Minnesota Administrative Rules

7849.0240 NEED SUMMARY AND ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.

Subpart 1.

Need summary.

An application must contain a summary of the major factors that justify the need for the proposed facility. This summary must not exceed, without the approval of the commission, 15 pages in length, including text, tables, graphs, and figures.

Subp. 2.

Additional considerations.

Each application shall contain an explanation of the relationship of the proposed facility to each of the following socioeconomic considerations:

A.

socially beneficial uses of the output of the facility, including its uses to protect or enhance environmental quality;

B.

promotional activities that may have given rise to the demand for the facility; and

C.

the effects of the facility in inducing future development.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216A.05; 216B.08; 216B.2421; 216B.243; 216C.10

History:

L 1983 c 289 s 115; 12 SR 2624

Published Electronically:

October 13, 2009