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Underground .Utility Lines 8 <br /> 7. Such facilities shall minimize crossings of water bodies. <br /> 8. Banks and dikes where such facilities enter or leave a body of <br /> water shall be returned to their pre-construction configuration, <br /> shall be thoroughly compacted and protected against erosion, <br /> and shall be maintained in a safe condition by the utility. <br /> 9. Utility lines entering or leaving a body of water, other than a <br /> river, shall be buried below the surface of the water body's <br /> bed out to a minimum water depth of minus ten feet (-10' ) , <br /> measured from mean lower low water PROVIDED that, where the <br /> utility consists of a flexible cable and the bottom material is <br /> soft, such cable need only be buried to a depth of minus five <br /> feet (-5' ) , measured from mean lower low water; and PROVIDED <br /> FURTHER that, if such cable does not bury itself to a minimum <br /> depth of ten (10) feet below mean lower low water within one <br /> year of installation, the permittee shall bury the cable to such <br /> depth. <br /> 10. Underground utility lines shall be completely buried under the <br /> river bed in all river or stream crossings except where such lines <br /> are permanently affixed to a bridge structure. <br /> Surface Utility Lines <br /> 11. Surface utility lines shall be avoided wherever possible. <br /> 12. When paralleling a water body or highway surface, utility rights- <br /> of-way shall be separated from them by a visual buffer of natural <br /> vegetation wherever available. <br /> 13. Surface utility lines shall cross shoreline jurisdictional areas <br /> by the shortest, most direct route feasible, unless such a route <br /> would cause. significant environmental damage. <br /> 14. Surface utility lines shall minimize crossings of shoreline areas. <br /> I <br /> Aerial Utility Lines <br /> 15. Aerial utility lines shall minimize crossings of shoreline areas .7--- <br /> r <br /> 16. Aerial utility lines• shall cross shoreline jurisdictional areas <br /> by the shortest, most direct route feasible, unless such a route <br /> would cause significant environmental damage. <br /> j 17. Rights-of-way for aerial utility lines shall not be clearcut, <br /> d but shall leave low-growing shrubs and bushes except as necessary <br /> for access roads. <br /> 18. Low areas between towers shall not be cleared where the projected <br /> growth of vegetation in such areas would not endanger the utility <br /> lines. EXHIBIT 4 p. 5 of 6 <br /> I-67 EXCERPTS FROM SNOHOMISH <br /> COUNTY SHORELINE MASTER <br /> 69 <br />