UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Electrification Administration

BULLETIN 17S3P-206(PE-86) RD-GD-1994-14

SUBJECT: RBA Specification for Pilled Buried Wires

TO: All Telephone Borrowers REA Telephone staff

EPPECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1993.

EXPIRATION DATE: Date of change in 7 CFR S1755.860 by rulemaking.

OPPICB OP PRIMARY IR'l'EREST: outside Plant Branch, Telecommunications Standards Division.

PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS: This bulletin replaces REA Bulletin 345-86, REA Specification for Filled Buried Service Wire, PE-86, issued October 7, 1982.

PILING INSTRUCTIONS: Discard REA Bulletin 345-86, REA Specification for Filled Buried Service Wire, PE-86, dated October 7, 1982, and replace with this bulletin. File with 7 CFR 1755 and on REANET.

PURPOSE: This specification covers REA requirements for filled buried wires intended for direct burial as a subscriber drop and/or distribution wire. This bulletin is a user friendly guide and a reformat of the text codified in 7 CFR §1755.860 published at 58 FR 61002, dated November 19, 1993.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this document. However, in case of discrepancies, the regulations at 7 CFR §1755.860 are the authorized sources.

Disclaimer: The contents of this guidance document does not have the

force and effect of law and is not meant to bind the public in any way.

This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public

regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.