Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 66 - WASTEWATER SERVICE › Subchapter B - DAMAGED WASTEWATER SERVICE LATERALS › Section 66.36 - DWSL plan requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
An entity's DWSL plan must contain, at a minimum:
(a)
Planning and
					 replacements.
The planning and replacements section of an entity's
					 DWSL plan must include:
(1) The entity's
					 projected annual investment in DWSL replacements with an explanation of the
					 entity's anticipated sources of financing.
(2) The entity's projected number of DWSL
					 replacements per calendar year with an explanation of how the entity's
					 projection was determined, and a statement that this number is consistent with
					 the entity's annual cap on DWSL replacements.
(3) The identification criteria or standard
					 to be used by the entity to determine whether a service lateral is damaged and
					 is impacting the entity's wastewater system.
(4) The eligible areas designated by the
					 entity as proposed DWSL project areas described with a bearing angles and
					 distances or metes and bounds description and graphically depicted.
(5) The prioritization criteria considered by
					 the entity when developing its DWSL replacement schedule.
(6) A benefit analysis detailing the expected
					 improvements in the entity's wastewater system functionality.
(7) An estimate of the net present value of
					 the entity's future reduced or increased costs associated with DWSL
					 replacements, or both, identified in the DWSL plan broken down by capital costs
					 and operation and maintenance costs.
(8) The entity's processes and procedures to
					 obtain acceptance of a DWSL replacement prior to DWSL project commencement if
					 the customer is the property owner, and the entity's processes and procedures
					 to obtain acceptance prior to DWSL project commencement if the customer is not
					 the property owner.
(9) The
					 entity's processes and procedures based upon acceptance of a DWSL replacement
					 including:
(i) A consent agreement form by
					 which the customer or property owner, if the customer is not the property
					 owner, will authorize the DWSL replacement.
(ii) A brief description of the entity's
					 process for DWSL replacement under normal conditions and atypical conditions
					 for gravity and pressurized DWSLs.
(iii) An explanation of the entity's process
					 for coordination with the customer and property owner, if the customer is not
					 the property owner, and the information the entity will provide to the customer
					 and the property owner throughout the DWSL replacement process.
(iv) The entity's process for addressing DWSL
					 replacement completion or closeout, or both, with the customer and property
					 owner, if the customer is not the property owner.
(10) The procedure for documenting refusal of
					 the offer by the entity to replace a DWSL, including the entity's duty to:
(i) Provide the customer and property owner,
					 if the customer is not the property owner, with a complete disclosure of the
					 known health hazards from the continued use of a DWSL.
(ii) Inform the customer or property owner,
					 if the customer is not the property owner, that refusal will require
					 replacement of the DWSL, at the customer or property owner's expense, within 1
					 year from DWSL project commencement for the customer or property owner, if the
					 customer is not the property owner, to be eligible for reimbursement.
(11) The industry-accepted
					 construction practices the entity plans to use to replace both the entity's
					 service lateral and the customer's service lateral.