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California Public Resources Code Section 25519

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(a) In order to obtain certification for a site and related
facility, an application for certification of the site and related
facility shall be filed with the commission.  The application shall
be in a form prescribed by the commission and shall be for a site and
related facility that has been found to be acceptable by the
commission pursuant to Section 25516, or for an additional facility
at a site that has been designated a potential multiple-facility site
pursuant to Section 25514.5 and found to be acceptable pursuant to
Sections 25516 and 25516.5.  An application for an additional
facility at a potential multiple-facility site shall be subject to
the conditions and review specified in Section 25520.5.  An
application may not be filed for a site and related facility, if
there is no suitable alternative for the site and related facility
that was previously found to be acceptable by the commission, unless
the commission has approved the notice based on the one site as
specified in Section 25516.
   (b) The commission, upon its own motion or in response to the
request of any party, may require the applicant to submit any
information, document, or data, in addition to the attachments
required by subdivision (i), that it determines is reasonably
necessary to make any decision on the application.
   (c) The commission shall be the lead agency as provided in Section
21165 for all projects that require certification pursuant to this
chapter and for projects that are exempted from such certification
pursuant to Section 25541.  Unless the commission's regulatory
program governing site and facility certification and related
proceedings are certified by the Resources Agency pursuant to Section
21080.5, an environmental impact report shall be completed within
one year after receipt of the application.  If the commission
prepares a document or documents in the place of an environmental
impact report or negative declaration under a regulatory program
certified pursuant to Section 21080.5, any other public agency that
must make a decision that is subject to the California Environmental
Quality Act, Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000), on a site
or related facility, shall use the document or documents prepared by
the commission in the same manner as they would use an environmental
impact report or negative declaration prepared by a lead agency.
   (d) If the site and related facility specified in the application
is proposed to be located in the coastal zone, the commission shall
transmit a copy of the application to the California Coastal
Commission for its review and comments.
   (e) If the site and related facility specified in the application
is proposed to be located in the Suisun Marsh or the jurisdiction of
the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the
commission shall transmit a copy of the application to the San
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission for its review
and comments.
   (f) Upon receipt of an application, the commission shall forward
the application to local governmental agencies having land use and
related jurisdiction in the area of the proposed site and related
facility.  Those local agencies shall review the application and
submit comments on, among other things, the design of the facility,
architectural and aesthetic features of the facility, access to
highways, landscaping and grading, public use of lands in the area of
the facility, and other appropriate aspects of the design,
construction, or operation of the proposed site and related facility.

   (g) Upon receipt of an application, the commission shall cause a
summary of the application to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county in which the site and related facilities,
or any part thereof, designated in the application, is proposed to be
located.  The commission shall transmit a copy of the application to
each federal and state agency having jurisdiction or special
interest in matters pertinent to the proposed site and related
facilities and to the Attorney General.
   (h) Local and state agencies having jurisdiction or special
interest in matters pertinent to the proposed site and related
facilities shall provide their comments and recommendations on the
project within 180 days of the date of filing of an application.
   (i) The adviser shall require that adequate notice is given to the
public and that the procedures specified by this division are
complied with.
   (j) For any proposed site and related facility requiring a
certificate of public convenience and necessity, the commission shall
transmit a copy of the application to the Public Utilities
Commission and request the comments and recommendations of the Public
Utilities Commission on the economic, financial, rate, system
reliability, and service implications of the proposed site and
related facility.  If the commission requires modification of the
proposed facility, the commission shall consult with the Public
Utilities Commission regarding the economic, financial, rate, system
reliability, and service implications of those modifications.
   (k) The commission shall transmit a copy of the application to any
governmental agency not specifically mentioned in this act, but
which it finds has any information or interest in the proposed site
and related facilities, and shall invite the comments and
recommendations of each agency.  The commission shall request any
relevant laws, ordinances, or regulations that an agency has
promulgated or administered.
   (l) An application for certification of any site and related
facilities shall contain a listing of every federal agency from which
any approval or authorization concerning the proposed site is
required, specifying the approvals or authorizations obtained at the
time of the application and the schedule for obtaining any approvals
or authorizations pending.

Last modified: January 12, 2009