Filed as: ARSD 20:10
These telecommunications and energy facility rules make several updates to align with current practices and technology. For telecommunications companies seeking local exchange service certificates, the rules remove outdated application requirements like facsimile numbers and simplify financial reporting by requiring only annual revenue disclosures rather than detailed quarterly breakdowns. For energy facilities seeking transmission line permits, applicants must now submit digital shapefiles compatible with mapping software to show proposed routes, and the commission will publish these for public viewing. The rules also clarify filing deadlines, modernize language throughout (replacing "shall" with "must"), and remove obsolete provisions related to wireless lifeline-only carriers' local usage plans and equal access provisioning.
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The effect of the rules will be clarification of filing requirements; alignment of rules with corresponding statutes; removal of unnecessary filing burdens for telecommunications companies; updated telecommunications rules that more closely reflect telecommunications technology; greater emphasis on the importance of compliance with One Call Notification; and remaining current with federal regulations concerning pipeline safety.