§ 56-265.22 — Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required

Virginia § 56-265.22

• Jurisdiction: Virginia
• Title 56: Public Service Companies
• Ch. 10.3: Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act

Text

A. The notification center shall, upon receiving notice by a person, notify all member operators whose utility lines are present in the area of the proposed project, excavation, or demolition. The notification center shall also indicate the names of those operators being notified to the person providing notice.

B. If the notification required by this chapter is made by telephone, a record of such notification shall be maintained by the operators or notification center notified to document compliance with the requirements of this chapter, and such records shall be maintained in compliance with the applicable statute of limitations.

C. The notification center shall notify excavators, within the time frame allowed by the law to mark underground utility lines, of any responses placed on the positive response system by a locator. Such notification shall occur by mutually acceptable means of automatically transmitting and receiving this information.

If the excavator cannot provide the notification center with mutually acceptable means of automatically transmitting and receiving this information, it shall be the excavator's responsibility to contact the positive response system after the period allowed by law to mark underground facilities and prior to commencing excavation in order to determine if any responses to the notice have been recorded.

Legislative History

1979, c. 291; 1994, c. 890; 2002, c. 841; 2023, cc. 299, 300.