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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="12-129" title_number="12" title_name="Underground Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Excavation or Demolition Near Underground Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, any new or replacement piping that is buried or installed for the purposes of connecting a building to a water supply system, a sewerage system, an underground storm drain system, or any other applicable device shall be buried or installed with a wire or an equivalent product or technology that makes the piping detectable or locatable.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any wire used to comply with subsection (a) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be an insulated copper tracer wire that is suitable for direct burial and has an American wire gauge (AWG) of at least 10, or an equivalent product;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>be installed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in the same trench as the piping that connects the building to the water supply system or the sewerage system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>within 12 inches of the piping that connects the building to the water supply system or the sewerage system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>with at least one end of the wire terminating above grade in a location that is accessible and resistant to physical damage, such as in a cleanout or next to an external wall of the building; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>run from within 5 feet of an external wall of the building to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the point where the piping intersects with the water supply system or the sewerage system; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the point where the sewerage system disposes of or processes the sewage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The requirement of subsection (a) of this section with regard to replacement piping connecting a building to a water supply system or a sewerage system:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>applies only to a complete replacement of the piping; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not apply to a repair or a partial replacement of the piping.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
