Okla. Admin. Code § 165:75-5-21

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 165:75-5-21 - Exhibits and petitions

(a) An applicant seeking to establish convenience and necessity as required in any of the Cotton Gin Utilities rules and regulations as set forth in this Chapter shall attach to his application a map embracing an area not less than a thirty (30) mile radius from the applicant's proposed gin. The exact location of applicant's proposed gin shall be shown on said map together with the location of each competitive gin plant within a thirty (30) mile radius thereof. The applicant shall prepare an exhibit from the records of the Commission or from any reliable source showing the exact amount of cotton ginned by each of the competitive gins for the three (3) years next preceding the filing of the application. This exhibit shall show the name and address of the owner of each of such gins, the number of saws, the type of equipment as to gins stands, cleaners, power, and any other such information that may be pertinent. The exhibit shall show the average number of bales ginned by said competitive gins for the past year and shall show the percentage of capacity of existing approved cotton gin facilities to the amount of cotton available for the average of three (3) years and for the past year. In the event the applicant or any party desires to present a petition from the cotton growers of the territory affected, the same shall show the names of the cotton growers, the number of acres devoted to cotton in each of the past three (3) years, the number of bales raised by said petitioner during each of the last three (3) years, and the proposed number of acres to be planted in cotton for the current year. No person or firm not directly growing cotton shall be eligible to sign a petition of this nature. No one growing cotton outside of the thirty (30) mile radius of the gin in question shall be eligible to sign such petition unless there is no gin closer to his land.

(b) A full copy of the information as listed shall be mailed under registered cover to the record owner of each gin within a radius of thirty (30) miles of the proposed gin site and be so stated in the application of the Commission.