Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 122:23-1-02 | Application and certification.

                                                
(A) An application for certification
		  shall be in the form and contain the substance required by the director. To be
		  considered, the application for certification must be complete, accompanied by
		  all required supporting documentation and submitted by an authorized
		  representative of the applicant. An application for certification must be
		  submitted to the director no later than the close of business on the last day
		  for application as provided in division (E) of section 5727.75 of the Revised
		  Code. If an application for certification is incomplete, the director shall
		  notify the applicant and identify in reasonable detail the information or
		  supporting documentation necessary to complete the application. The applicant
		  shall have thirty days after notice from the director to cure any deficiencies
		  in the application. If such deficiencies are not cured within the thirty day
		  cure period, the application for certification will be considered denied. The
		  applicant may submit a new application for certification if the statutory
		  deadline for submitting an application for certification has not
		  passed.
(B) An application for certification must identify the
		  location where any tangible personal property or real property that is part of
		  the energy project will be located including: each county in which any real or
		  tangible personal property will be located, the taxing units in which any real
		  or tangible personal property will be located, and the permanent parcel numbers
		  for parcels within each county on which any part of the energy project will be
		  located. An application for certification must also provide a mailing address
		  for the board of county commissioners of each county and for the taxing
		  authority of each taxing unit listed in the application.
(C) To satisfy the requirement for certification provided
		  in division (E)(3) of section 5727.75 of the Revised Code, each applicant for
		  certification of an energy project as a qualified energy project must submit a
		  certification by an authorized representative of the applicant that no portion
		  of the energy facility was used to supply electricity before December 31, 2009.
		  "Supply electricity" has the same meaning as "supplying of
		  electricity" set forth in division (A) of section 5727.02 of the Revised
		  Code.
(D) A
		  board of county commissioners to which an application for certification is
		  forwarded for review as provided in division (E)(1)(b) of section 5727.75 of
		  the Revised Code may request an extension of time from the director to consider
		  a resolution approving or rejecting the application. Any such request shall be
		  made in writing to the director. The board shall be entitled to receive, and
		  the director shall grant, one extension of thirty days. The board may request a
		  further extension of time to consider a resolution approving or rejecting the
		  application, but any further extension may be granted or denied in the
		  director's discretion.
(E) If, within thirty days after the director forwards an
		  application for certification to boards of county commissioners for the
		  affected counties (or within any extension of that time granted by the director
		  upon request of a county or otherwise), no board of county commissioners for a
		  county in which any part of the energy project is located provides a resolution
		  approving the application for certification or approving an alternative energy
		  zone in which a part of the energy project is located, the director shall deny
		  the application for certification. The director shall notify the applicant in
		  writing of such denial and provide a copy of the denial notice to the
		  commissioner and the board of county commissioners for each county in which any
		  part of the energy project is located. If the statutory deadline for submitting
		  an application for certification has not passed, the applicant may resubmit its
		  application for certification.
(F) The director shall review each application for
		  certification and determine if the application and supporting documentation
		  satisfies the requirements of division (E)(2) of section 5727.75 of the Revised
		  Code for certification of the energy project as a qualified energy project. The
		  director shall notify the applicant in writing of such determination. For any
		  energy project determined to be a qualified energy project, the director shall
		  issue a certificate in the form determined by the director, in consultation
		  with the commissioner. The certificate shall identify the applicant, each
		  county in which any part of the qualified energy project is located, and the
		  proposed nameplate capacity of the qualified energy project. The director shall
		  provide to the commissioner, the board of county commissioners, auditor and
		  treasurer of each county in which any part of the qualified energy project is
		  located, and to the applicable taxing units in which any real or tangible
		  personal property is located, a copy of the qualified energy project
		  certificate issued by the director to the applicant.