Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-46 - UTILITIES INSTALLATION OR ADJUSTMENT › Section 14-46.001 - Utilities Installation or Adjustment

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose.
				This rule is established to regulate the location and manner for installation
				and adjustment of utility facilities on any Florida Department of
				Transportation (FDOT) right-of-way, in the interest of safety and the
				protection, utilization, and future development of such rights of way, with due
				consideration given to public service afforded by adequate and economical
				utility installations, and to provide procedures for the issuance of
				permits.
(2) Permits.
FDOT will issue permits for the construction, alteration,
				  operation, relocation, removal, and maintenance of utilities upon the right of
				  way in conformity with the FDOT
Utility Accommodation Manual
(UAM), 2017 edition incorporated by reference at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08495
.
				  Copies of the UAM are available from the FDOT Maps and Publications Office at
				  605 Suwannee Street, MS 12, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450, or the FDOT
				  Utility website:
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities/
.
				  The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of
				  this rule:
(a) The Utility Permit,
				Rev. 12/14/16, is incorporated herein by reference at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07737
,
				and available from
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities
;
(b) Utility Work Schedule, Rev. 12/14/16,
				incorporated herein by reference at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07738
,
				and available from
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities
;
(c) Utility Work Estimate, Effective
				12/14/16, incorporated herein by reference at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07739
,
				and available from
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities
;
(d) American Petroleum (API) Standard 1104 -
				Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities, 20th Edition, October 2005,
				available at
www.techstreet.com/api/products/1237425
.
				Posting of this manual for public inspection would violate federal copyright
				law. A copy is available for public inspection during regular business hours at
				the Florida Department of Transportation, Program Management Office, 605
				Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida.
(e) Grades and Standards for Nursery Plants,
				Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant
				Industry, 2015, incorporated herein at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06046
,
				and available from
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities
.
(f) FDOT 2016 Design Standards, Indexes 546,
				600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 611, 612, 613, 615, 616, and 660, incorporated
				herein at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06045
,
				and 2016 Design Standard Index 625, incorporated herein at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07740
,
				and available from
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities
.
(g) FDOT South Florida Rail Corridor
				Clearance Policy, Topic No. 000-725-003-j, effective 9/20/2007, incorporated
				herein at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06031
,
				and available from
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities
.
(h) American Society for Testing and
				Materials (ASTM) D1586-11 Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test
				(SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils (2011) available at
				astm.org/standards/D1586.htm. Posting of this manual for public inspection
				would violate federal copyright law. A copy is available for public inspection
				during regular business hours at the Florida Department of Transportation,
				Program Management Office, 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida.
(i) American National Standards for Tree Care
				Operations - Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Management - Standard Practices
				(Pruning), ANSI A300 (Part 1) - 2008 Pruning, available at
www.tcia.org
. Posting of this manual for
				public inspection would violate federal copyright law. A copy is available for
				public inspection during regular business hours at the Florida Department of
				Transportation, Program Management Office, 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee,
				Florida.
(j) 49 C.F.R. Part 192,
				Rev. 10/1/11, incorporated herein at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07741
,
				and 49 CFR Part 195, Rev, 10/1/11 incorporated herein at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07742
,
				and available from
www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities
.