From Adrian Fenty’s website

As of this date, the following policy directive is in effect with regard to street tree pruning, trimming, and removals within the District of Columbia. This policy applies to both the Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) and PEPCO.

• UFA routine pruning and PEPCO routine (2 years of growth) tree trimming will continue as scheduled.


• PEPCO will provide a monthly schedule (by the 15th of the previous month) of planned routine pruning and trimming. This does not include PEPCO line hardening, which is described below.


• All removal of street trees will proceed as scheduled, including PEPCO topping-off at UFA request.
• No PEPCO feeder hardening will proceed until the following agreed to process for targeted vegetation management procedures have been followed and approved by UFA:
  
  
  
  1. PEPCO will identify targeted areas and have its Forester provide an evaluation to UFA specifying the location and action required to manage vegetation.
  
  
  2. UFA will respond to PEPCO either agreeing or expressing conditions necessary to achieve the action sought by PEPCO.
     
  
  
  3. DDOT will notify the appropriate ANC of the proposed action and request time on their agenda for a joint presentation by DDOT and PEPCO.
  
  
  4. Following the joint presentation, if no questions are raised, DDOT will authorize PEPCO to proceed with the work; however, if the community objects, DDOT and PEPCO will treat community objections as an appeal.
  5. DDOT and PEPCO will review community recommendations and give “great weight” to the ANC’s comments; PEPCO and DDOT will revisit and reevaluate the site location to determine if the community concerns can be addressed. UFA may use technology during the course of its reevaluation, but PEPCO will continue to follow standard protocols.
  
  
  6. After giving “great weight” consideration to the community’s (ANC’s) recommendations, UFA will authorize PEPCO to proceed or state conditions necessary to achieve the approval sought by PEPCO.