17 AAC 15.331 - Utility notification and cooperation

(a) The department will notify each utility whose facilities are known by the department to be affected by a proposed department project as soon as possible after the location and scope of the project are known.

(b) The department will furnish preliminary project plans and related right-of-way maps to each utility within the proposed project limits. After receipt of these plans and maps, each utility with facilities located within the project limits shall notify the department in writing of the location of all these facilities.

(c) If there is a conflict between a proposed project and existing utility facilities, the department will, in its discretion, require the utility to relocate its facilities. The department will authorize the utility in writing to proceed with preliminary engineering for the required relocation of the facilities and will advise the utility of its eligibility to be reimbursed for the cost of relocation. The utility shall furnish the department with its proposal for accomplishing the relocation work. This proposal must include the estimated cost of the relocation work and the working schedule the utility intends to follow regarding the relocation work. The work described in the proposal must be the most economical method of accomplishing the relocation.

(d) The department will furnish the utility with all necessary construction plans and relocation schedule forms so that the utility can coordinate its relocation plans, estimates, and agreements in accordance with 17 AAC 15.421.

(e) The department will furnish the utility with field information necessary for the utility to establish the location and grade for the relocation of its facilities.

Notes

17 AAC 15.331

Eff. 5/23/82, Register 82

Authority:AS 02.15.020

AS 02.15.102

AS 02.15.106

AS 19.05.020

AS 19.05.080

AS 19.05.080

AS 19.25.010

AS 19.25.020

AS 19.25.210

AS 19.30.051

AS 19.30.121

AS 19.40.065

AS 35.05.020

AS 35.10.210

AS 35.10.230