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§ 7004. Notice of excavation activities
(a) No person or company shall engage in excavation activities, except in an emergency situation as defined by the board, without premarking the proposed area of excavation activities and giving notice as required by this section.
(b) At least 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, but not more than 30 days before commencing excavation activities, each person required to give notice of excavation activities shall notify the system referred to in section 7002 of this title. Such notice shall set forth a reasonably accurate and readily identifiable description of the geographical location of the proposed excavation activities.
(c) Notice to the system may be in writing or by telephone. For purposes of this section, the system shall provide a toll-free telephone number.
(d) Prior to notifying the system, the person must premark the area of proposed excavation activities in a manner that will enable operators of underground facilities to identify the boundaries of the proposed excavation activities. Premarking is not required:
(1) if the actual excavation will be continuous and will exceed 500 feet in length; or
Subdivision (d)(2) repealed effective January 1, 2010.(2) if the boundaries of the proposed excavation activities can be clearly described in such a way that the operators of underground facilities can precisely identify those boundaries from the notice required by this section.
(e) Notice of excavation activities shall be valid for an excavation site until one of the following occurs:
(1) The excavation is not completed within 30 days of the notification;
(2) The markings become faded, illegible, or destroyed; or
(3) The company installs new underground facilities in a marked area still under excavation. (Added 1987, No. 86, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; amended 1993, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2001, No. 51, § 2; 2007, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
