Section effective May 22, 2026.
(A)All project initiators and affected operators, excavators, and locators must comply with the provisions of this section for large projects.
(B)Notwithstanding the notice timelines provided in Section 58-36-60, the project initiator or designee for a large project must provide notice to the notification center at least thirty days prior to the commencement of the large project.
(C)Within three days from receipt of a notice of a large project, the notification center must provide:
(1)a list of all operators of facilities in the large project area to the project initiator or its designee; and (2) notice to all of the operators of the proposed large project.
(D)Within fifteen days of the notification of the proposed large project, the project initiator o
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Section effective May 22, 2026. (A) All project initiators and affected operators, excavators, and locators must comply with the provisions of this section for large projects. (B) Notwithstanding the notice timelines provided in Section 58-36-60, the project initiator or designee for a large project must provide notice to the notification center at least thirty days prior to the commencement of the large project. (C) Within three days from receipt of a notice of a large project, the notification center must provide: (1) a list of all operators of facilities in the large project area to the project initiator or its designee; and (2) notice to all of the operators of the proposed large project. (D) Within fifteen days of the notification of the proposed large project, the project initiator or its designee must provide notice through the notification center of a planning meeting of all affected facility operators, locators, and excavators known by the project initiator or its designee to be involved in any excavation or demolition work on the large project. (E)(1) At the planning meeting, the project initiator or its designee must provide: (a) an overview of the proposed large project; (b) contact information for the project initiator and, if applicable, the project initiator's designee for the initial planning meeting; however, after the initial planning meeting, the contact information for each excavator, locator, facility operator, and their respective agents, involved in the proposed large project must be updated in a timely manner; (c) expected timelines for the work to be concluded, including descriptions of phases if appropriate; and (d) a proposed large project facility location agreement which must include, but not be limited to, proposed timelines of notices of excavation, marking of facilities, and positive responses to notices. (2) The project initiator or its designee and all excavators, locators, and facility operators involved in the large project must negotiate in good faith to reach an agreement on notice and response procedures that will be reasonable for all entities involved in the large project. A large project facility location agreement must include provisions to address the notice and response requirements in Section 58-36-60(A), (B), (C), and (E) and Section 58-36-70(B), (D), (E), and (F); these provisions must meet or exceed the standards in these subsections to protect underground facilities. (F) All large project facility location agreements must be submitted to the notification center by the project initiator or its designee. The notification center shall be responsible for maintaining records of these agreements and must provide copies of these agreements, upon request, to any of the excavators, locators, facility operators, or any of their respective agents of subcontractors identified on the notification sheet. (G) All excavators, locators, and facility operators that comply with the provision of a large project facility location agreement are relieved of the notice, pre-marking, marking, and response requirements in Section 58-36-60(A), (B), (C), and (E) and Section 58-36-70(B), (D), (E), and (F). (H) In the event any excavator, locator, or facility operator is unable or unwilling to attend the planning meeting or meetings conducted pursuant to this section, that excavator, locator, or operator must comply with the notice and location requirements agreed to in the large project facility location agreement that is a result of the meeting or meetings required under this section. (I) The notification center must make available to any such excavator, locator, or operator a copy of the large project facility location agreement. Nothing in this section will prevent such excavator, locator, or operator from requesting adjustments to the agreement and nothing will prevent the parties to such agreement from agreeing to the requested adjustments. Any such modifications to the large project facility location agreement must be submitted by the project initiator to the notification center and maintained by it as part of its responsibilities pursuant to Section 58-36-50(L)(2) and (3).