Arizona Laws 41-2103. Participating projects; notice; agency designation
(L21, Ch. 405, sec. 31. Rpld. 1/1/29)
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-2103
- Authorization: means a license, permit, approval, finding, land use permit, determination or other administrative decision that is issued by this state to site, construct, reconstruct or commence operations of an eligible project that is administered by an agency. See Arizona Laws 41-2101
- Director: means the state permitting director. See Arizona Laws 41-2101
- Eligible project: means an activity in this state that requires authorization by an agency, that involves infrastructure construction for renewable or conventional energy production, electricity transmission, mining, land revitalization, surface transportation, aviation, water resource projects, wastewater projects, broadband, pipelines or manufacturing or any other activity as determined by the director and that meets both of the following:
(a) Is subject to applicable state environmental laws, permitting regulations and other relevant government authorizations, the size and complexity of which will make the eligible project benefit from enhanced oversight and coordination. See Arizona Laws 41-2101
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Participating project: means an eligible project included in the permitting dashboard established pursuant to section 41-2104. See Arizona Laws 41-2101
- Permitting dashboard: means an online tool for agencies, project developers and interested members of the public to track authorizations by agencies for participating projects. See Arizona Laws 41-2101
- Project sponsor: means the entity that undertakes an eligible project. See Arizona Laws 41-2101
A. A project sponsor of an eligible project may submit to the director a notice that the project sponsor is initiating a proposed project. Each notice shall include all of the following:
1. A statement of the purposes and objectives of the proposed project.
2. A project description with geographic information, including the location of the proposed project and geospatial information.
3. A statement regarding the technical and financial ability of the project sponsor to construct the proposed project.
4. A list of agencies that may require authorizations for completion of the proposed project.
5. A statement of any authorization that is anticipated to be required to complete the proposed project.
6. An assessment that the proposed project meets the definition of an eligible project under this chapter and a statement of reasons supporting the assessment.
B. Not later than thirty days after receiving the notice specified in subsection A of this section, the director shall determine whether the proposed project qualifies as an eligible project and whether to include the proposed project as a participating project.
C. Not later than forty-five days after the date of the determination made in subsection B of this section, each agency identified by the project sponsor shall submit to the director all anticipated authorizations required for each participating project, including both of the following:
1. The steps required by the project sponsor and the agency to complete each authorization.
2. The target completion time for each step.
D. If an agency requires an authorization to complete a participating project that was not submitted pursuant to subsection C of this section, the agency shall provide to the director a written statement of cause for the additional authorization.
E. Each agency identified by the project sponsor shall notify the director regarding any decision made that materially affects the status of a participating project and shall submit any significant document associated with the decision as allowed by state and federal law.
F. An agency may not require an eligible project to participate in the permitting dashboard.