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2012 Activity and sustainable development report - RTE

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JOINT SUCCESSINVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS1 st JulyLegislation preventingdamage to networkscame into effect.300,000people live close to thetransmission network. <strong>RTE</strong>received 1,238 complaints<strong>and</strong> requests for informationin <strong>2012</strong> <strong>and</strong> replied to 98%of them within 30 days.A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPWITH A LOCAL CHAMBER OF AGRICUL-TURE/ To limit the impact on agriculturall<strong>and</strong> of the future underground Pertain-Hargicourt link (under construction in 2013<strong>and</strong> set to be commissioned in 2014), <strong>RTE</strong>has worked with the Somme departmentChamber of Agriculture. A thorough studyof the soil was carried out <strong>and</strong> farmers werequestioned. A steering committeeconsisting of representatives of <strong>RTE</strong> <strong>and</strong>officials of the Chamber of Agriculturehas made recommendations with regardto installation techniques, the restorationof irrigation networks <strong>and</strong> precautionsneeded to protect the soil.ANSWERING QUESTIONS ONELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS/To address the concerns of local residents<strong>and</strong> elected officials on the low-frequencyelectromagnetic field emitted by highvoltage lines, <strong>RTE</strong> published a newbrochure in <strong>2012</strong> <strong>and</strong> its website,www.clefdeschamps.info, providesa map of magnetic field readings. Onrequest from a mayor or a local resident,<strong>RTE</strong> sends a technician, or an approvedindependent laboratory if the personmaking the request so prefers, to carryout readings.<strong>RTE</strong> | IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE67

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