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California Public Resources Code Section 25516

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The approval of the notice by the commission shall be based
upon findings pursuant to Section 25514.  The notice shall not be
approved unless the commission finds at least two alternative site
and related facility proposals considered in the commission's final
report as acceptable.  If the commission does not find at least two
sites and related facilities acceptable, additional sites and related
facilities may be proposed by the applicant which shall be
considered in the same manner as those proposed in the original
notice.
   If the commission finds that a good faith effort has been made by
the person submitting the notice to find an acceptable alternative
site and related facility and that there is only one acceptable site
and related facility among those submitted, the commission may
approve the notice based on the one site and related facility.  If a
notice is approved based on one site and related facility, the
commission may require a new notice to be filed to identify
acceptable alternative sites and related facilities for the one site
and related facility approved unless suitable alternative sites and
related facilities have been approved by the commission in previous
notice of intention proceedings.
   If the commission finds that additional electric generating
capacity is needed to accommodate the electric power demand forecast
pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 25305 and, after the
commission finds that a good faith effort was made by the person
submitting the notice to propose an acceptable site and related
facility, it fails to find any proposed site and related facility to
be acceptable, the commission shall designate, at the request of and
at the expense of the person submitting the notice, a feasible site
and related facility for providing the needed electric generating
capacity.

Last modified: January 12, 2009