; and (iii) the manner of service of notice of the application on interested persons. (4) Simultaneous proceedings In order to ensure that an applicant for a permit under this subsection receives the most timely decision possible with respect to that application, the prefiling process relating to that application may be initiated simultaneously with, or at any time after, an application is submitted to, or any relevant process is initiated with, the applicable State commission or other State entity that has authority to approve the siting of the applicable facility. (d) Comments In any proceeding before the Commission under subsection (c), the Commission shall afford each State and local government in which a transmission facility covered by the permit is or will be located, each affected Federal agency and Indian Tribe, private property owners, and other interested persons, a reasonable opportunity to present their views and recommendations with respect to the need for and impact of a facility covered by the permit. (e) Rights-of-Way (1) In general In the case of a permit under subsection (c) for electric transmission facilities to be located on property other than property owned by the United States or a State, if the permit holder cannot acquire by contract, or is unable to agree with the owner of the property to the compensation to be paid for, the necessary right-of-way to construct or modify, and operate and maintain, the transmission facilities and, in the determination of the Commission, the permit holder has made good faith efforts to engage with affected landowners and other stakeholders early in the applicable permitting process, the permit holder may acquire the right-of-way by the exercise of the right of eminent domain in the district court of the United States for the district in which the property concerned is located, or in the appropriate court of the State in which the property is located. (2) Good faith efforts to engage with affected landowners and other stakeholders (A) Community benefit