1. (a) Before the close of the comment period, an interested person may file with the commission comments or a protest of the application under 3 AAC 48.100.

2. (b) A protest of an application must include

   1. (1) specific grounds for the protest, including a listing of facts in dispute;
   2. (2) any steps the applicant may take to mitigate the protest;
   3. (3) any conditions the commission should consider applying to the application if approved; and
   4. (4) a petition to intervene under 3 AAC 48.110.
3. (c) If a filing does not contain the information required in (b) of this section, the commission will consider the filing to be comments.
4. (d) An applicant wishing to file a response to the protest must file that response with the commission within the 10 days after the close of the comment period.
5. (e) The commission will issue an order indicating whether there will be a hearing on the application within 15 days after the filing of the applicant's response to the protest.

(Eff. 10/16/2009, Register 192)

Authority: AS 42.04.080, AS 42.05.171, AS 42.06.140, AS 42.05.141, AS 42.05.221, AS 42.06.240, AS 42.05.151, AS 42.06.055