Original Version

GO 128 Rule 22.8

22.8    Protection (Mechanical) means any suitable material placed above, below, or alongside an underground system or element thereof to limit mechanical stress thereon to safe working limits including allowance for other facilities, such as paving, or to serve as an impediment to accidental damage of the system.

Strikeout and Underline Version

GO 128 Rule 22.8

22.8    Protection (Mechanical) means any suitable material placed above, below, or alongside an underground system or element thereof to limit mechanical stress thereon to safe working limits including allowance for other facilities, such as paving, or to serve as an impediment to accidental damage of the system.

Practicable means capable of being accomplished by reasonably available, economic, and workable means.

A    Clearances and depths required by these rules shall be deemed impracticable only to the extent that existing structures or natural obstructions require a reduction in such clearances or depths in the immediate vicinity of such obstruction; or in those exceptional cases where the clearance otherwise required would, in particular and limited circumstances, create a condition less safe than a reduction of such clearance.

Final Version

GO 128 Rule 22.8

22.8    Practicable means capable of being accomplished by reasonably available, economic, and workable means.

A    Clearances and depths required by these rules shall be deemed impracticable only to the extent that existing structures or natural obstructions require a reduction in such clearances or depths in the immediate vicinity of such obstruction; or in those exceptional cases where the clearance otherwise required would, in particular and limited circumstances, create a condition less safe than a reduction of such clearance.