RUS Standard for Service Installations at Customer Access Locations

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) amends its regulations on Telecommunications Standards and Specifications for Materials, Equipment and Construction, by rescinding RUS Bulletin 345-52, RUS Standard for Service Entrance and Station Protector Installations, PC- 5A, and codifying the revised standard in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as the RUS Standard for Service Installations at Customer Access Locations. The revised standard updates the installation methods used for installing aerial and buried service drops, network interface devices, fused primary station protectors, and protected building entrance terminals at customer access locations as a result of technological advancements made in installation practices and materials over the past 17 years.