2001 Minnesota Statutes

     116C.66 Rules. 

    The board, in order to give effect to the purposes of 
 sections 116C.51 to 116C.69, may adopt rules consistent with 
 sections 116C.51 to 116C.69, including promulgation of site and 
 route designation criteria, the description of the information 
 to be furnished by the utilities, establishment of minimum 
 guidelines for public participation in the development, 
 revision, and enforcement of any rule, plan, or program 
 established by the board, procedures for the revocation or 
 suspension of a site or route permit, and the procedure and 
 timeliness for proposing alternative routes and sites.  No rule 
 adopted by the board shall grant priority to state-owned 
 wildlife management areas over agricultural lands in the 
 designation of route avoidance areas.  The provisions of chapter 
 14 shall apply to the appeal of rules adopted by the board to 
 the same extent as it applies to review of rules adopted by any 
 other agency of state government. 

    The chief administrative law judge shall adopt procedural 
 rules for public hearings relating to the site and route permit 
 process.  The rules shall attempt to maximize citizen 
 participation in these processes consistent with the time limits 
 for board decision established in sections 116C.57, subdivision 
 8, and 116C.575, subdivision 7. 

    HIST: 1973 c 591 s 16; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 439 s 22; 1978 c 
 658 s 2; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 640 s 32; 2001 c 212 art 7 s 
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