Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 126 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Division 03 - Utilities Section › Rule 126.03.17-001 - Pole Attachment Rules

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION
			 1.
PURPOSE, APPLICABILITY, AND GENERAL MATTERS
Rule 1.01
Definitions
The following definitions shall apply throughout the
Pole Attachment Rules
(PARs) except as otherwise required by
				the context and any references to the PARs shall include these
				definitions:
(a)
"
Attaching Entity
."
A provider of electric service,
			 telecommunication service, cable television service, internet access service or
			 other related information services
.
The term
			 "Attaching Entity" does not include a Pole Owner to the extent that it makes
			 Pole Attachments to its own poles, Ducts, or Conduits.
(b)
"
Conduit." A structure
			 containing one or more Ducts, usually placed in the ground, in which cables or
			 wires may be installed.
(c)
"
Duct.
"
A single enclosed raceway for conductors,
			 cable or wire.
(d)
"
Inner-Duct." A Duct-like raceway smaller than a Duct that is
			 inserted into a Duct so that the Duct may carry multiple wires or
			 cables.
(e)
"
Insufficient Capacity
."
The inability of a Pole
			 Owner to accommodate a new Pole Attachment or Overlashing through the
			 performance of Make-Ready Work.
(f)
"
Make-Ready Work
."
Engineering or construction
			 activities necessary to make a pole, Duct, Conduit, or other support equipment
			 available for a new Pole Attachment, Pole Attachment modifications, or
			 additional facilities.
(g)
"
NEC." The National Electrical Code published by the National Fire
			 Protection Association.
(h) "NESC."
			 The American National Standards Institute's National Electrical Safety Code
			 published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
			 Inc.
(i)
"
Overlashing
."
The placement of telecommunications
			 provider, cable television service, or internet access service facilities on
			 existing facilities that already are attached within the Usable Space allocated
			 to an existing Attaching Entity. Overlashing is not considered a separate Pole
			 Attachment.
(j) "Pole Attachment."
			 As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
										23-4-1001(1).
(k) "Pole Attachment Audit." Any audit done
			 at the option of the Pole Owner to count the number of Pole Attachments by one
			 or more Attaching Entities.
(l)
			 "Pole Owner." A public utility as defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
										23-4-1001(2),
			 having ownership or control of a pole, Duct, or Conduit.
(m) "Safety Inspection.
"
Any
			 inspection done at the option of the Pole Owner to ensure Pole Attachments
			 comply with applicable safety standards.
(n) "Safety Space.
"
As defined
			 in the current issue of the NESC, the space located between the areas to which
			 electric conductors and communication circuitry may be attached.
(o) "Service Drop.
"
A connection
			 from distribution facilities to the building or structure being served that
			 does not require guys under standard industry design practice.
(p) "Unusable Space." The Unusable Space is
			 equal to the length of the pole minus the Usable Space. Safety Space is
			 included in Unusable Space.
(q)
			 "Usable Space." The space above minimum grade level available for circuit,
			 communications, coaxial cable, fiber optic, or electrical conductor Pole
			 Attachments, by Public Utilities and Attaching Entities.