PSC-27-11-00004-P Commission Review of and Action on the Plan to Shift Responsibility for One-Call Oversight to a Third-Party Contractor

7/6/11 N.Y. St. Reg. PSC-27-11-00004-P

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIII, ISSUE 27

July 06, 2011

RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PROPOSED RULE MAKING

NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED

 

I.D No. PSC-27-11-00004-P

Commission Review of and Action on the Plan to Shift Responsibility for One-Call Oversight to a Third-Party Contractor

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

Proposed Action:

The Commission is considering whether to grant, deny or modify in whole or in part the petition of Local 101 seeking Commission review of and action on a National Grid plan to shift responsibility for One-Call oversight to a third-party contractor.

Statutory authority:

Public Service Law, sections 2(10), (11), 4(1), 5(1), 64, 65(1), 66(1), (2), (5), (8), 119-b(1), (2), (4), (6), (7) and (8); General Business Law, sections 760, 763(1), (2) and (3)

Subject:

Commission review of and action on the plan to shift responsibility for One-Call oversight to a third-party contractor.

Purpose:

Commission review of and action on the plan to shift responsibility for One-Call oversight to a third-party contractor.

Substance of proposed rule:

The Public Service Commission is considering whether to grant or deny, in whole or in part, the petition of the Local 101, Utility Division, Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO dated May 13, 2011, seeking Commission review of and action on a National Grid plan to shift responsibility for One-call oversight for its gas facilities in its service territory located in Brooklyn and Queens Counties to a third-party contractor.

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.

(11-M-0237SP1)