PSC-43-10-00016-P Utility Access to Ducts, Conduit Facilities and Utility Poles

10/27/10 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-43-10-00016-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 43

October 27, 2010

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-43-10-00016-P

Utility Access to Ducts, Conduit Facilities and Utility Poles

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:

Proposed Action:

The Commission may consider the Complaint of Optical Communications Group, Inc. against Verizon New York Inc. for Alleged Failure to Provide Lawful Access to Ducts, Conduit Facilities and Utility Poles.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, section 94

Subject:

Utility Access to Ducts, Conduit Facilities and Utility Poles.

Purpose:

To review the complaint from Optical Communications Group.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Commission is considering the complaint of Optical Communications Group, Inc. against Verizon New York Inc. for alleged failure to provide access to ducts, conduit facilities and utility poles. The Commission is considering whether all utilities should adopt procedures designed to remedy the issues raised by Optical Communications or related matters.

Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained by filing a Document Request Form (F-96) located on our website http://www.dps.state.ny.us/f96dir.htm. For questions, contact:

Leann Ayer, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:

Jaclyn A. Brilling, Secretary, Public Service Commission, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350, [phone], email: [e-mail]

Public comment will be received until:

45 days after publication of this notice.

Regulatory Impact Statement, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, Rural Area Flexibility Analysis and Job Impact Statement

Statements and analyses are not submitted with this notice because the proposed rule is within the definition contained in section 102(2)(a)(ii) of the State Administrative Procedure Act.

(10-01917SP1)