Rejection of petition or application

Where these rules require that specific exhibits or data be prepared and submitted as part of any petition or application, the authority may within thirty (30) days of the filing thereof, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, reject any petition or application or any portion of an application or petition that the authority finds to have failed to comply with criteria for submission of exhibits and data as are set forth in these rules. If in response to and within thirty (30) days of the filing of a petition or application the authority requests additional supporting exhibits or data, such exhibits or data shall be furnished within a reasonable time. For purposes of this provision, thirty (30) days from the date of the request shall be considered a reasonable time except where the data and exhibits requested are unusually complex or, in the aggregate, unusually voluminous. Failure to substantially comply with such request may be considered grounds for rejecting the application or petition or any portion of the application or petition to which such data or exhibits relate, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, notwithstanding that the date of rejection may under such circumstances be more than thirty (30) days after receipt of the petition or application.