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STATE OF MICHIGAN  
BEFORE THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION  
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own motion, to amend the rules  
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Case No. U-20903  
Volume No. 1  
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PUBLIC HEARING  
Proceedings held via Microsoft Teams in the  
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above-entitled matter before Sharon L. Feldman, J.D.,  
Administrative Law Judge with MOAHR, for the Michigan  
Public Service Commission, Lansing, Michigan, on  
Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at 9:00 a.m.  
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APPEARANCES:  
MICHAEL J. ORRIS, J.D.  
Assistant Attorney General  
7109 West Saginaw, Floor 3  
Lansing, Michigan 48917  
On behalf of the Michigan Public Service  
Commission Staff  
23 REPORTED BY: Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315  
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021  
At 9:02 a.m.  
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(Hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.)  
JUDGE FELDMAN: On the record. Good  
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morning and welcome. We are opening the record of a  
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public hearing in Michigan Public Service Commission Case  
No. U-20903, entitled In the matter, on the Commission's  
own motion, to amend the rules governing gas safety.  
This is the date and time designated by the Commission in  
its February 18, 2021, order in this docket for a public  
hearing to solicit comments on the proposed rules. This  
public hearing is being held as a video teleconference  
hearing. The participation information was included in  
the notice of hearing.  
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The Commission's publicly available  
docket for this case shows that the notice of this  
hearing was published in the following newspapers on  
February 25, 2021: The Grand Rapids Press, The Mining  
Journal, and The Oakland Press.  
For the record, my name is Sharon  
Feldman, I'm an administrative law judge with the  
Michigan office of Administrative Hearings and Rules; and  
my function today is to make sure that anyone who wants  
to make an oral comments on the proposed rules has the  
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opportunity to do so. Additionally, I note that the  
Commission is accepting written comments on the rules  
through April 14, 2021, and the instructions for making  
such comments are provided in the notice of hearing.  
I also want to note that Assistant  
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Attorney General Mike Orris is here. Mr. Orris, would  
you like to put your appearance the record.  
MR. ORRIS: Yes, your Honor. Assistant  
Attorney General Michael Orris on behalf of Commission  
Staff.  
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JUDGE FELDMAN: Mr. Orris, it's my  
understanding that should anyone appear at this hearing  
with questions regarding the rules, you would be able to  
put that person in touch with a knowledgable member of  
the Michigan Public Service Commission to address the  
question or questions?  
MR. ORRIS: Correct.  
JUDGE FELDMAN: And Mr. Blair Renfro of  
the Commission's Regulatory Affairs Division is also in  
attendance this morning and available to answer  
questions.  
We have a court reporter here, and the  
transcript of this hearing, including all comments, will  
be posted to the docket for this case which is available  
on the Commission's website. All written comments will  
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also be posted on the website in the same docket.  
Now, it does not appear from my video  
screen that there is anybody currently in attendance at  
this hearing wishing to make a comment, but let me ask  
for the record, is there anyone appearing by video this  
morning that wants to make a comment? And I am getting  
no response.  
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And let me ask for the record, is there  
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anybody appearing by phone this morning that wishes to  
make a comment on these rules? (No response.)  
All right. Since there was no one  
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joining at this point who wishes to make a comment, we're  
going to take a ten-minute recess, and if no one has yet  
joined the hearing wishing to make a comment, I will  
adjourn the hearing. Off the record.  
(Recess held from 9:06 a.m. to 9:17 a.m.)  
JUDGE FELDMAN: Back on the record. Good  
morning. We've waited ten minutes, or a little bit  
longer, since we took a break, and no member of the  
public has appeared wishing to make a comment, so this  
public hearing is adjourned. Off the record.  
(At 9:18 a.m., the hearing adjourned.)  
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C E R T I F I C A T E  
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I, Lori Anne Penn, do hereby certify that I  
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reported in stenotype via Microsoft Teams the proceedings  
had in the within-entitled matter, that being Case No.  
U-20903, before Sharon L. Feldman, Administrative Law  
Judge with MOAHR, for the Michigan Public Service  
Commission, Lansing, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 24,  
2021; and do further certify that the foregoing  
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transcript, consisting of Volume 1, pgs. 1-5, is a true  
and correct transcript of my stenotype notes.  
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