Chapter Trans 29

UTILITY FACILITIES ON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RAILROAD PROPERTY

Trans 29.01   Purpose.

Trans 29.02   Application.

Trans 29.03   Definitions.

Trans 29.04   Permits.

Trans 29.05   Utility permit violations.

Trans 29.06   Permit at job site.

Trans 29.07   Fees.

Trans 29.08   Notification of work activities.

Trans 29.09   Restoration of railroad lands and facilities.

Trans 29.10   Utility facility specifications.

Trans 29.11   Utility facility maintenance and repairs.

Trans 29.12   Pipelines.

Trans 29.13   Attaching utility facilities to railroad bridges.

Trans 29.14   Electric power and communication circuits.

Trans 29.15   Indemnification and insurance.

Trans 29.01 Trans 29.01 Purpose. This chapter prescribes policies and procedures for installing and maintaining utility facilities on department railroad property. Under this chapter, utility facility installation, modification and maintenance may be permitted if it does not adversely affect existing or anticipated railroad operations, otherwise impair department railroad property or conflict with any federal, state, or local laws. This chapter applies to all public and private utilities including: municipal and cooperative utilities, cable television companies and individuals desiring to install or maintain a utility facility on department railroad property. This chapter interprets ss. 85.08, 85.09 and 85.15, Stats. Chapter PSC 132 does not apply to department railroad property.

Trans 29.01 History History: Cr. Register, December, 1985, No. 360, eff. 1-1-86; am. Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99.

Trans 29.02 Trans 29.02 Application. This chapter shall apply to all existing utility facilities retained, relocated, replaced or altered on department railroad property and to all new utility facilities installed on department railroad property. It describes the minimum requirements that any utility shall meet before installing or maintaining a utility facility on department railroad property.

Trans 29.02 History History: Cr. Register, December, 1985, No. 360, eff. 1-1-86.

Trans 29.03 Trans 29.03 Definitions. In this chapter:

Trans 29.03(1) (1) “AREA” means the American railway engineering association, manual for railway engineering, chapter 1, part 5, revised in 1993.

Trans 29.03 Note Note: The Manual for Railway Engineering, Chapter 1, Part 5, is on file at the offices of the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Secretary of State, and the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Railroads and Harbors. Copies of this publication can be obtained by writing to the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance Association, 50 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.

Trans 29.03(2) (2) “Cable” means either a stranded conductor or a combination of conductors insulated from each other.

Trans 29.03(3) (3) “Carrier” means a pipe, pipeline or other container carrying or otherwise conveying a liquid, gas or other material, not including electric current or impulses.

Trans 29.03(4) (4) “Casing” means a protective outer covering, separate from the carrier, designed to withstand external forces equal to or greater than the carrier.