220 CMR, 50, 735

Current through Register 1538, January 3, 2025
Section 735 - Miscellaneous Production Expenses

This account shall include the cost of labor, materials used and expenses incurred in manufactured gas production operations not includible in any of the foregoing accounts.

ITEMS

Labor:

1. Supervising.
2. Cleaning gas works yard of coke dust and other waste materials.
3. Humidifying gas or oil fogging gas at the production plant.
4. Cutting grass and care of the grounds around the gas works.
5. Clearing gas works yard of snow.
6. Janitor service and messenger service.
7. Operating elevators and other conveyances for general use at the gas works.
8. General clerical and stenographic work at gas works.
9. Guarding and patrolling plant and yard.
10. Testing plant instruments not elsewhere provided for.
11. Laboratory labor, except that chargeable to other accounts.
12. Reading manufactured gas meters, and calculating and recording hourly volumes produced.
13. Pumping drips (water) at plant (not provided for elsewhere).
14. Odorizing manufactured gas.
15. Operating, cleaning, and lubricating of air compressors with their tanks, instruments, meters, gauges, and controls when used to supply compressed air into the plant's air system.
16. Operating effluent water treatment systems, including chemical treatment ozonation, filter, and related equipment, including treatment of carbon and residual sludge, and removing spent oxide, and spent filtering materials.
17. Pumping water for cooling and condensing.
18. Cleaning filters and other operating duties of water system.

Materials and Expenses:

19. Building service, communication service, transportation.
20. First aid supplies and safety equipment.
21. Office supplies, printing and stationery.
22. Meals, travelling and incidental expenses.
23. Fuel for heating plant, water for fire protection or general use, and similar items.
24. Lubricants, packing, waste, etc.
25. Odorizing chemicals.
26. Hand tools, drills, saw blades, files, etc.
27. Fire protection supplies.
28. Fogging oils, alcohol, etc.
29. Chemicals, filter materials, etc. and payments to others for disposal of plant effluents and waste.
30. Chemicals for water treatment.

220 CMR, 50, 735