SECTION 165:75-3-2. Notice

(a)   Notice required upon application for license. An applicant shall give notice of the filing of an application for a license for maintenance and operation of a cotton gin utility by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the cotton gin is to be located. An applicant shall also mail notice to all other cotton gin operators within a thirty (30) mile radius of the applicant's proposed operating location. The notice shall be in a form approved by the Director of the Public Utility Division and shall include the name of the entity seeking a license, the cause number, the relief requested in the application, the area to be served, the phone number of the individual to contact for additional information, and the date, time and place of the hearing on the merits.

(b)   Notice required upon application or letter request of a cotton gin utility to dismantle or go dormant. An applicant filing an application or submitting a letter request to dismantle or go dormant shall give notice of the request by posting notice in three conspicuous places within the county in which the cotton gin is located. The notice shall be in a form approved by the Director of the Public Utility Division, and shall include the name of the applicant, the relief requested, the date the notice is posted, the name of the individual to contact for additional information, and the statement that protests or objections must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Public Utility Division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2000, on or before an identified date. The applicant must allow no less than a thirty (30) day time period for the submission of written objections or protests.

[Source: Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2455, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2332, eff 7-15-03]