N.Y. Public Service Law 130 – Powers of municipalities and state agencies
§ 130. Powers of municipalities and state agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state agency, municipality or any agency thereof may require any approval, consent, permit, certificate or other condition for the construction or operation of a major facility with respect to which an application for a certificate hereunder has been issued, other than those provided by otherwise applicable state law for the protection of employees engaged in the construction and operation of such facility, and provided that in the case of a municipality or an agency thereof, such municipality has received notice of the filing of the application therefor.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Service Law 130
- Major utility transmission facility: means : (a) an electric transmission line of a design capacity of one hundred twenty-five kilovolts or more extending a distance of one mile or more, or of one hundred kilovolts or more and less than one hundred twenty-five kilovolts, extending a distance of ten miles or more, including associated equipment, but shall not include any such transmission line located wholly underground in a city with a population in excess of one hundred twenty-five thousand or a primary transmission line approved by the federal energy regulatory commission in connection with a hydro-electric facility; and (b) a fuel gas transmission line extending a distance of one thousand feet or more to be used to transport fuel gas at pressures of one hundred twenty-five pounds per square inch or more, excluding appurtenant facilities, but shall not include any such transmission line which is located wholly underground in a city or wholly within the right of way of a state, county or town highway or village street as those terms are defined in Article 1 of the highway law and Article 6 of the village law, or which replaces an existing transmission line, including appurtenant facilities, and extends a distance of less than one mile. See N.Y. Public Service Law 120
- Municipality: means a county, city, town or village in the state. See N.Y. Public Service Law 120
Neither the Tug Hill commission nor the Adirondack park agency shall hold public hearings for a major utility transmission facility with respect to which an application hereunder has been filed, provided that such commission or agency has received notice of the filing of such application.