OAR 345-015-0300
Request for Expedited Review of Small Capacity Facilities

(1)

In accordance with ORS 469.370 (Draft proposed order for hearing)(10), any person proposing to construct and operate an energy facility with an average electric generating capacity of less than 100 megawatts who chooses to request expedited review of an application for a site certificate shall submit to the Department of Energy a request for expedited review as described in section (2) with the fee required by the fee schedule established under ORS 469.441 (Justification of fees charged), payable to the Oregon Department of Energy. If the proposed energy facility has, as a related or supporting facility, a transmission line or pipeline that, by itself, is an energy facility under the definition in ORS 469.300 (Definitions), the proposed energy facility is not eligible for expedited review.

(2)

In the request for expedited review, the applicant shall include:

(a)

A description of the facility and the proposed site;

(b)

The applicant’s name and address;

(c)

A schedule stating when the applicant expects to submit a preliminary application for a site certificate;

(d)

A list of all statutes, rules and ordinances applicable to the facility;

(e)

A statement indicating whether the applicant intends to satisfy the Council’s land use standard, OAR 345-022-0030 (Land Use), by obtaining local land use approval pursuant to ORS 469.504 (Facility compliance with statewide planning goals)(1)(a) or by seeking a Council determination pursuant to ORS 469.504 (Facility compliance with statewide planning goals)(1)(b); and

(f)

The reason and justification for any request for exception to an analysis area as provided under section (3).

(3)

In an expedited review granted under this rule, the Department shall issue a project order following the applicant’s submission of a preliminary application for a site certificate. For the purposes of submitting the preliminary application, the analysis areas are the study areas as defined in OAR 345-001-0010 (Definitions), unless the applicant requests an exception in the request for expedited review and the Department approves the exception. The Department may, in the project order, modify the analysis areas. The Department may request additional information from the applicant, as provided in OAR 345-015-0190 (Determination of Completeness), before determining the application complete. Submission of the site certificate application and the Department’s review of the application in all other respects are the same for expedited review as for other site certificate applications.

(4)

The Council hereby grants any request for expedited review from an applicant proposing a facility meeting the definition in section (1) if the Department determines that the request satisfies the requirements of section (2). The Department shall notify the applicant of its determination.

Source: Rule 345-015-0300 — Request for Expedited Review of Small Capacity Facilities, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=345-015-0300.

345‑015‑0001
Purpose and Authority 345‑015‑0003
Remote and Electronic Public Meeting and Hearings 345‑015‑0012
Filing and Service of Documents in a Contested Case 345‑015‑0014
Contested Case Notices 345‑015‑0016
Requests for Party or Limited Party Status in Contested Cases on Applications for a Site Certificate 345‑015‑0018
Authorized Representative 345‑015‑0022
Petition for Indigent Status 345‑015‑0023
Duties of Hearing Officer 345‑015‑0024
Suspension of Hearing and Exclusion of a Party 345‑015‑0038
Separate Hearings 345‑015‑0043
Evidence: Testimony Submitted in Writing 345‑015‑0046
Evidence: Official Notice 345‑015‑0051
Evidence: Resolutions of Cities, Counties and Tribes 345‑015‑0054
Motions 345‑015‑0057
Prohibitions on Interlocutory Appeals to Council 345‑015‑0059
Prohibitions on Stays 345‑015‑0062
Reopening Record Prior to Decision 345‑015‑0080
Participation by Government Agencies 345‑015‑0083
Prehearing Conference and Prehearing Order 345‑015‑0085
Hearing Officer’s Proposed Contested Case Order 345‑015‑0110
Public Notice of a Notice of Intent 345‑015‑0120
Memorandum on a Notice of Intent 345‑015‑0130
Informational Meeting on a Notice of Intent 345‑015‑0140
Review by the Department of Energy 345‑015‑0160
Project Order 345‑015‑0180
Agency Memorandum on a Site Certificate Application 345‑015‑0190
Determination of Completeness 345‑015‑0200
Notice to Agencies that the Application is Complete 345‑015‑0210
Draft Proposed Order 345‑015‑0220
Public Hearing on the Draft Proposed Order 345‑015‑0230
Council Review and the Department of Energy’s Proposed Order 345‑015‑0240
The Decision-Making Record 345‑015‑0300
Request for Expedited Review of Small Capacity Facilities 345‑015‑0310
Request for Expedited Review of Special Criteria Facilities 345‑015‑0320
Public Hearing Procedures for Special Criteria Facilities 345‑015‑0350
Council Determination of Exemption 345‑015‑0360
Contents of Request for Exemption 345‑015‑0370
Consideration of Request for Exemption 345‑015‑0380
Loss of Exemption 345‑015‑0500
Confidentiality and Inadmissibility of Mediation Communications
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 345-015-0300’s source at or​.us