New York Public Service Law Article 7 - SITING OF MAJOR UTILITY TRANSMISSION FACILITIES

• 120 - Definitions.
  Where used in this article, the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings. 1. "Municipality" means a county, city, town...
• 121 - Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.
  1. No person shall, after July first, nineteen hundred seventy, commence the preparation of the site for the construction of a major utility transmission facility...
• 121-a - Procedures With Respect to Certain Fuel Gas Transmission Lines.
  1. All persons who intend to construct fuel gas transmission lines as described in this section shall file with the commission for its approval the...
• 122 - Application for a Certificate.
  1. An applicant for a certificate shall file with the commission an application, in such form as the commission may prescribe, containing the following information:...
• 123 - Hearing on Application for Certificate.
  1. Upon the receipt of an application with respect to an electric transmission line that complies with section one hundred twenty-two, the commission shall promptly...
• 124 - Parties to Certification Proceedings.
  1. The parties to the certification proceedings shall include: (a) the applicant (b) the department of environmental conservation (c) the department of commerce (d) the...
• 125 - Conduct of the Hearing.
  A record shall be made of the hearing and of all testimony taken and the cross-examinations thereon. The rules of evidence applicable to proceedings before...
• 126 - The Decision.
  1. The commission shall render a decision upon the record either granting or denying the application as filed or granting it upon such terms, conditions,...
• 127 - Opinion to Be Issued With Decision.
  In rendering a decision on an application for a certificate, the commission may issue an opinion stating its reasons for the action taken. If the...
• 128 - Judicial Review.
  1. Any party aggrieved by any order issued on an application for a certificate may apply for a rehearing under section twenty-two within thirty days...
• 129 - Jurisdiction of Courts.
  Except as expressly set forth in section one hundred twenty-eight and except for review by the court of appeals of a decision of the appellate...
• 130 - Powers of Municipalities and State Agencies.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state agency, municipality or any agency thereof may require any approval, consent, permit, certificate or other condition for...

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