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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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4901:1 Utilities |
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Chapter4901:1-3. Attachments to Utility Equipment or Rights of Way |
4901:1-3-01. Definitions
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As used within this chapter, these terms denote the following:
(A) "Attaching entity" means cable operators, telecommunications carriers, incumbent and other local exchange carriers, public utilities, governmental entities and other entities with either a physical attachment or a request for attachment to the pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way and that is authorized to attach pursuant to section 4905.51 or 4905.71 of the Revised Code. It does not include governmental entities with only seasonal attachments to the pole.
(B) "Cable operator" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in 47 U.S.C. 522(5), as effective in paragraph (A) of rule 4901:1-3-02 of the Administrative Code.
(C) "Cable service" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in 47 U.S.C. 522(6), as effective in paragraph (A) of rule 4901:1-3-02 of the Administrative Code.
(D) "Cable system" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in 47 U.S.C. 522(7), as effective in paragraph (A) of rule 4901:1-3-02 of the Administrative Code.
(E) "Commission" means the public utilities commission of Ohio.
(F) "Communications space" means that portions of the pole typically used for the placement of communications conductors beginning below the bottom point of the communications workers safety zone and ending at the lowest point on the pole to which horizontal conductors may be safely attached.
(G) "Conduit" means a structure containing one or more ducts, usually placed in the ground, in which cables or wires may be installed.
(H) "Conduit system" means a collection of one or more conduits together with their supporting infrastructure.
(I) "Days" means calendar days for the purposes of these rules.
(J) "Duct" means a single enclosed raceway for conductors, cable, and/or wire.
(K) "Electric company" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in division (A)(3) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code.
(L) "Inner-duct" means a duct-like raceway smaller than a duct that is inserted into a duct so that the duct may carry multiple wires or cables.
(M) "Local exchange carrier" (LEC) for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in division (A)(7) of section 4927.01 of the Revised Code.
(N) "Pole attachment" means any attachment by an attaching entity to a pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way owned or controlled by a public utility.
(O) "Public utility" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code.
(P) "Telecommunications" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in division (A)(10) of section 4927.01 of the Revised Code.
(Q) "Telecommunications carrier" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in division (A)(11) of section 4927.01 of the Revised Code.
(R) "Telecommunications services" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in division (A)(12) of section 4927.01 of the Revised Code.
(S) "Telephone company" for purposes of this chapter, shall have the same meaning as defined in division (A)(13) of section 4927.01 of the Revised Code and includes the definition of "telecommunications carrier" incorporated in 47 U.S.C. 153(44), as effective in paragraph (A) of rule 4901:1-3-02 of the Administrative Code.
(T) "Unusable space" with respect to poles, means the space on a public utility pole below the usable space, including the amount required to set the depth of the pole.
(U) "Usable space" with respect to poles, means the space on a public utility pole above the minimum grade level which can be used for the attachment of wires, cables, and associated equipment, and which includes space occupied by the public utility. With respect to conduit, the term usable space means capacity within a conduit system which is available, or which could, with reasonable effort and expense, be made available, for the purpose of installing wires, cable, and associated equipment for telecommunications or cable services, and which includes capacity occupied by the public utility.