N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 16 § 84.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 84.3 - Transmission right-of-way maintenance programs and schedules

(a) Each member system of the New York Power Pool, except the Power Authority of the State of New York, shall, by March 31, 1981, prepare and file with the commission a right-of-way (ROW) maintenance program for its transmission system which is designed to achieve the company's long-range ROW management planning goals. At a minimum, the program should contain the following elements:

(1) provisions for regular inspections of the ROW's, including the specifics of the types of inspection and the frequencies of inspection;

(2) specific quantitative criteria relating to the clearances between conductors and vegetation and the corresponding range of time in which the vegetation maintenance must be performed. These criteria are to be used by ROW inspectors in determining when maintenance is necessary;

(3) a requirement that annual schedules for the treatment of vegetation based on the results of the ROW inspections be prepared;

(4) preparation and use of standardized inspection reports to record the findings of all ROW and vegetation inspections;

(5) the preparation and use of standardized reports of all ROW maintenance and vegetation treatments. Reports must include the type, location, acreage, and date of all mechanical, chemical or other treatments; and

(6) retention, for three years, of herbicide application reports, and retention, for a period to coincide with the maintenance cycle of the company, of ROW inspection dates, maintenance schedules and maintenance activities for each ROW in the transmission system. Maintenance information may be summarized on an annual basis and recorded on the permanent record for each transmission facility.

(b) It is the commission's intention by imposing these requirements to allow the utilities to develop their own ROW maintenance programs, but yet ensure that adequate records are maintained so that staff of the department may periodically examine them and report to the commission if they find that ROW vegetation treatment is being postponed or deferred to the extent that it threatens either the performance of the line during emergencies or attainment of the goals of the long-range ROW management plan.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 16 § 84.3