The way I read this, an outdoor ONT is exempt. .. an indoor one would not be?
On May 11, 2017 4:31 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > > NFPA 70: DOCUMENT SCOPE > > 90.2 Scope. > (A) Covered. This Code covers the installation and removal of electrical > conductors, equipment, and raceways; signaling and communications > conductors, equipment, and raceways; and optical fiber cables and raceways > for the following: > (1) Public and private premises, including buildings, structures, mobile > homes, recreational vehicles, and floating buildings > (2) Yards, lots, parking lots, carnivals, and industrial substations > (3) Installations of conductors and equipment that connect to the supply > of electricity > (4) Installations used by the electric utility, such as office buildings, > warehouses, garages, machine shops, and recreational buildings, that are > not an integral part of a generating plant, substation, or control center > *(B) Not Covered. This Code does not cover the following:* > (1) Installations in ships, watercraft other than floating buildings, > railway rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles other than mobile > homes and recreational vehicles > Informational Note: Although the scope of this Code indicates that the > Code does not cover installations in ships, portions of this Code are > incorporated by reference into Title 46, Code of > Federal Regulations, Parts 110–113. > (2) Installations underground in mines and self-propelled mobile surface > mining machinery and its attendant electrical trailing cable > (3) Installations of railways for generation, transformation, > transmission, energy storage, or distribution of power used exclusively for > operation of rolling stock or installations used exclusively for signaling > and communications purposes > *(4) Installations of communications equipment under the exclusive control > of communications utilities located outdoors or in building spaces used > exclusively for such installations* > (5) Installations under the exclusive control of an electric utility where > such installations > a. Consist of service drops or service laterals, and associated metering, > or > b. Are on property owned or leased by the electric utility for the purpose > of communications, metering, generation, control, transformation, > transmission, energy storage, or distribution of electric energy, or > c. Are located in legally established easements or rights-of-way, or > d. Are located by other written agreements either designated by or > recognized by public service commissions, utility commissions, or other > regulatory agencies having jurisdiction for such installations. These > written agreements shall be limited to installations for the purpose of > communications, metering, generation, control, transformation, > transmission, energy storage, or distribution of electric energy where > legally established easements or rights-of-way cannot be obtained. These > installations shall be limited to federal lands, Native American > reservations through the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian > Affairs, military bases, lands controlled by port authorities and state > agencies and departments, and lands owned by railroads. > *Informational Note to (4) and (5): Examples of utilities may include > those entities that are typically designated or recognized by governmental > law or regulation by public service/utility commissions and that install, > operate, and maintain electric supply (such as generation, transmission, or > distribution systems) or communications systems (such as telephone, CATV,* > *Internet, satellite, or data services). Utilities may be subject to > compliance with codes and standards covering their regulated activities as > adopted under governmental law or regulation.* > Additional information can be found through consultation with the > appropriate governmental bodies, such as state regulatory commissions, the > Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Communications > Commission. > (C) Special Permission. The authority having jurisdiction for enforcing > this Code may grant exception for the installation of conductors and > equipment that are not under the exclusive control of the electric > utilities and are used to connect the electric utility supply system to the > service conductors of the premises served, provided such installations are > outside a building or structure, or terminate inside at a readily > accessible location nearest the point of entrance of the service conductors. > >
