Section 37-15-6Response to notice of intent to excavate or demolish.
(a)(1) Each operator served with notice in accordance with Section 37-15-4, with underground facilities in the area, shall locate or otherwise provide the approximate location of the operator's underground facilities by marking in a manner as prescribed herein prior to the proposed start of excavation, demolition or blasting. If any underground facilities become damaged due to an operator furnishing inaccurate information as to the approximate location of the facilities, through no fault of the operator, then the civil liabilities imposed by this chapter do not apply.
(2) In lieu of such marking, the operator may request to be present at the site upon commencement of the excavation, demolition or blasting.
(3) When an excavator encounters an unmarked underground facility on an excavation site where notice of intent to excavate has been made in accordance with the provisions of Section 37-15-4, and attempts a follow-up or second notice relative to revising the original notice to the "One-Call Notification System" or the operator, all operators thus notified must attempt to contact the excavator within four hours and provide a positive response relative to any of their known underground facilities, active or abandoned, at the site of the excavation.
(b) When marking the approximate location of underground facilities, the operator shall follow the color code designation described herein, unless otherwise provided for by specific administrative rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, namely:
| UTILITY OR TYPE OF FACILITY | GROUP IDENTIFYING COLOR |
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| Electric Power Distribution and Transmission | Safety Red | | Municipal Electric | Safety Red | | Gas Distribution and Transmission | High Visibility Safety Yellow | | Oil Distribution and Transmission | High Visibility Safety Yellow | | Hazardous Materials, Product Lines and Steam Lines | High Visibility Safety Yellow | | Telephone and Telegraph | Safety Alert Orange | | Police and Fire Communications | Safety Alert Orange | | Cable Television | Safety Alert Orange | | Water and Irrigation | Safety Precaution Blue | | Slurry Lines | Safety Precaution Blue | | Sewer and Drain Lines | Safety Green |
(c) Marks or markings shall indicate the name, initials or logo of the owner and operator of the underground facility and the width of the underground facility if it is greater than two inches.
(d) The group identifying colors designated in subsection (b) of Section 37-15-6 shall not be used by any operator or person to mark the boundary or location of any excavation or demolition area. If the excavator elects to mark the proposed excavation or demolition site, the boundary or location shall be identified using white as the identifying color or with natural color wood stakes. White flags or white stakes may have a thin stripe, one inch or less of the above group identifying color, to indicate the excavator's proposed type of facility, if applicable.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-487, p. 911, §6.)
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