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ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS; PERMITS. A. Licensee's Facilities will be designed, constructed, operated, maintained, repaired, renewed, modified, reconstructed, removed, or abandoned in place on Railroad Property by Licensee or its contractor to Licensor's satisfaction and in strict conformity with: (i) Licensor’s current engineering standards and specifications, including those for aerial marker balls, shoring and cribbing to protect Licensor's railroad operations and facilities ("UP Specifications"), except for variances approved in advance in writing by Licensor’s Assistant Vice President Engineering – Design or its authorized representative ("UP Engineering Representative"); (ii) such other additional safety standards as Licensor, in its sole discretion, elects to require, including, without limitation, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ("AREMA") standards and guidelines (collectively, "UP Additional Requirements"); and (iii) all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including any applicable Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Federal Aviation Administration regulations and enactments (collectively, "Laws"). If there is any conflict between UP Specifications, UP Additional Requirements, and Laws, the most restrictive will apply. B. If Licensee's Facilities will be located underground, Licensee shall keep the soil over Licensee's Facilities thoroughly compacted, and maintain the grade over and around Licensee's Facilities even with the surface of the adjacent ground. C. Licensee shall not transmit electric current from Licensee's Facilities at a difference of potential in excess of the voltage indicated on Exhibit A. If the voltage indicated is in excess of seven hundred fifty volts (750V), and Licensee's Facilities will be buried at any location outside of track ballast or roadbed on Railroad Property, Licensee shall install metallic conduit, or non-metallic conduit encased in a minimum of three inches (3") of concrete with a minimum of four feet (4') of ground cover the entire length of Licensee's Facilities. Any of Licensee's Facilities buried by removal of soil shall have, at a depth of one foot (1') beneath the surface of the ground directly above Licensee's Facilities, with a six inch (6") wide warning tape labeled "Danger-High Voltage" or equivalent wording. Any of Licensee's Facilities encased in conduit, jacked, or bored under Railroad Property must be identified with warning signs ("Warning Signs") at each edge of Railroad Property, to be installed and properly maintained at Licensee's cost and expense. Licensee shall not utilize Warning Signs in lieu of the warning tape where portions of the casing are installed by direct burial. D. If needed, Licensee shall secure, at Licensee's sole cost and expense, any and all necessary permits required to perform any work on Licensee's Facilities.

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Sources: Wireline Crossing Agreement, Construction Agreement, Construction Agreement

ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS; PERMITS. A. Licensee's Facilities will be designed, constructed, operated, maintained, repaired, renewed, modified, reconstructed, removed, or abandoned in place on Railroad Property by Licensee or its contractor to Licensor's satisfaction and in strict conformity with: (i) Licensor’s current engineering standards and specifications, including those for aerial marker balls, shoring and cribbing to protect Licensor's railroad operations and facilities ("UP Specifications"), except for variances approved in advance in writing by Licensor’s Assistant Vice President Engineering – Design or its authorized representative ("UP Engineering Representative"); (ii) such other additional safety standards as Licensor, in its sole discretion, elects to require, including, without limitation, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association ("AREMA") standards and guidelines (collectively, "UP Additional Requirements"); and (iii) all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including any applicable Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Federal Aviation Administration regulations and enactments (collectively, "Laws"). If there is any conflict between UP Specifications, UP Additional Requirements, and Laws, the most restrictive will apply. B. If Licensee's Facilities will be located underground, Licensee shall keep the soil over Licensee's Facilities thoroughly compacted, and maintain the grade over and around Licensee's Facilities even with the surface of the adjacent ground. C. Licensee shall not transmit electric current from Licensee's Facilities at a difference of potential in excess of the voltage indicated on Exhibit A. If the voltage indicated is in excess of seven hundred fifty volts (750V), and Licensee's Facilities will be buried at any location outside of track ballast or roadbed on Railroad Property, Licensee shall install metallic conduit, or non-metallic conduit encased in a minimum of three inches (3") of concrete with a minimum of four feet (4') of ground cover the entire length of Licensee's Facilities. Any of Licensee's Facilities buried by removal of soil shall have, at a depth of one foot (1') beneath the surface of the ground directly above Licensee's Facilities, with a six inch (6") wide warning tape labeled "Danger-High Voltage" or equivalent wording. Any of Licensee's Facilities encased in conduit, jacked, or bored under Railroad Property must be identified with warning signs ("Warning Signs") at each edge of Railroad Property, to be installed and properly maintained at Licensee's cost and expense. Licensee shall not utilize Warning Signs in lieu of the warning tape where portions of the casing are installed by direct burial. D. If needed, Licensee shall secure, at Licensee's sole cost and expense, any and all necessary permits required to perform any work on Licensee's Facilities.

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Sources: License Agreement