[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR157.8]

[Page 513]
 
           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
 PART 157_APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY 
 
   Subpart A_Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and
 
Sec. 157.8  Acceptance for filing or rejection of applications.

    Applications will be docketed when received and the applicant so 
advised.
    (a) If an application patently fails to comply with applicable 
statutory requirements or with applicable Commission rules, regulations, 
and orders for which a waiver has not been granted, the Director of the 
Office of Pipeline Regulation may reject the application within 10 days 
of filing as provided by Sec. 385.2001(b) of this chapter. This 
rejection is without prejudice to an applicant's refiling a complete 
application. However, an application will not be rejected solely on the 
basis of:
    (1) Environmental reports that are incomplete because the company 
has not been granted access by the affected landowner(s) to perform 
required surveys; or,
    (2) Environmental reports that are incomplete, but where the minimum 
checklist requirements of part 380, appendix A of this chapter have been 
met.
    (b) An application which relates to an operation, sale, service, 
construction, extension, acquisition, or abandonment concerning which a 
prior application has been filed and rejected, shall be docketed as a 
new application. Such new application shall state the docket number of 
the prior rejected application.
    (c) The Director of the Office of Pipeline Regulation may also 
reject an application after it has been noticed, at any time, if it is 
determined that such application does not conform to the requirements of 
this part.

[Order 603-A, 64 FR 54536, Oct. 7, 1999]