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a.Except as otherwise provided in this section, prior to any excavation, an excavator
shall contact the notification center and provide notice of the planned excavation occurring
after a forty-eight-hour period. The notice shall be valid for twenty-five calendar days
beginning on the day the forty-eight-hour period concludes. If all locating and marking of
underground facilities is completed prior to the expiration of the forty-eight-hour period,
the excavator may proceed with excavation upon being notified by the notification center
that the locating and marking of all underground facilities is complete. The notification
center shall establish a toll-free telephone number to allow excavators to provide the notice
required pursuant to this subsection.
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1. a. Except as otherwise provided in this section, prior to any excavation, an excavator
shall contact the notification center and provide notice of the planned excavation occurring
after a forty-eight-hour period. The notice shall be valid for twenty-five calendar days
beginning on the day the forty-eight-hour period concludes. If all locating and marking of
underground facilities is completed prior to the expiration of the forty-eight-hour period,
the excavator may proceed with excavation upon being notified by the notification center
that the locating and marking of all underground facilities is complete. The notification
center shall establish a toll-free telephone number to allow excavators to provide the notice
required pursuant to this subsection.
b. A notice provided pursuant to this subsection for a location within a city shall include
the following information:
(1) A street address or block and lot numbers, or both, of the proposed area of excavation.
(2) The name and address of the excavator.
(3) The excavator’s telephone number.
(4) The type and extent of the proposed excavation.
(5) Whether the discharge of explosives is anticipated.
(6) The date and time when excavation is scheduled to begin.
(7) Approximate location of the excavation on the property.
(8) If known, the name of the housing development and property owner.
c. A notice provided pursuant to this subsection for a location outside a city shall include
the following information:
(1) The name of the county, township, range, and section.
(2) The name and address of the excavator.
(3) The excavator’s telephone number.
(4) The type and extent of the proposed excavation.
(5) Whether the discharge of explosives is anticipated.
(6) The date and time when excavation is scheduled to begin.
(7) Approximate location of the excavation on the property.
(8) If known, the quarter section, 911 address and global positioning system coordinate,
name of property owner, name of housing development with street address or block and lot
numbers, or both.
d. For purposes of the requirements of this section, an excavation commences the first
time excavation occurs in an area that was not previously identified by the excavator in an
excavation notice.
e. At the time of giving notice to the notification center pursuant to this subsection, an
excavator shall use white paint, white flags, white stakes, or a combination thereof, to mark
the proposed area of excavation, unless one of the following applies:
(1) The precise location, direction, size, and length of the proposed excavation area can
be clearly and adequately defined and described during the call to the notification center or
during an onsite preconstruction meeting.
(2) Electronic means of white-lining is supported by the notification center and used by
the excavator.
(3) Physical premarking can be shown to be impractical.
2. The notification center, upon receiving notice from an excavator, shall immediately
transmit the information contained in the notice to each operator in the area of the proposed
excavation and provide the names of all operators in that area to the excavator. The
notification center shall assign an inquiry identification number to each notice and shall
maintain a record of each notice for at least six years from the date the notice is received.
The notification center shall not assess an operator who requests in writing not to receive
a notification of its own excavations for any portion of the costs associated with such
excavations.
3. a. (1) An operator who receives notice from the notification center shall mark the
horizontal location of the operator’s underground facility and the excavator shall use due
care in excavating in the marked area to avoid damaging the underground facility. The
operator shall complete such locating and marking, and shall notify the notification center
that the marking is complete within the forty-eight-hour period unless otherwise agreed
by the operator and the excavator. No later than the expiration of the forty-eight-hour
period, the notification center shall notify the excavator of the underground facility locating
and marking status, or the failure of the operator to notify the center that the locating
and marking is complete. The locating and marking of the underground facilities shall
be completed at no cost to the excavator. If, in the opinion of the operator, the planned
excavation requires that the precise location of the underground facilities be determined,
the excavator, unless otherwise agreed upon between the excavator and the operator, shall
hand dig test holes or use nondestructive methods to determine the location of the facilities
unless the operator specifies an alternate method.
(2) (a) The marking required under this subsection shall be done in a manner that will
last for a minimum of five working days on any nonpermanent surface, or a minimum of ten
workingdaysonanypermanentsurface. Iftheexcavationwillcontinueforanyperiodlonger
than such periods, the operator shall remark the location of the underground facility upon
the request of the excavator. The request shall be made through the notification center.
(b) A locator shall use for marking a flag that includes the name of the operator and a
contact phone number.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed by the operator and excavator in writing, no excavation
shall be performed within twenty-five feet of an underground pipeline operating at one
hundred fifty pounds per square inch or greater and that is equal to or greater than two
inches in diameter unless a representative of the operator of the underground pipeline is
present at the planned excavation area. This requirement shall not apply, however, when a
representative of the operator fails to be present at the proposed excavation area at the time
work is scheduled to commence or as otherwise agreed by the operator and excavator in
writing. In this event, the excavator shall notify the operator that the representative failed to
appear, and excavation operations can begin, provided the excavator uses due care to avoid
damaging the underground facilities.
b. An operator who receives notice from the notification center and who determines
that the operator does not have any underground facility located within the proposed area
of excavation shall notify the notification center concerning this determination within
the forty-eight-hour period. No later than the expiration of the forty-eight-hour period,
the notification center shall notify the excavator that the operator does not have any
underground facilities within the proposed area of excavation.
c. For purposes of this chapter, the “horizontal location of any underground facility” is
defined as including an area eighteen inches on either side of the underground facility.
d. For the purposes of this chapter, notifications provided to the excavator by the operator
or by the notification center shall be provided in a consistent manner to be established by the
board.
4. An excavator is responsible for preserving the markings required in subsection 3 at all
times during the excavation. If the markings will be destroyed or otherwise altered during
the excavation, the excavator must establish suitable reference points which will enable the
excavator to locate the underground facility at all times during the excavation.
5. The operator shall mark the location of any underground facility to conform with the
uniform color code established by the American public works association’s utility location
and coordination council.
6. The only exception to this section shall be when an emergency exists. Under such
conditions, excavation operations can begin immediately, provided reasonable precautions
are taken to protect the underground facilities. The excavator shall notify the notification
center of the excavation as soon as practical.