(a) Upon receipt of an application for a permit for the construction, operation, or redevelopment of a wind energy facility or a wind energy facility expansion under this subchapter and other requirements the Arkansas Public Service Commission may adopt, the staff of the commission shall invite comments from a state agency entitled to service under § 23-18-513 as to the adequacy of the application.
(b) The invitation to comment under subsection (a) of this section shall include a notification to a state agency that comments are required to be received within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date of the mailing or delivery of the invitation to comment, unless a state agency requests, for cause, a longer period for consideration.
(c) (1) Upon review of the comments, if any, the staff shall determine whether or not the applicant failed to include or adequately develop any relevant environmental or economic aspect of the wind energy facility.(2) The commission shall issue a deficiency letter specifying the deficiencies in the application.(3) The deficiency letter shall be prepared and served upon the applicant as promptly as possible but no later than twenty (20) days before the date set for a public hearing under § 23-18-1412.(4) The applicant shall promptly respond to any deficiency letter, and the public hearing shall be deferred unless the applicant has responded before the public hearing to any deficiency letter.
(1) Upon review of the comments, if any, the staff shall determine whether or not the applicant failed to include or adequately develop any relevant environmental or economic aspect of the wind energy facility.
(2) The commission shall issue a deficiency letter specifying the deficiencies in the application.
(3) The deficiency letter shall be prepared and served upon the applicant as promptly as possible but no later than twenty (20) days before the date set for a public hearing under § 23-18-1412.
(4) The applicant shall promptly respond to any deficiency letter, and the public hearing shall be deferred unless the applicant has responded before the public hearing to any deficiency letter.