Certified Applicant Interviews and Discussions

(1) No more than 11 months after the acceptance of the candidate site identification report (during which site characterization will occur), each certified applicant must file a statement with the Board and each Community Supervisory Committee indicating that it is willing to develop and operate a facility at every candidate site, or identifying any candidate site at which it is unwilling to develop and operate a facility. (2) Between 11 and 14 months after the acceptance ofthe candidate site identification report, each Community Supervisory Committee shall interview those certified applicants who indicate their willingness to develop and operate a facility at a candidate site located within such community; meet with the Board or the Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Capital Planning and Operations at the request ofanyofthemto discuss any aspects of the certified applicants' qualifications or responses to the request for proposals; and undertake negotiations with each certified applicant that is willing to develop and operate a facility at the candidate site located within such community, pursuant to which the Community Supervisory Committee shall select the operator of any facility to be developed at such site.