HB 723

Abstract

Underground pipelines and conduit and electrical transmission lines; agriculture. Requires a utility company installing an underground pipeline or conduit with an inside diameter greater than 12 inches or an underground electric transmission or distribution line of greater than 115 kilovolts in capacity to mitigate the effects of the project if the project disturbs 10,000 square feet or more of agricultural land. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations requiring the utility company to remove topsoil from the planned construction site and either redistribute it to graded areas elsewhere on the land of the affected property owner or store it nearby, protected from erosion and compaction, for later redistribution on the disturbed area.

Underground pipelines and electrical transmissionlines; agriculture. Requires a utility company installing anunderground pipeline with an inside diameter greater than 12 inchesor an underground electric transmission or distribution line of greaterthan 115 kV in capacity to mitigate the effects of the project ifthe project disturbs more than 10,000 square feet of agriculturalland. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to adoptregulations requiring the utility company to remove topsoil fromthe planned construction site and either redistribute it to gradedareas elsewhere on the land of the affected property owner or storeit nearby, protected from erosion and compaction, for later redistributionon the disturbed area.