Minnesota Administrative Rules

7849.0340 NO-FACILITY ALTERNATIVE.

For each of the three levels of demand specified in part 7849.0300, the applicant shall provide the following information for the alternative of no facility:

A.

a description of the expected operation of existing and committed generating and transmission facilities;

B.

a description of the changes in resource requirements and wastes produced by facilities discussed in response to item A, including:

(1)

the amount of land required;

(2)

induced traffic;

(3)

fuel requirements;

(4)

airborne emissions;

(5)

water appropriation and consumption;

(6)

discharges to water;

(7)

reject heat;

(8)

radioactive releases;

(9)

solid waste production;

(10)

audible noise; and

(11)

labor requirements; and

C.

a description of equipment and measures that may be used to reduce the environmental impact of the alternative of no facility.

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