Alaska Administrative Code

Notes 17 AAC 15.161 Eff. 5/23/82, Register 82; repealed 7/15/2009, Register 191

Notes 17 AAC 15.170 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) The department may allow utility facilities to be located within the highway right-of-way and in accordance with the Alaska Right-of-Way Manual and Alaska Utilities Manual, adopted by reference in 17 AAC 20.950(6) and (7). (b) Manholes for underground facilities must be locat…

Notes 17 AAC 15.180 Repealed 5/23/82.

Notes 17 AAC 15.181 Eff. 5/23/82, Register 82; am 10/2/87, Register 103; repealed 7/15/2009, Register 191

An underground facility crossing of a runway must be installed by boring, coring, or jacking under the runway surface. Wet-boring is prohibited. The department may allow trenched or open-cut construction where untrenched construction is not practical. An underground facility cros…

Notes 17 AAC 15.190 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) The department will, in its discretion, require utility facilities that are inconsistent with the values of scenic areas to be relocated. (b) The installation, within scenic areas, of new utility facilities, including those required for department purposes, must be made in ac…

Notes 17 AAC 15.200 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) A new or relocated overhead facility must be installed with a minimum vertical clearance of 20 feet between the overhead facility and the right-of-way surface. (b) Existing overhead facilities must have at least 18 feet of vertical clearance between the overhead facility and …

Notes 17 AAC 15.210 Repealed 5/23/82.

Notes 17 AAC 15.211 Eff. 5/23/82, Register 82; repealed 7/15/2009, Register 191

Notes 17 AAC 15.220 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) A longitudinal irrigation or drainage canal or ditch is not permitted within a department right-of-way unless the applicant can demonstrate to the department's satisfaction that an alternate location is not feasible and that the construction of the facility will not adversely…

Notes 17 AAC 15.230 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) The department will, in its discretion, permit the attachment of utility facilities to a highway structure. The chief bridge engineer is responsible for exercising this discretion to grant permission. (b) Attachments to a bridge must be located beneath the bridge structure's …

Notes 17 AAC 15.240 Repealed 5/23/82.

Each permittee shall protect the public and provide for the continued safe use of a highway or other state property during construction, modification, or maintenance of utility facilities. Closing off a highway or highway segment or creating a detour must be specifically authoriz…

Notes 17 AAC 15.250 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) Each permittee shall give the department written notice not less than 10 days before the start of construction on any utility facility. (b) A copy of the permit must be at the work site during construction and installation operations and must be shown, upon request, to any de…

Notes 17 AAC 15.260 Repealed 5/23/82.

Errors by a permittee in construction or location of a facility must be corrected by the permittee at his expense as soon as he has knowledge of the error. Notes 17 AAC 15.261 Eff. 5/23/82, Register 82 Authority:AS 02.15.020 AS 02.15.102 AS 02.15.106 AS 19.05.020 AS 19.05.040 AS …

Notes 17 AAC 15.270 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) Clearing for utility facility installations within department rights-of-way must be kept to the minimum that is necessary to accommodate the installation, construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility. Indiscriminate cutting of trees or the disfiguration of any fea…

Notes 17 AAC 15.280 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) Each permittee shall perform routine maintenance on the utility facility on a continuing basis. Maintenance work may not endanger any highway, airstrip, or other department property or create a hazard to the public. (b) Each permittee shall secure authorization from the depar…

Notes 17 AAC 15.290 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) If an accident, disaster, or other occurrence damages a utility facility located within a department right-of-way, damages a highway structure or other state property, or places a utility facility in danger of damage, the permittee shall immediately act to safeguard the publi…

Notes 17 AAC 15.300 Repealed 5/23/82.

(a) Electric power and communication facilities installed within a department right-of-way must comply with regulations of other agencies, including (1) the National Electrical Code, as adopted by reference under AS 18.60.580-18.60.600 and 8 AAC 70.025 as the minimum electrical s…

Notes 17 AAC 15.310 Repealed 5/23/82.

Notes 17 AAC 15.320 Repealed 5/23/82.

If utility facilities are ordered by the department to be relocated to accommodate construction and are not unauthorized encroachments as described in 17 AAC 15.111, the utilities that have facilities occupying department rights-of-way are eligible for reimbursement as provided i…

Notes 17 AAC 15.330 Repealed 5/23/82.

(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 relate…

(a) When it is necessary to relocate utility facilities because of a proposed project by the department, the utility shall enter into an agreement with the department setting out the terms of the relocation work along with the terms of the reimbursement for the costs of the reloc…

(a) The cost estimate referred to in 17 AAC 15.331(c) must reflect all the work shown on the plans and the scope-of-work statement referred to in 17 AAC 15.361 and 17 AAC 15.371, respectively. The estimate must set out the items of work to be performed in sufficient detail to pro…

(a) The plans, sketches, or drawings showing both existing and proposed facilities must be attached to each relocation agreement. If there is a combination of reimbursable and non-reimbursable work, the plans must clearly indicate which portion of the relocation work is reimbursa…

(a) A scope-of-work statement describing the items of work set out in the plans in sufficient detail so that they may be correlated with the proper items of cost in the cost estimate must be attached to the relocation agreement. The scope-of-work statement must describe any speci…

(a) Changes in the plans, specifications, or quantities of work for relocating facilities must be authorized by a utility change order issued by the department. (b) Modified cost estimates, plans, and a scope-of-work statement must include in each utility change order. Notes 17 A…

(a) If a utility is not adequately staffed to perform the engineering for the relocation of its utility facilities, the department will, in its discretion, authorize the utility to retain an engineering consultant to perform the required engineering. The engineering proposal made…

(a) A utility may let a contract for the relocation of its facilities when it can show that the contract is necessary because it is not adequately staffed or equipped to perform the work itself. Bids must be requested through advertisement or solicited from qualified bidders, and…

(a) Utility relocation work may be performed under a construction contract or a utility relocation contract let by the department if the utility can demonstrate to the department that it is in the public interest to do so. (b) When the utility relocation work that is to be includ…

(a) Whenever practicable, a utility shall schedule the work of relocating its facilities so that the work can be completed before the department's construction work begins. When the utility relocation work is to be performed along with the department's construction work, the util…

(a) Reimbursement for utility relocation work will be based upon the utility relocation agreement executed between the department and the utility described in 17 AAC 15.341. (b) Reimbursement for railroad relocation work will be based upon the railroad relocation agreement execut…

When it is in the public interest to use utility personnel and equipment to install new facilities to serve a department purpose or to install new utility distribution facilities to serve department installations, and when the utility will retain ownership of the facility, the ut…

When it is in the mutual interest of the department and the utility to terminate a previously executed utility agreement or utility permit, a utility termination agreement must be executed. Notes 17 AAC 15.451 Eff. 5/23/82, Register 82 Authority:AS 02.15.020 AS 02.15.102 AS 02.15…