N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-II

§ 1020-ii. Public notice before approval of utility transmission\nfacilities. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n (a) "municipality" means a county, city, town or village in the\nservice area;\n * (b) "utility transmission facility" means any electric transmission\nline operating at sixty-five kilovolts or higher in the service area,\nincluding associated equipment. It shall not include any transmission\nline which is an in-kind replacement or which is located wholly\nunderground. This section also shall not apply to any major electric\ntransmission facility subject to the jurisdiction of article seven of\nthe public service law; and\n * NB Effective until December 31, 2040\n * (b) "utility transmission facility" means any electric transmission\nline operating at sixty-five kilovolts or higher in the service area,\nincluding associated equipment. It shall not include any transmission\nline which is an in-kind replacement or which is located wholly\nunderground. This section also shall not apply to any major utility\ntransmission facility subject to the jurisdiction of article seven of\nthe public service law; and\n * NB Effective December 31, 2040\n (c) " authority customer" means the customer of record located within\nfive hundred feet of a proposed utility transmission facility.\n 2. The authority shall not construct any utility transmission facility\nwithout first providing public notice as provided by this subdivision.\nSuch public notice shall be provided by the authority before the\nenvironmental significance of such action is determined by the\nauthority, pursuant to article eight of the environmental conservation\nlaw. The public notice shall provide the following information:\n (a) the location of the site or right-of-way;\n (b) a description of the transmission facility to be built thereon;\n (c) a summary of any studies including an environmental assessment or\nenvironmental impact statement pursuant to article eight of the\nenvironmental conservation law which have been made of the environmental\nimpact of the project, and a description of such studies;\n (d) a statement explaining the need for the facility;\n (e) a description of any reasonable alternate location or locations\nassessed for the proposed facility;\n (f) a description of the comparative merits and detriments of each\nlocation submitted; and\n (g) a statement of the reasons why the primary proposed location is\nbest suited for the facility.\n When completed, copies of the environmental assessment form,\nenvironmental impact statement and studies referred to in the notice\nshall be filed with the authority and shall be available for public\ninspection.\n 3. Notice shall be provided by first class mail to:\n (a) each municipality in which any portion of such facility is to be\nlocated, both as primarily proposed and in the alternative locations\nlisted. Notice to a municipality shall be addressed to the chief\nexecutive officer thereof;\n (b) each member of the legislature through whose district the utility\ntransmission facility or any alternate proposed would pass; and\n (c) each authority customer.\n