65-407 C.M.R. ch. 910, § 1 - DEFINITIONS

A. Areas Posted for Rigging or Launching Sailboats. "Areas posted for rigging or launching sailboats" means any area that by signs, launching ramps, or other special facilities, land improvements or use indicates that the area is intended to be used by the public for rigging or launching sailboats.

B. Aerial Utility. "Aerial Utility" means any transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility or cable television company that owns overhead lines. This definition of aerial utility shall apply for the purposes of this rule only.

C. Transmission and Distribution Utility. "Transmission and distribution utility means any person, firm or corporation as defined in 35-A M.R.S.A. §102(20-B).

D. Telephone Utility. "Telephone utility" means any person, firm or corporation as defined in 35-A M.R.S.A. §102(19), except for radio common carriers as defined in 35-A M.R.S.A. §102(14), mobile telecommunications services as defined in 35-A M.R.S.A. §102(9-A), and owners of customer-owned coin-operated telephones (COCOTs) subject to Chapter 25 of the Commission's Rules.

E. Cable Television Company. "Cable television company" means any person, firm or corporation as defined by 30-A M.R.S.A. §2001.

F. National Electrical Safety Code. "National Electrical Safety Code" means the American National Standard approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI C2-1997) on June 6, 1996, the 1997 Edition, or the most recent edition of the National Electrical Safety Code, including the substantive provisions of any applicable footnotes whether or not renumbered, or any successor publication in effect pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. §2305-A. Copies of the applicable provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code may be viewed at the Public Utilities Commission, 242 State Street, State House Station #18, Augusta, Maine 04333-0018, telephone: (207) 287-3831 or obtained from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 345 East 47^th Street, New York, New York, 10017-2394, www.ieee.org.

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