14-46.001. Utilities Installation or Adjustment  


Effective on Sunday, July 30, 2017
  • 1(1) Purpose. This rule is established to regulate the location and manner for installation and adjustment of utility facilities on any Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) right-of-way, in the interest of safety and the protection, utilization, and future development of such rights of way, with due consideration given to public service afforded by adequate and economical utility installations, and to provide procedures for the issuance of permits.

    68(2) Permits.

    70FDOT will issue permits for the construction, alteration, operation, relocation, removal, and maintenance of utilities upon the right of way in conformity with the FDOT 95Utility Accommodation Manual 98(UAM), 2017 edition 101incorporated by reference at 105https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08495107. 108Copies of the UAM are available from the FDOT Maps and Publications Office at 605 Suwannee Street, MS 12, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450, or the FDOT Utility website: 135www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities/. The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule:

    151(a)152The Utility Permit, Rev. 12/14/16, is incorporated herein by reference 162at 163https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07737, 165and available from 168www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities;

    169(b)170Utility Work Schedule, Rev. 12/14/16, 175i176ncorporated 177herein 178b179y reference at 182https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07738, 184and available from 187www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities;

    188(c)189Utility Work Estimate, Effective 12/14/16, 194i195ncorporated 196herein 197b198y reference at 201https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07739, 203and available from 206www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities;

    207(d) American Petroleum (API) Standard 1104 – Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities, 20th Edition, October 2005, available at www.techstreet.com/api/products/1237425. Posting of this manual for public inspection would violate federal copyright law. A copy is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Florida Department of Transportation, Program Management Office, 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida.

    264(e) Grades and Standards for Nursery Plants, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, 2015, incorporated herein at 286https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06046, 288and available from www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities.

    292(f) FDOT 2016 Design Standards, Indexes 546, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 611, 612, 613, 615, 616, and 660, incorporated herein at 315https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06045, 317and 2016 Design Standard Index 625, incorporated herein at 326https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07740, 328and available from 331www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities332.

    333(g) FDOT South Florida Rail Corridor Clearance Policy, Topic No. 000-725-003-j, effective 9/20/2007, incorporated herein at 349https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06031, 351and available from 354www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities.

    355(h) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D1586-11 Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils (2011) available at astm.org/standards/D1586.htm. Posting of this manual for public inspection would violate federal copyright law. A copy is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Florida Department of Transportation, Program Management Office, 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida.

    418(i) American National Standards for Tree Care Operations – Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Management – Standard Practices (Pruning), ANSI A300 (Part 1) – 2008 Pruning, available at www.tcia.org. Posting of this manual for public inspection would violate federal copyright law. A copy is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Florida Department of Transportation, Program Management Office, 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida.

    485(j) 48649 C.F.R. Part 192, 490Rev. 10/1/11, incorporated herein at 495https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07741, 497and 49849 CFR Part 195, 502Rev, 10/1/11 incorporated herein at 507https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07742, 509and available from 512www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities.

    513Rulemaking Authority 515334.044(2), 516337.401, 517337.405 FS. 519Law Implemented 521337.401, 522337.402, 523337.403, 524337.405 FS. 526History–New 5-13-70, Amended 8-10-78, 7-22-82, Formerly 14-46.01, Amended 7-5-90, 6-8-93, 10-15-96, 8-30-99, 11-10-05, 1-24-08, 1-30-11, 7-30-17.

     

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