7 Pa. Code § 138e.71 - Notification of owners of land adjoining proposed easement purchase
(a)
General. A county board shall provide the owners of land
adjoining a farmland tract with respect to which an easement purchase is
proposed with notice of the proposed purchase and notice of an opportunity to
be heard at the State Board meeting at which the easement purchase
recommendation is to be considered. At a minimum, this notice shall identify
the property being considered for easement purchase, reference the time and
place of the State Board meeting at which the easement purchase recommendation
is to be considered and reference the criteria in section 14.1(e)(1) of the act
(3 P.
S. §
914.1(e)(1)) upon
which the State Board could disapprove a recommended easement purchase. Service
of this notice may be accomplished by personal service or mail as described in
subsections (b) and (c).
(b)
Personal service. The notice described in subsection (a) may
be accomplished by personal service upon the landowners entitled to notice. If
service is accomplished by personal service, the county board shall submit
verification of service to the State Board in advance of the State Board
meeting at which the easement purchase recommendation is to be
considered.
(c)
Certified
mail. The notice described in subsection (a) may be accomplished by
certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the landowner entitled
to the notice. If service is accomplished by certified mail, the county board
shall submit verification of service, including a copy of the return receipt,
to the State Board in advance of the State Board meeting at which the easement
purchase recommendation is to be considered.
(d)
Correction of notice. If
the date or time of the meeting at which an easement purchase recommendation is
to be considered changes after the adjoining landowners receive the notice
described in this section, the county board shall provide these landowners a
corrective notice, providing notice of the changes, in the manner described in
subsection (b) or (c).
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