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Page 53 1 have any opportunities that could save trees, we'd 2 like to see -- see you do that. 3 Q. Thank you. 4 Are you aware of or familiar with 5 provisions governing distances from trees to 6 electrical equipment, with the tree fall area, so to 7 speak? 8 A. Well, it's usually 10 feet to energize 9 conductors, that's the close proximity act. 10 But, you know, we have -- in terms of 11 distribution, we have, you know, single phase 12 electric primary, you have open wire primary on a tee 13 on top of a pole. That requires, you know, greater 14 -- greater clearance, but -- and it, you know, 15 there's all different kinds of configurations. 16 But all I know is 10 feet is about as 17 close as you want to get to anything other than house 18 service. You know, which most tree companies are -- 19 and many public works departments are capable of 20 clearing a house service, but not an electric 21 primary. 22 Q. And have you ever personally 23 experienced or experienced in connection with one of 24 the jobs that you worked on an outage, an electrical 25 outage associated with a tree that fell on a power