[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 14813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7649]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
7 CFR Part 1728
Electronic Overhead Distribution Lines; Specifications and
Drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV Line Construction
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Compliance with Bulletin 50-5 or 1728F-803.
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SUMMARY: In 1998 the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) updated and revised
its bulletin of specifications and drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV overhead
distribution line construction. The bulletin, formerly named Bulletin
50-5, was renamed ``RUS Bulletin 1728F-803; Specifications and Drawings
for 24.9/14.4 kV Line Construction.'' This bulletin is incorporated by
reference in 7 CFR Part 1728. As published in the Federal Register,
Vol. 63, No. 251, Thursday, December 31, 1998, this bulletin was
approved by the Director of the Federal Register effective February 1,
1999.
To allow borrowers to conduct an orderly transition from the old
bulletin to the new construction assemblies and assembly numbers, it is
acceptable to RUS for borrowers to utilize construction drawings in
either Bulletin 50-5 or the new Bulletin 1728F-803 until December 31,
1999. After December 31, 1999, only Bulletin 1728F-803 standard
drawings shall be used.
It is anticipated that this action will also allow borrowers
sufficient time to make necessary changes in engineering and accounting
procedures and associated computer software.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James K, Bohlik, Electrical
Engineer, Distribution Branch, Electric Staff Division, Rural Utilities
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,
STOP 1569, Washington, DC 20250-1569. Telephone: (202) 720-1967. Fax:
(202) 720-7491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of
1936 as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), the Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) amended 7 CFR Chapter XVII, Part 1728, Electric Standards and
Specification for Materials and Construction, by revising RUS Bulletin
50-5 (D-803), Specification and Drawings for 14.4/24.9 kV Line
Construction, and renumbered it as RUS Bulletin 1728F-803. RUS
maintains a system of bulletins that contains construction standards
and specifications for materials and equipment. These standards and
specifications apply to system facilities constructed by RUS electric
and telecommunications borrowers in accordance with the RUS loan
contract, and contains standard construction units, material, and
equipment units commonly used in RUS electric and telecommunication
borrowers' systems.
RUS Bulletin 1728F-803 provides dimensioned drawings of standard
assembly units and specifications for the construction of 24.9/14.4 kV
overhead electric distribution lines. RUS changed the bulletin number
from RUS Bulletin 50-5 to RUS Bulletin 1728F-803. The change in the
bulletin number and reformatting was necessary to conform to RUS' new
publications and directives system. This bulletin is incorporated by
reference in 7 CFR part 1728.97. It may be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15250-7954.
Dated: March 23, 1999.
Wally Beyer,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 99-7649 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]
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