Section 29.07. Fees.

 

(1)  Upon application for a permit under this chapter, a utility shall pay to the department an administrative and inspection fee as set forth in the following fee schedule:

UTILITY PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE
FOR RAILROAD PROPERTY

Type of Facility   Fee

(a) "Transverse utility crossings." Aerial or underground crossings involving the installation of a utility facility, the modification of a utility facility or the placement of additional components upon existing facilities previously permitted or legally erected on department property by other than the current permittee.   $175

(b) "Longitudinal aerial utility installation." Aerial utility facility installations involving the installation of a utility facility or the modification of a utility facility within the department railroad property.

1. Permit for up to 5 miles of installation.   $235

2. Permit for up to 10 miles of installation.   $390

3. Permit for up to 15 miles of installation.   $545

4. Permit for up to 20 miles of installation.   $700

(c) "Longitudinal underground utility installations." Underground utility facility installations involving the installation of a utility facility or the modification of a utility facility on the department railroad property. The fee is based on one pre-construction inspection and on one daily inspection for each day's work or fraction of a day's work.

1. Permit for up to 5 miles of installation.   $125*

2. Permit for up to 10 miles of installation.   $175*

3. Permit for up to 15 miles of installation.   $225*

4. Permit for up to 20 miles of installation.   $275*

  * plus $50 for each daily inspection

(d) Where spot checking or regular inspections reveal the need for corrections or changes to comply with the permit, the permittee shall pay the costs of those corrections or changes and a $50 fee per required follow-up inspection.

(2)  In addition to any fee paid under sub. (1) , the railroad operator may require reimbursement from the utility for reasonable services rendered including administration, flagging, track removal and reinstalling, and other functions necessary to accommodate a utility facility installation or modification. Reimbursement arrangements for these services shall be solely between the railroad operator and the utility. Concurrence in the permit application by the railroad operator implies agreement between the utility and the railroad operator on service reimbursement.

(3)  Whenever a "transverse utility crossing" is installed or modified within department railroad property where that department railroad property is also located within a town, county, village or city highway or street right-of-way, the department need not conduct its usual post-installation or post-modification inspection if, as a substitute for that inspection, the utility provides an affidavit of a professional engineer, duly registered to practice engineering in Wisconsin, certifying that the utility installation or modification has been carried out in accordance with the pertinent application, these rules, all other applicable rules or standards and sound engineering practices. The utility shall file the required affidavit with the department not more than 10 days after the utility facility is installed or modified. Whenever the provisions of this subsection are applicable and followed, the fee established in sub. (1) (a) shall be reduced to $100 reflecting the department's diminished inspection activities.

Cr. Register, December, 1985, No. 360 , eff. 1-1-86; am. (2), Register, January, 1999, No. 517 , eff. 2-1-99.