Section 69-06-01-01 - DefinitionsThe terms used throughout this article have the same meanings as in North Dakota Century Code chapter 49-22, and in addition:
1. "Act" means the North Dakota Energy Conversion and Transmission Facility Siting Act, North Dakota Century Code chapter 49-22.2. "Avoidance criteria" means criteria that remove areas from consideration for energy conversion facility sites and transmission facility routes unless it is shown that under the circumstances there are no reasonable alternatives.3. "Criteria" means policy statements that guide and govern the preparation of the inventory of exclusion and avoidance areas, and the energy conversion facility site and transmission facility corridor and route suitability evaluation process.4. "Designated corridor" means a corridor for which a certificate has been issued by the commission.5. "Designated route" means a route for which a permit has been issued by the commission.6. "Designated site" means a site for which a certificate has been issued by the commission.7. "Extractive resources" means natural resources that are removed during the construction of a facility, including sand, gravel, soil, rock, and other similar materials.8. "Exclusion criteria" means criteria that remove areas from consideration for energy conversion facility sites and transmission facility routes.9. "Height of the turbine" means the distance from the base of the wind turbine to the turbine blade tip when it is in its highest position.10. "Historical resource" means a district, site, building, structure, or other object which possesses significance in history, archaeology, paleontology, or architecture, or has other cultural value to the state or local community.11. "Party aggrieved" means a person who will be affected in a manner different from the effect on the general public.12. "Policy criteria" means criteria that guide and govern the selection of energy conversion facility sites and transmission facility corridors and routes in order to maximize benefits during the construction and operation of a facility.13. "Refinement" means the action or process of purifying.14. "Selection criteria" means criteria that guide and govern the selection of energy conversion facility sites and transmission facility corridors and routes in order to minimize adverse human and environmental impact after the exclusion and avoidance criteria have been applied.15. "Siting rules" means this article adopted by the commission pursuant to North Dakota Century Code chapters 49-22 and 49-22.1.16. "Wetland" means an aquatic area important to the life stages of certain wildlife species as defined by the United States fish and wildlife service.N.D. Admin Code 69-06-01-01
Amended effective August 1, 1979; April 1, 2013.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2021-383, January 2022, effective 1/1/2022.General Authority: NDCC 49-22-18
Law Implemented: NDCC 49-22-01, 49-22-03, 49-22-05.1, 49-22-07, 49-22-08, 49-22-08.1, 49-22-19