission issued under section 4905.95 of the Revised Code, including orders assessing forfeitures under division (B)(1) of that section, and for other appropriate relief, including a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction. The action ...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4905.52 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4905.56 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4905.74 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...associated facilities as defined by the power siting board; (d) Any manufacturing facility that creates byproducts that may be used in the generation of electricity as defined by the power siting board; (e) Gathering lines, gas gathering pipelines, and processing plant gas stub pipelines as those terms are defined in section 4905.90 of the Revised Code and associated facilities; (f) Any gas processing plant as ...

...hin the public utilities commission the power siting board, composed of the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the director of environmental protection, the director of health, the director of development, the director of natural resources, the director of agriculture, and a representative of the public who shall be an engineer and shall be appointed by the governor, from a list of three nominees submitt...

... Whenever an application is made to the power siting board for a certificate or a material amendment to an existing certificate for a utility facility, the board shall include two voting ad hoc members to represent the interests of the residents of the area in which the utility facility is to be located. (C)(1) The ad hoc members shall be: (a) The chairperson of the board of township trustees of the township in w...

...(A) Voting ad hoc members of the power siting board under section 4906.021 of the Revised Code shall be designated not later than thirty days after a board of county commissioners or a board of township trustees receives notification that an application, for which an ad hoc member shall be included, has been found to be in compliance with division (A) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code by the chairperson of the p...

...to adopt a resolution to intervene in a power siting board case for which it is entitled to have a voting ad hoc member under section 4906.02 of the Revised Code, the member shall not vote on the resolution to intervene, unless the member designates another individual to serve as the ad hoc member. A designee under this section shall meet the requirements of division (E) of section 4906.021 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A voting ad hoc member of the power siting board under section 4906.02 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from any limitations on ex parte communications. (B) If such an ad hoc member communicates with a party, including any party who is an intervenor, to a board proceeding, the ad hoc member and the party shall disclose the following to the board: (1) The date of the conversation; (2) All participants in ...

...t or former voting ad hoc member of the power siting board shall disclose or use, without appropriate authorization, information acquired in the course of official duties that is confidential because of either of the following: (A) Statutory law; (B) Notice the ad hoc member received designating the information as confidential and both of the following apply: (1) The status of the proceedings, or the circumsta...

...The power siting board shall: (A) Require such information from persons subject to its jurisdiction as it considers necessary to assist in the conduct of hearings and any investigations or studies it may undertake; (B) Conduct any studies or investigations that it considers necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter; (C) Adopt rules establishing criteria for evaluating the ...

...h a like facility, as determined by the power siting board, shall not constitute construction of a major utility facility. Such replacement of a like facility is not exempt from any other requirements of state or local laws or regulations. Any facility, with respect to which such a certificate is required, shall thereafter be constructed, operated, and maintained in conformity with such certificate and any terms, con...

...tial addition" shall be defined by the power siting board. Any electric generating plant and associated facilities, electric transmission line and associated facilities, or gas pipeline and associated facilities which is not a major utility facility is not exempt from state or local laws or regulations.

...th the office of the chairperson of the power siting board an application, in such form as the board prescribes, containing the following information: (1) A description of the location and of the major utility facility; (2) A summary of any studies that have been made by or for the applicant of the environmental impact of the facility; (3) A statement explaining the need for the facility; (4) A statement of ...

...ection 4906.06 of the Revised Code, the power siting board shall promptly fix a date for a public hearing thereon, not less than sixty nor more than ninety days after such receipt, and shall conclude the proceeding as expeditiously as practicable. (B) On an application for an amendment of a certificate, the board shall hold a hearing in the same manner as a hearing is held on an application for a certificate ...

... Code, if the person has filed with the power siting board a notice of intervention as a party, within thirty days after the date the person was served with a copy of the application; (3) Any person residing in a municipal corporation or county entitled to receive service of a copy of the application under division (B) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code and any other person, if the person has petitioned the boar...

... Rules of evidence, as specified by the power siting board, shall apply to the proceeding. The board may provide for the consolidation of the representation of parties having similar interests.