1. Any person proposing to submit an application for a certificate shall file with the board a preliminary scoping statement containing a brief discussion, on the basis of available information, of the following items:

1. (a) description of the proposed facility and its environmental setting;
2. (b) potential environmental and health impacts resulting from the construction and operation of the proposed facility;
3. (c) proposed studies or program of studies designed to evaluate potential environmental and health impacts, including, for proposed wind-powered facilities, proposed studies during pre-construction activities and a proposed period of post-construction operations monitoring for potential impacts to avian and bat species;
4. (d) measures proposed to minimize environmental impacts; and
5. (e) where the proposed facility intends to use petroleum or other back-up fuel for generating electricity, a discussion and/or study of the sufficiency of the proposed on-site fuel storage capacity and supply; and
6. (f) reasonable alternatives to the facility that may be required by paragraph (i) of subdivision one of section one hundred sixty-four of this article;
7. (g) identification of all other state and federal permits, certifications, or other authorizations needed for construction, operation or maintenance of the proposed facility; and
8. (h) any other information that may be relevant or that the board may require.

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1. (a) Each pre-application preliminary scoping statement shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount equal to three hundred fifty dollars for each thousand kilowatts of generating capacity of the subject facility, but no more than two hundred thousand dollars, to be deposited in the intervenor account established pursuant to section ninety-seven-kkkk of the state finance law, to be disbursed at the hearing examiner's direction to defray pre-application expenses incurred by municipal and local parties (except for a municipality submitting the pre-application scoping statement) for expert witness, consultant, administrative and legal fees. If at any time subsequent to the filing of the pre-application the pre-application is substantially modified or revised, the board may require an additional pre-application intervenor fee in an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. No fees made available under this paragraph shall be used for judicial review or litigation. Any moneys remaining in the intervenor account upon the submission of an application for a certificate shall be made available to intervenors according to paragraph (a) of subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-four of this article.
2. (b) Pre-application disbursements from the intervenor account shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations established pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-four of this article which rules shall provide for an expedited pre-application disbursement schedule to assure early and meaningful public involvement, with at least one-half of pre-application intervenor funds becoming available through an application process to commence within sixty days of the filing of a pre-application preliminary scoping statement.