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V WAR PRODUCTION BOARD (Corrected Copy) -r~ Part 4500—Power, Water, Gas, and Central Steam Heating [ Supplementary Utilities Order U-l-h, as Amended Jan. 22, 1944] § 4500.9 Supplementary Utilities Or­der U-l-h—(a) Permission to build cer­tain extensions. In accordance with the provisions of paragraph (j) of Utilities Order U-I, extensions of electric, gas, water, and central steam heat facilities may be made or connected by a pro­ducer, subject to the restrictions of para­graph (b) below, to serve the following types of consumer premises: (1) Premises which are being built or, remodeled under authority of a specific/ authorization issued pursuant to Con-\ servation Order L-41, (2) Premises which will be occupied exclusively by the Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, War Shipping Administra­tion or Civil Aeronautics Authority, (3) Premises of an industrial or com­mercial consumer, <i) In cases where the extension or en­largement of utilities facilities is neces­sary for the production of one of the products or the supply of one at the serv­ices listed in Schedules I ami B at CMP Regulation 5 or (ii) In cases where the eoa—er is an electric, water, gas, steam heat, tele­phone, or telegraph utility; or is engaged ia the petroleum industry, accept in re- BR marketing, as these terms are defined in Preference Bating Order P-Rt-b; or is engaged in the business of mining, or of burning refractories, and has been as­signed a serial number under Preference Bating Order P-56; or is engaged in the business of radio communication or radio broadcasting; or is a school, churchy or hospital. (b) Restrictions on construction. Ex­tensions of the type permitted by para­graph (a) of this order may be built only if all of the following conditions are sat­isfied: (1) The total cost of material for any such extension, exclusive of any part built by or for the consumer, exceeds $1,500 but does not exceed $5,000. No job or project may be subdivided to come within these limits. (2) The extension does not duplicate an adequate service already instaliedor constitute a stand-by service. <*** (3) No other producer can render the same service with lesser amounts of crit­ical material. w (4) In the case of extensions to build­ings which are to be used exclusively for dwelling purposes the extension (includ­ing service drop or service pipe, and any portion built by or for the consumer) can be built within the limits established by the Housing Utilities Standards is­sued by the War Production Board. (5) In the case of extensions to prem­ises which are to be built or remodeled under authority of a specific authoriza­tion applied for pursuant to Conserva­tion Order L-41, the producer has com­pleted Form WPB-3348, and delivered it to the builder for attachment to the builder’s application for L-41 approval. (c) Assignment of preference rating and CMP allotment number. (1) The preference rating AA-3 is hereby as­signed to orders for material other than controlled material, and the abbreviated CMP allotment number U-2 is hereby as­signed to orders for controlled material, to be placed by a producer for use in the construction of extensions of facilities authorized by this supplementary order or to replace in inventory material so used. JAN. 22, 1944 [As Amended] Corrected Copy U-l-h (2) The preference rating and allot­ment number assigned above may be ap­plied by a producer by using the certifi­cation provided in CMP Regulation 7. (3) An order for controlled material bearing the CMP allotment number U-2 shall be deemed an authorized controlled materials order. This allotment number shall constitute an “allotment number or symbol” for the purpose of CMP Regula­tion 3. (d) Acquisition of material. The ac­quisition of material for extensions of facilities authorized by this supplemen­tary order is subject to the following re­strictions: (1) It may be ordered only to the ex­tent that it is not available in the pro­ducer’s inventory in excess of a practical working minimum. (2) If taken from such excess inven­tory it may not be replaced. (3) If taken from practical working minimum inventory it may be replaced therein only in accordance with para­graph (b) of Utilities Order U-l. (4) It may not be ordered until either <i) The producer has been advised that the builder of the structure to be served has received L-41 approval, or (ii) The producer has been advised bjr such builder that L-41 approval is oat required and has received a written re­quest from such builder to supply the utility sendee. (e) Other orders. This order does not constitute a release, in the case of gas producers or consumers, from the re­strictions of Utilities Order U-7 or Limitation Order L-174. Issued this 22d day of January 1944. War Production Boars, By J. Joseph Whelan, Recording Secretary. •kQtO— War Baard 9484— p. 1