23.0504.05000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1315
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Novak, Dockter, S. Olson
Senator Patten
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 49-22-09 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to factors to be considered when evaluating applications and
3 designation for sites, corridors, and routes.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 1 of section 49-22-09 of the North Dakota Century
6 Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
7 1. The commission shall be guided by, but is not limited to, the following considerations,
8 where applicable, to aid the evaluation and designation of sites, corridors, and routes:
9 a. Available research and investigations relating to the effects of the location,
10 construction, and operation of the proposed facility on public health and welfare,
11 natural resources, and the environment.
12 b. The effects of new electric energy conversion and electric transmission
13 technologies and systems designed to minimize adverse environmental effects.
14 c. The potential for beneficial uses of waste energy from a proposed electric energy
15 conversion facility.
16 d. Adverse direct and indirect environmental effects that cannot be avoided should
17 the proposed site or route be designated.
18 e. Alternatives to the proposed site, corridor, or route which are developed during
19 the hearing process and which minimize adverse effects.
20 f. Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of natural resources should the
21 proposed site, corridor, or route be designated.
22 g. The direct and indirect economic impacts of the proposed facility.
23 h. Existing plans of the state, local government, and private entities for other
24 developments at or in the vicinity of the proposed site, corridor, or route.
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1 i. The effect of the proposed site or route on existing scenic areas, historic sites
2 and structures, and paleontological or archaeological sites.
3 j. The effect of the proposed site or route on areas unique because of biological
4 wealth or because the areas are habitats for rare and endangered species.
5 k. Problems raised by federal agencies, other state agencies, and local entities.
6 l. Sufficient evidence establishing the impact on the reliability, integrity, or resilience
7 of the existing electric supply and distribution system.
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Statutes affected: INTRODUCED: 49-22-09
Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: 49-22-09