CR 21-049 Hearing Information

Docket 1-AC-255 Comments

Public Service Commission

P.O. Box 7854

Madison, WI 53707-7854

The Commission does not accept comments submitted via e-mail or facsimile (fax). Any material submitted to the Commission is a public record and may appear on the Commission’s web site. The Commission may reject a comment that does not comply with the requirements described in this notice.

  INITIAL REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS. This rulemaking will not affect small businesses. The Wis. Stat. § 227.114 (12) definition of “small business” states that to be considered a small business, the business must not be dominant in its field. Since gas utilities are monopolies in their service territories, they are dominant in their field and are not small businesses. Further, the contract between the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Commission requires that treatment be uniform across the state and across gas pipeline operators. As a result, the Commission cannot make special provisions for small business.

WISCONSIN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. This is a Type III action under Wis. Admin. Code § PSC 4.10 (3). The Commission has reviewed the potential environmental effects of the project. The proposed revisions will not result in possible significant adverse environmental or social impacts. The preparation of an environmental impact statement under Wis. Stat. §1.11 or an environmental assessment is not necessary.

CONTACT. Questions regarding this matter should be directed to the docket coordinator Alex Kirschling, at [phone] or [e-mail]. Small business questions should be directed to Tara Pray at [phone] or [e-mail]. Media questions should be directed to the Communications Director Jerel Ballard at [phone].

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. The Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the provision of programs, services, or employment. Any person with a disability who needs accommodations to participate in this proceeding or who needs to get this document in a different format should contact the docket coordinator, as indicated in the previous paragraph, as soon as possible.

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, the 10th day of June, 2021.

By the Commission:

Steffany Powell Coker

Secretary to the Commission

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The direct link to the audiovisual connection is:

https://us02web.zoom.us/my/pschearings

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The direct link to the live broadcast webcast is

https://apps.psc.wi.gov/APPS/eventscalendar/broadcast/livebroadcast.aspx.

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The direct link to the documents filed in the docket is

https://apps.psc.wi.gov/ERF/ERFsearch/content/searchResult.aspx?UTIL=1&CASE=AC&SEQ=255&START=none&END=none&TYPE=none&SERVICE=none&KEY=none&NON=N

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As an alternative to submitting a comment directly to the Commission, state law allows anyone to file a web comment on the Legislative Rules Clearinghouse website, https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/comment. This site forwards the comment to the Commission.

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The direct link to the public comment webpage for this docket is:

https://apps.psc.wi.gov/ERF/ERF/comment/filecomment.aspx?util=1&case=AC&num=255