75-20-205. Centerline location. (1) For all facilities defined in 75-20-104(8)(b) and (8)(c) and associated facilities certified under this chapter, the board shall condition the certificate upon board approval of a final centerline location.
     (2) The final centerline location must be determined in a noncontested case proceeding before the board after the submission of a centerline location report by the department. Within 60 days after the commencement of a noncontested case proceeding, the board shall render and record a decision approving a centerline location.
     (3) The department shall consult with the certificate holder and the affected landowners prior to making its report.
     (4) The department's report must be prepared considering the criteria set forth in 75-20-301 and 75-20-503 and the findings of fact and conclusions of law set out in the board decision.
     (5) The department report may be completed on segments of a certified facility as is convenient to the certificate holder.
     (6) The certificate holder shall initiate the final centerline location approval process by submitting a proposed centerline location plan to the department. The certificate holder shall pay to the department the actual costs incurred in processing a final centerline location not, to exceed 25% of the filing fee paid under 75-20-215.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 591, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 246, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 215, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 536, Ch. 546, L. 1995.