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<br />cables, lines or wires. The term "utility line" does not include activities which drain a <br />water of the state, such as drainage tile; however, it does apply to pipes conveying <br />drainage from another area. <br /> <br />best feasible technology (for utility line location) is defined as a method or technology <br />that will provide all of the required information for a locating activity, while having the <br />least environmental impact among the methods or technologies that the affected agency <br />has available at the time. <br /> <br />Adopt a new policy as follows: <br /> <br />Future fill or removal within the "utility corridors" as designated on the Wetland <br />Designation Map (Map 3) shall be conducted with an applicable u.s. Army Corps of <br />Engineers (Army Corps) and/or Division of State Lands dredge and fill permit(s), and <br />shall be limited to the minimum impacts necessary to: <br /> <br />1) conduct emergency repairs to existing utility lines, <br /> <br />2) conduct essential maintenance (e.g., work to maintain or optimize <br />performance) on existing utility lines, including line locating, <br /> <br />3) construct connections to existing utility lines, <br /> <br />4) construct new utility lines, <br /> <br />5) move existing utility lines when necessary to maintain service or conduct <br />emergency repairs, and when at least one of the following is true: <br />a) the utility line must be moved to protect it from erosion or some <br />other natural threat; <br />b) construction of public facilities that are consistent with this plan <br />and that conflict with an existing utility line, where such public <br />facilities cannot reasonably be constructed without moving the <br />utility line; or <br />c) the utility line must be moved in order to maintain or repair <br />another utility line in the same vicinity. <br /> <br />6) place new utility poles or replace existing utility poles, only when <br />necessary to maintain performance or safety of above-ground utility lines. <br />Above-ground utility lines may not be replaced with underground utility <br />lines within wetlands designated for restoration or protection. <br /> <br />No other impacts are authorized by this policy. The following shall also apply to these <br />corridors: <br />