2006 Utah Code - 54-8a-4 — Notice of excavation.

     54-8a-4.   Notice of excavation.
     (1) (a) Before excavating, an excavator shall notify each operator with underground facilities in the area of the proposed excavation.
     (b) The requirements of Subsection (1)(a) do not apply:
     (i) if there is an emergency;
     (ii) while gardening; or
     (iii) while tilling private ground.
     (2) The notice required by Subsection (1) shall:
     (a) be given:
     (i) by telephone;
     (ii) in person; or
     (iii) by other means acceptable to each operator;
     (b) be given not:
     (i) less than 48 hours before excavation begins; or
     (ii) more than seven days before excavation begins; and
     (c) include the proposed excavation's anticipated:
     (i) location;
     (ii) dimensions;
     (iii) type; and
     (iv) duration.
     (3) If the proposed excavation's anticipated location and dimensions cannot be described as required under Subsection (2)(c), an excavator shall mark the proposed excavation site in white.
     (4) If there is an association in the county, notice to that association constitutes notice to each operator in the county.
     (5) If an excavation on a single project lasts more than 14 days, the excavator shall give notice at least once each additional 14-day period.
     (6) If markings made by the operator have been disturbed so that the markings no longer identify the underground facilities:
     (a) before excavating the site an excavator shall notify:
     (i) the association; or
     (ii) each operator; and
     (b) the operator shall mark the area again within 48 hours of the renotification.
     (7) An excavator may begin excavation if:
     (a) (i) all underground facilities have been:
     (A) located; and
     (B) marked; or
     (ii) the operators have indicated that there are no underground facilities within the proposed excavation site;
     (b) (i) 48 hours have elapsed from the time of initial notice; and
     (ii) the excavator has not:
     (A) been notified by the operator; or
     (B) received a request for a meeting under Subsection 54-8a-5(2); or
     (c) 48 hours have elapsed from the time of renotification under Subsection (6).
     (8) Unless an operator remarks an area pursuant to Subsection (6), the excavator shall be

responsible for the costs incurred by an operator to remark its underground facilities following the second or subsequent notice given by an excavator for a proposed excavation designated by the same location request assignment.

Amended by Chapter 189, 2001 General Session