D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 21, r. 21-200

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 43, October 25, 2024
Rule 21-200 - ACCESS TO SEWERS
200.1

No person other than those employed in the Bureau of Sewer Services of the Department, while on duty, shall enter any public sewer or appurtenance of a public sewer without a written permit from the Director.

200.2

No person shall turn, lift, remove, raise, or tamper with any cover of any manhole, basin, inlet, or other appurtenance of any public sewer without a written permit from the Director.

200.3

No person shall cut, break, pierce, or tap any public sewer or appurtenance of a public sewer, or introduce any tube, pipe, trough, or conduit into any public sewer or public sewer appurtenance without a written permit from the Director.

200.4

Violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300).

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 21, r. 21-200

Article 3, §§ 14 through 16; and Article 30, § 4 of the Police Regulations; 12 DCRR §§ 502.1, 502.2 (October 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 5358 (June 18, 1999)
Transfer of functions § 219 of the "Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996," D.C. Law 11-111, effective April 18, 1996, transferred the functions of the Water and Sewer Utility Administration of the Department of Public Works to the independent District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority.
AUTHORITY: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is the District of Columbia Public Works Act of 1954, approved May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 101; D.C. Code § 43-1607 et seq.); §§ 401 and 402 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, effective August 11, 1967, filed August 11, 1967, D.C. Code Vol. 1 at 126 (1981 Ed.); § 2(g) of the Water and Sewer Repair and Compensation Act of 1976, D.C. Law 1.98, D.C. Code § 6-405, 23 DCR 4933 (January 21, 1977), Mayor's Order 77-82 dated May 6, 1977; §§IV(A) and V of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983, 30 DCR 6428, effective March 2, 1984; Mayor's Order 91-176, 38 DCR 6821, dated October 24, 1991; the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Operations Amendment Act of 1990, effective June 13, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-136, D.C. Code §§ 43-1527 et seq.).