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Page 1: NEW CONSTRUCTION GUIDE › Content › Documents › Customer...NEW CONSTRUCTION PROCESS CONTINUED Steps 6 & 7 – Right of Way Review If your project requires obtaining easements,

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SUPE

RIO

R W

ATER

, LIG

HT

& P

OW

ER

WEL

COM

E TO

At S

uper

ior W

ater

, Lig

ht &

Pow

er, w

e ar

e he

re to

ass

ist y

ou w

ith y

our e

lect

ric,

gas

an

d w

ater

nee

ds. W

ith a

n un

ders

tand

ing

that

eve

ry p

roje

ct is

uni

que,

we

will

be

ther

e to

wor

k w

ith y

ou th

roug

hout

the

proc

ess.

It is

impo

rtan

t tha

t you

con

tact

us

as

earl

y in

the

proc

ess

as p

ossi

ble

but n

o le

ss th

an th

ree

wee

ks p

rior

to fi

naliz

ing

your

pla

ns.

This

gui

de p

rovi

des

an o

verv

iew

of t

he

step

s w

e’ll

take

toge

ther

to in

stal

l you

r ne

w s

ervi

ce. T

his

will

hel

p to

kee

p yo

ur

proj

ect c

lear

ly d

efine

d an

d on

trac

k. W

e bo

th h

ave

impo

rtan

t rol

es to

pla

y to

get

yo

ur s

ervi

ce in

stal

led

on ti

me

and

to

your

sat

isfa

ctio

n.

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first

ste

p is

to s

ubm

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licat

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for

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ice.

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can

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new

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Supe

rior

Wat

er, L

ight

& P

ower

will

mak

e ev

ery

effor

t to

mee

t you

r req

uest

ed

com

plet

ion

date

. The

am

ount

of t

ime

it ta

kes

to c

ompl

ete

the

inst

alla

tion

de

pend

s on

a v

arie

ty o

f fac

tors

. O

nce

all r

equi

rem

ents

are

met

, the

wor

k w

ill

be s

ched

uled

.

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e jo

b, a

ll ap

plic

able

re

quire

men

ts m

ust b

e co

mpl

eted

bef

ore

we

sche

dule

inst

alla

tion.

If a

ny s

peci

al

cond

ition

s ap

ply,

we

mus

t be

mad

e aw

are

of th

em d

urin

g th

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

oces

s.

Step

1 -

App

licat

ion

Subm

it a

New

Con

stru

ctio

n Ap

plic

atio

n w

ith a

ce

rtifi

ed su

rvey

map

or s

ite p

lan*

(at l

east

thre

e w

eeks

prio

r to

date

the

serv

ice

is re

quire

d).

Step

2 –

Rec

eive

Con

firm

atio

n If

you

subm

it an

app

licat

ion

onlin

e, y

ou w

ill

rece

ive

an a

utom

ated

em

ail a

dvis

ing

you

that

yo

ur a

pplic

atio

n ha

s be

en re

ceiv

ed.

Step

3 –

App

licat

ion

Revi

ew

Aft

er s

ubm

ittin

g th

e co

mpl

eted

app

licat

ion,

pl

ease

allo

w a

min

imum

of t

hree

wee

ks fo

r Su

perio

r Wat

er, L

ight

& P

ower

to re

view

yo

ur re

ques

t. O

nce

the

appl

icat

ion

has

been

re

view

ed, a

repr

esen

tativ

e w

ill c

onta

ct y

ou

to d

iscu

ss y

our s

ervi

ce n

eeds

. If a

dditi

onal

in

form

atio

n is

nee

ded

to p

roce

ss y

our

requ

est,

we

will

let y

ou k

now

at t

hat t

ime.

Step

4 –

Site

Vis

it O

nce

the

appl

icat

ion

has

been

pro

cess

ed,

a re

pres

enta

tive

will

det

erm

ine

if a

site

vi

sit i

s re

quire

d to

suc

cess

fully

mee

t you

r se

rvic

e ne

eds.

If a

site

vis

it is

nec

essa

ry, a

re

pres

enta

tive

will

con

tact

you

to s

ched

ule

a tim

e th

at w

orks

for y

ou.

Step

5 –

Des

ign

A d

esig

n is

cre

ated

usi

ng d

ata

colle

cted

du

ring

the

site

vis

it or

sup

plie

d by

the

cust

omer

. Whe

n th

e de

sign

is c

ompl

ete,

we

will

con

tact

you

to d

iscu

ss c

osts

, offs

ets

and

exte

nsio

n ag

reem

ents

(if a

pplic

able

).

* Cu

stom

ers

mus

t pro

vide

a c

ertifi

ed s

urve

y m

ap o

r a d

etai

led

site

pla

n no

ting

the

follo

win

g:

F

Whe

re th

e ne

w s

truc

ture

will

be

loca

ted

F

Loca

tion

of e

xist

ing

stru

ctur

es F

Dis

tanc

e (fe

et) s

truc

ture

will

be

loca

ted

from

road

way

F

Loca

tion

of p

ropo

sed/

exis

ting

driv

eway

(n

ote

if m

attin

g ha

s be

en in

stal

led)

F

Loca

tion

of w

ell l

ines

, sew

er li

nes,

or o

ther

po

tent

ial o

bstr

uctio

ns F

Loca

tion

of e

lect

ric p

anel

(ser

vice

en

tran

ce) a

nd g

as m

eter

F

Nei

ghbo

ring

addr

ess

and/

or n

eare

st

inte

rsec

ting

road

A w

ell-p

repa

red

appl

icat

ion

and

site

, alo

ng

with

goo

d co

mm

unic

atio

n w

ith y

our S

uper

ior

Wat

er, L

ight

& P

ower

repr

esen

tativ

e, is

the

best

way

to k

eep

your

pro

ject

on

trac

k.

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NST

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ON

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ded)

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ser

vice

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ent (

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rmits

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stom

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ppro

val

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ectio

n re

ceiv

edPa

ymen

t if a

pplic

able

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read

y co

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atio

n/sc

hedu

ling

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mai

ntai

ned

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y th

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NEW

CO

NST

RU

CTI

ON

PR

OCE

SS C

ON

TIN

UED

Step

s 6

& 7

– R

ight

of W

ay R

evie

wIf

your

pro

ject

requ

ires o

btai

ning

eas

emen

ts, w

e m

ust d

eter

min

e a

path

that

is a

ccep

tabl

e to

all

part

ies (

incl

udin

g th

ird p

artie

s whe

re re

quire

d). A

re

cord

able

eas

emen

t mus

t be

on fi

le w

ith th

e co

unty

.

Step

8 –

Per

mits

(if r

equi

red)

Wet

land

s, w

ater

way

s, th

reat

ened

or e

ndan

gere

d sp

ecie

s, cu

ltura

l or h

istor

ical

reso

urce

s as w

ell a

s ha

zard

ous s

pills

or m

ater

ials

will

del

ay th

e pr

ojec

t, as

pe

rmits

wou

ld n

eed

to b

e re

ques

ted

and

appr

oved

. M

unic

ipal

, cou

nty

and

stat

e pe

rmit

requ

irem

ents

can

al

so a

ffect

the

inst

alla

tion

timel

ine.

Step

9 –

Est

imat

ed C

ost P

ropo

sal

A S

WL&

P re

pres

enta

tive

will

det

erm

ine

the

estim

ated

cos

t for

the

serv

ice

requ

est.

This

quo

te

will

be

give

n to

the

cust

omer

for a

ppro

val.

Step

10

– Cu

stom

er A

ppro

val

Cust

omer

will

revi

ew th

e pr

ojec

t cos

ts a

nd u

pon

appr

oval

, sig

n an

d re

turn

the

cost

est

imat

e,

notif

ying

SW

L&P

to m

ove

forw

ard

with

the

serv

ice

requ

est.

Step

11

– Cu

stom

er P

aym

ent I

ssua

nce

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e se

rvic

e re

ques

t, pa

ymen

t may

be

requ

este

d be

fore

wor

k w

ill b

e sc

hedu

led.

If th

is

is th

e ca

se, a

repr

esen

tativ

e w

ill n

otify

the

cust

omer

th

at th

e pa

ymen

t is

requ

ired

befo

re w

ork

will

be

gin.

Step

12

– N

otifi

catio

n of

insp

ectio

n or

affi

davi

t (e

lect

ric

and

gas

only

)An

insp

ectio

n no

tifica

tion

mus

t be

rece

ived

from

the

mun

icip

al in

spec

tor c

onfir

min

g th

at th

e cu

stom

er-

owne

d eq

uipm

ent f

ollo

ws a

pplic

able

cod

es, o

r an

affida

vit i

s rec

eive

d fro

m a

qua

lified

inst

alle

r.

Step

13

– Sc

hedu

ling

Whe

n al

l sch

edul

ing

requ

irem

ents

hav

e be

en m

et,

a se

rvic

e re

pres

enta

tive

will

sch

edul

e th

e w

ork

as

long

as

the

site

is c

lear

for i

nsta

llatio

n.

Step

14

– Si

te m

aint

aine

d re

ady

thro

ugh

cons

truc

tion

Dur

ing

this

step

of t

he p

roce

ss, m

ake

sure

you

r sit

e re

mai

ns re

ady

for s

ervi

ce. In

form

you

r bui

lder

to

kee

p th

e pa

th w

here

the

new

serv

ice

will

be

inst

alle

d cl

ear o

f obs

truc

tions

. Ple

ase

be su

re to

kee

p us

info

rmed

of a

ny d

esig

n or

sche

dulin

g ch

ange

s.

Step

15

– St

artin

g se

rvic

eO

nce

the

wor

k is

com

plet

ed, w

e w

ill in

stal

l a

met

er a

nd s

tart

ser

vice

. Gas

and

wat

er s

tart

s re

quire

cus

tom

ers

to re

ques

t an

appo

intm

ent t

o st

art s

ervi

ce. C

all 7

15-3

94-2

200

to s

ched

ule.

Not

e: S

omet

imes

inst

alla

tion

wor

k re

quire

s an

outa

ge fo

r oth

er c

usto

mer

s ser

ved

from

the

sam

e di

strib

utio

n sy

stem

. Whe

n th

is o

ccur

s, w

e at

tem

pt

to co

ordi

nate

the

outa

ge to

min

imiz

e im

pact

. Som

e ou

tage

s req

uire

cons

ider

able

coor

dina

tion.

Page 5: NEW CONSTRUCTION GUIDE › Content › Documents › Customer...NEW CONSTRUCTION PROCESS CONTINUED Steps 6 & 7 – Right of Way Review If your project requires obtaining easements,

Impo

rtan

t not

e: D

igge

rs H

otlin

e w

ill n

ot

mar

k un

derg

roun

d fa

cilit

ies

owne

d by

the

cust

omer

. The

se c

usto

mer

-ow

ned

faci

litie

s an

d ob

stac

les

mus

t be

iden

tified

on

(a)

your

sur

vey

map

or s

ite p

lan

and

(b) o

n th

e pr

oper

ty it

self

by u

sing

flag

s, st

akes

or w

ater

-re

sist

ant s

pray

pai

nt. F

ailu

re to

do

so c

an

resu

lt in

del

ays

and

dam

age

to y

our f

acili

ties.

Not

e: S

WL&

P an

d its

cont

ract

ors a

re n

ot

resp

onsib

le fo

r dam

age

to yo

ur fa

cilit

ies t

hat a

re

not p

rope

rly m

arke

d be

fore

our

wor

k be

gins

.

FUTU

RE

PLA

NS

You

may

hav

e pl

ans

to b

uild

a s

hed,

inst

all a

po

ol, e

rect

a fe

nce

or p

lant

tree

s. M

ake

sure

yo

u ke

ep th

ose

plan

s in

min

d an

d m

ark

them

no

w. W

hen

cons

ider

ing

wha

t you

may

do

in

the

futu

re, r

emem

ber t

o:

LOO

K U

P &

LIV

E

Fede

ral l

aw re

quire

s th

at a

ll co

ntra

ctor

s m

aint

ain

at le

ast a

10-

foot

cle

aran

ce

from

ove

rhea

d po

wer

line

s up

to 5

0 kV

. G

reat

er c

lear

ance

is re

quire

d fo

r hig

her-

volta

ge p

ower

line

s, cr

anes

and

der

ricks

in

cons

truc

tion.

Con

tact

SW

L&P

at 7

15-3

94-

2200

at l

east

thre

e w

orki

ng d

ays

befo

re y

ou

star

t wor

king

nea

r ove

rhea

d po

wer

line

s an

d eq

uipm

ent s

o th

at s

afet

y re

com

men

datio

ns

can

be m

ade.

KNO

W W

HAT

’S B

ELO

W

If yo

u’re

pla

nnin

g co

nstr

uctio

n, g

arde

ning

, la

ndsc

apin

g, fe

ncin

g or

any

type

of d

iggi

ng

arou

nd y

our h

ome,

you

mus

t cal

l Dig

gers

H

otlin

e by

dia

ling

811

or 8

00-2

42-8

511

to

loca

te b

urie

d ut

ility

line

s. Co

min

g in

con

tact

w

ith u

tility

line

s ca

n be

ext

rem

ely

dang

erou

s or

fata

l. Re

pairs

to d

amag

ed li

nes

can

also

be

ext

rem

ely

expe

nsiv

e. C

onta

ct D

igge

rs

Hot

line

at le

ast t

hree

bus

ines

s da

ys p

rior t

o ex

cava

tion.

Cal

ls c

an b

e m

ade

24 h

ours

a d

ay,

seve

n da

ys a

wee

k, 3

65 d

ays

per y

ear.

Whi

le w

ell-p

lace

d tr

ees c

an h

elp

cons

erve

en

ergy

and

add

to th

e ap

pear

ance

of y

our

hom

e, a

tree

inst

alle

d in

the

wro

ng lo

catio

n ca

n be

har

mfu

l. Re

mem

ber,

the

smal

l tre

e yo

u pl

ant t

oday

will

incr

ease

in si

ze. M

ake

sure

you

giv

e th

e tr

ee a

dequ

ate

room

to

grow

. Nev

er p

lant

tree

s with

a m

atur

e gr

owth

he

ight

of g

reat

er th

an 2

5 fe

et d

irect

ly b

elow

ov

erhe

ad p

ower

line

s. Tr

ees r

each

ing

25 to

40

feet

in h

eigh

t sho

uld

be p

lant

ed a

t lea

st 3

0 fe

et fr

om p

ower

line

s. Tr

ees g

row

ing

to m

ore

than

40

feet

shou

ld b

e lo

cate

d at

leas

t 50

feet

aw

ay. T

ree

root

s gro

w o

ut a

s far

as t

he tr

ee’s

cano

py, s

o pl

ant t

rees

25

feet

from

gas

line

s an

d sh

rubs

5 to

10

feet

aw

ay.

KN

OW

YO

UR

SUR

RO

UN

DIN

GS

TREE

PLA

NTI

NG

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rior W

ater

, Lig

ht &

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er o

wns

muc

h of

th

e eq

uipm

ent t

hat s

erve

s you

r hom

e, b

ut

you

may

be

surp

rised

to le

arn

that

you

als

o ow

n pa

rts o

f the

syst

em. I

f sev

ere

wea

ther

or

an a

ccid

ent d

amag

es y

our h

ome’

s ele

ctric

, gas

or

wat

er se

rvic

e, h

ere

is a

bas

ic g

uide

to w

hat

equi

pmen

t is o

urs a

nd w

hat i

s you

rs.

ELEC

TRIC

SW

L&P

owns

and

is re

spon

sibl

e fo

r rep

airin

g or

re

plac

ing

the

serv

ice

wire

—th

e w

ire th

at c

omes

fro

m th

e st

reet

to y

our h

ome.

If fa

llen

tree

lim

bs in

terf

ere

with

the

serv

ice

wire

, yo

u ar

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r rem

ovin

g th

e tr

ee li

mbs

on

you

r pro

pert

y be

fore

we

can

rest

ore

your

pow

er. A

lice

nsed

tree

-ser

vice

con

trac

tor c

an

help

cle

ar th

e tr

ee li

mbs

for y

ou. F

or y

our s

afet

y,

cont

act u

s bef

ore

you

begi

n cl

earin

g tr

ee li

mbs

. W

e w

ill d

etac

h th

e se

rvic

e w

ire a

nd c

onfir

m th

e lin

e is

not

ene

rgiz

ed.

SWL&

P al

so o

wns

and

is re

spon

sibl

e fo

r the

el

ectr

ic m

eter

. If t

he m

eter

is d

amag

ed b

y se

vere

w

eath

er o

r by

acci

dent

, we

will

repa

ir or

repl

ace

it fo

r you

.

The

serv

ice

brac

ket a

nd a

ll of

the

hard

war

e ru

nnin

g fro

m th

e co

nnec

tion

poin

t of t

he se

rvic

e w

ire, d

own

the

side

of t

he h

ouse

(inc

ludi

ng th

e w

eath

erhe

ad, e

ntra

nce

cabl

e an

d m

eter

sock

et),

and

into

the

hous

e ar

e yo

ur re

spon

sibi

lity.

If a

ny

Elec

tric

met

er

Gas

met

erServ

ice

wire

Serv

ice

brac

ket

Wea

ther

head

Drip

loop

Conn

ectio

n po

int

Entr

ance

cab

le

Met

er s

ocke

t

Custom

er

SWL&

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Tele

phon

e or

Ca

ble

TV w

ires

Righ

t-of

-way

(Pro

pert

y lin

e)

Wat

er m

eter

Wat

er li

ne

Fuel

line

Gas

line

Wat

er li

ne

of th

is e

quip

men

t is d

amag

ed, y

ou w

ill n

eed

to w

ork

with

a li

cens

ed e

lect

ricia

n to

repa

ir or

re

plac

e it

befo

re w

e ca

n re

stor

e yo

ur se

rvic

e.

NAT

UR

AL

GA

S

SWL&

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ns th

e ga

s met

er a

nd th

e ga

s lin

e th

at

cros

ses y

our p

rope

rty

and

conn

ects

with

the

met

er. Y

ou a

re re

spon

sibl

e fo

r the

fuel

line

s fro

m

the

gas m

eter

to y

our f

urna

ce o

r app

lianc

es.

WAT

ER

SWL&

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ns th

e w

ater

met

er a

nd th

e w

ater

line

fro

m th

e st

reet

to y

our p

rope

rty

boun

dary

. You

ar

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r the

wat

er li

ne th

at ru

ns o

n yo

ur p

rope

rty

to th

e ho

use

and

met

er.

WH

AT’S

OU

RS,

WH

AT’S

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UR

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The

Nat

iona

l Ele

ctric

Saf

ety

Code

requ

ires

an

unob

stru

cted

wor

king

spa

ce th

at e

xten

ds

from

the

floor

or g

roun

d to

a m

inim

um

heig

ht o

f 6 fe

et, 6

inch

es. F

or e

lect

rical

eq

uipm

ent m

ount

ed h

ighe

r tha

n 6

feet

, 6

inch

es, t

his

spac

e sh

all e

xten

d to

the

top

of

the

equi

pmen

t.

For u

nder

grou

nd s

ervi

ce la

tera

ls, t

he

cent

erlin

e of

all

met

ers

shal

l be

betw

een

3 an

d 6

feet

from

the

finis

hed

grad

e (B

).

For o

verh

ead

serv

ice

drop

s, th

e ce

nter

line

of

all m

eter

s sh

all b

e be

twee

n 4

and

6 fe

et fr

om

the

finis

hed

grad

e (A

).

Ther

e sh

all b

e a

min

imum

dis

tanc

e of

3 fe

et

of u

nobs

truc

ted

wor

king

spa

ce, m

easu

red

from

the

met

er fa

ce, i

n fr

ont o

f all

elec

tric

an

d na

tura

l gas

met

ers

(C).

We

pref

er a

3-fo

ot m

inim

um se

para

tion

betw

een

natu

ral g

as a

nd e

lect

ric fa

cilit

ies (

D).

The

pref

erre

d te

rmin

atio

n of

ser

vice

late

rals

is

on

the

outs

ide

of a

bui

ldin

g.

Onl

y ap

prov

ed m

eter

-mou

ntin

g de

vice

s an

d te

rmin

atio

n eq

uipm

ent a

re to

be

used

.

Met

er lo

catio

ns s

hall

be fr

ee fr

om e

xces

sive

m

oist

ure,

vib

ratio

ns a

nd h

eat.

Gas

met

erEl

ectr

ic m

eter

App

lianc

e in

take

ex

haus

t

Inop

erab

le w

indo

w

AB

C

D

ELEC

TRIC

MET

ER R

EQU

IREM

ENTS

Keep

all v

ehic

les a

nd h

eavy

mac

hine

ry su

ch a

s cr

anes

, buc

ket a

nd d

ump

truck

s, ba

ckho

es, fr

ont-

end

load

ers a

nd ce

men

t pum

pers

out

of t

he

dang

er zo

ne a

roun

d po

wer

lines

.

• If

a m

achi

ne’s

boom

or b

ucke

t get

s w

ithin

10

feet

of o

verh

ead

pow

er li

nes,

or c

omes

into

con

tact

with

a p

ower

line

, an

yone

touc

hing

the

mac

hine

—or

eve

n st

andi

ng n

earb

y—is

at r

isk.

• D

esig

nate

at l

east

one

em

ploy

ee to

ob

serv

e an

d en

sure

that

the

min

imum

da

nger

zone

cle

aran

ce a

roun

d po

wer

line

s is

mai

ntai

ned,

esp

ecia

lly w

hen

raisi

ng

dum

p tr

uck

beds

, boo

ms a

nd c

rane

s.

• Al

way

s hav

e a

safe

ty m

eetin

g at

the

site

befo

re w

ork

begi

ns e

ach

day.

Be su

re a

ll su

bcon

trac

tors

on

the

job

are

awar

e of

sa

fety

issu

es a

nd a

dher

e to

site

safe

ty ru

les.

Ove

rhea

d po

wer

line

s m

ay b

e co

ated

to

prot

ect t

hem

from

the

wea

ther

, but

that

co

atin

g w

ill n

ot p

rote

ct y

ou fr

om e

lect

ric

shoc

k. If

you

con

tact

an

over

head

line

—w

ith

your

bod

y or

indi

rect

ly th

roug

h a

ladd

er o

r to

ol—

you

may

be

kille

d.

• Ke

ep s

caffo

ldin

g an

d rig

ging

aw

ay fr

om

elec

tric

al e

quip

men

t and

ove

rhea

d lin

es. S

caffo

ldin

g ca

n sw

ay in

to a

pow

er

line,

ene

rgiz

ing

the

entir

e st

ruct

ure

and

enda

nger

ing

anyo

ne w

ho to

uche

s it.

• St

ay c

lear

of t

he 1

0-fo

ot d

ange

r zon

e ar

ound

wire

s co

nnec

ted

to h

omes

and

co

mm

erci

al b

uild

ings

.

S

AFE

TY

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The

Nat

iona

l Fue

l Gas

Cod

e (N

FPA

54)

, m

anuf

actu

rer g

uide

lines

, and

indu

stry

be

st p

ract

ices

requ

ire c

erta

in c

lear

ance

s be

mai

ntai

ned

from

the

natu

ral g

as m

eter

as

sem

bly

to s

ourc

es o

f ign

ition

, air

inta

kes,

w

indo

ws/

doo

rs, s

truc

ture

s, e

tc.

We

pref

er a

10-

foot

cle

aran

ce fr

om th

e na

tura

l ga

s met

er a

ssem

bly

in th

e ca

ses o

f sou

rces

of

igni

tion

and

air i

ntak

es, i

nclu

ding

doo

rs a

nd

win

dow

s.

If a

10-fo

ot c

lear

ance

is n

ot p

ract

ical

, a 3

-foot

cl

eara

nce

is th

e m

inim

um d

ista

nce

that

mus

t be

mai

ntai

ned

from

sour

ces o

f ign

ition

and

com

mon

bui

ldin

g op

enin

gs.

A 6

-foot

cle

aran

ce m

ust b

e m

aint

aine

d fro

m

mec

hani

cally

indu

ced

air i

ntak

es.

Win

dow

s tha

t can

not b

e op

ened

are

exe

mpt

fro

m c

lear

ance

requ

irem

ents

.

The

asse

mbl

y sh

all n

ot b

e lo

cate

d di

rect

ly

belo

w e

xhau

st v

ents

that

may

pro

duce

co

nden

satio

n th

at c

an d

rip o

n to

the

met

er

asse

mbl

y.

In u

niqu

e si

tuat

ions

whe

re th

ese

requ

irem

ents

ca

nnot

be

met

, you

r ser

vice

repr

esen

tativ

e w

ill

disc

uss o

ptio

ns w

ith y

ou.

Mec

hanic

ally i

nduc

edor

othe

r air i

ntak

e

TV, t

eleph

one

term

inal b

ox or

ele

ctrica

l out

let

Regu

lator

and

met

er se

t

12” M

in.12

” Min.

3’ Ra

dially

from

sour

ces o

f ignit

ion

3’ Ra

dially

from

com

mon

build

ing

open

ings

6’ Ra

dially

from

mec

hanic

ally

induc

ed in

take

s

Electr

ic m

eter

Brea

ker

box

No el

ectri

cal

equip

men

tsh

all be

insta

lled i

n th

is ar

ea

10’ V

ertic

ally

from

oper

able

wind

ow or

door

Ope

rabl

e w

indo

w

GA

S M

ETER

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS

SWL&

P ad

ds a

har

mle

ss c

hem

ical

odo

r to

the

natu

ral g

as w

e de

liver

to y

ou. T

his

rott

en

egg

odor

will

hel

p yo

u de

tect

gas

leak

s th

at m

ight

occ

ur in

you

r hom

e, b

usin

ess

or

neig

hbor

hood

. A g

as le

ak c

an c

ause

:•

Hiss

ing

noise

s•

Unu

sual

odo

r ind

oor o

r nea

r the

pip

elin

e•

Bubb

ling

in w

et o

r floo

ded

area

s•

Dirt

bei

ng b

low

n in

to th

e ai

r•

Dea

d or

disc

olor

ed v

eget

atio

n ne

ar a

n un

derg

roun

d pi

pelin

e•

Abno

rmal

ly d

ry o

r har

dene

d so

il•

Fire

or e

xplo

sion

near

pip

elin

e

SAFE

TY

If yo

u sm

ell n

atur

al g

as:

• Ca

ll 911

from

a sa

fe d

istan

ce.

• Ev

acua

te th

e ar

ea im

med

iate

ly a

nd w

arn

othe

rs to

stay

aw

ay.

• D

o no

t tou

ch a

nyth

ing

that

mig

ht c

reat

e a

spar

k, su

ch a

s a li

ght s

witc

h, te

leph

one,

ce

ll ph

one,

or g

arag

e op

ener

.

• D

o no

t att

empt

to c

ontro

l a le

ak.

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t is

a cr

oss

conn

ectio

n?

A c

ross

con

nect

ion

is a

“lin

k”, o

r a d

irect

or p

oten

tial

conn

ectio

n be

twee

n dr

inki

ng w

ater

pip

ing

and

a co

ntam

inat

ion

sour

ce. T

his c

an b

e as

sim

ple

as a

ga

rden

hos

e en

d th

at is

subm

erge

d in

a sw

imm

ing

pool

, a b

ucke

t of d

eter

gent

or o

ther

con

tam

inat

ed

wat

er so

urce

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er e

xam

ples

of c

ross

con

nect

ions

ar

e su

pply

line

s con

nect

ed to

boi

lers

, law

n irr

igat

ion

syst

ems,

cafe

teria

equ

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ress

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valu

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