§ 98-21 — Additional Installations

98-21. Additional Installations.

1. No person may install transmission facilities within the conduit system without obtaining all required permits from the department. 2. For any new conduit occupancy installation, the permit applicant shall pay a conduit occupancy permit review fee of $500 per manhole within the limits of the proposed installation. The department shall determine the availability of excess capacity in the conduit system and the time and manner for such use or occupancy. The department shall specify installation requirements in the approved permit, and shall prohibit the installation of splice cases or cable coils. The conduit occupancy license agreement shall be amended to include the new permitted installation. 3. The permittee shall be responsible for make-ready work and conduit pulling costs on all approved installations. 4. No later than 30 days after completion of the permitted installation, the permittee shall provide all as-built plans to the department. Such plans shall be submitted using a format designated by the department and shall contain the information determined by the department to be necessary to facilitate record keeping and conduit occupancy billing. Failure to provide the as-built plans may result in denial or withholding issuance of any new permits under this section. 5. If any installation for which a permit has been issued has not been started within 90 days from the date of issuance of the permit, or if installation has ceased for more than 90 days, the permit shall lapse and be void, and the installation shall not be started or resumed until a new permit is obtained and the fee prescribed in sub. 2 is paid. 6. Where work is started without first obtaining the required permits, the department may require removal of the installation, or any part thereof, or may authorize the work to continue and the installation to remain. If the department authorizes the installation, the fee prescribed in sub 2. shall be doubled. Payment of the doubled fee shall not relieve any person from fully complying with all requirements of this chapter. 7. If the department determines that the installation was not made in compliance with the permit requirements, the department may take action under s. 98-25.