III. Procedural Background

The assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued rulings on June 9, 2000 and October 11, 2000, seeking comments on definitions, criteria and questions relating to the issues in this proceeding. On March 2, 2001, the ALJ issued a ruling requesting comments on proposed rules that were developed based on the comments received in response to the earlier rulings. Subsequently, the parties filed comments and reply comments. No party requested hearings or briefs. This decision addresses the proposed rules and comments on them. A complete listing of the parties who provided comments at any point in the process up to the issuance of the draft decision is included as Attachment C.