2005 Vermont Code - § 7006b. — Excavation area precautions

§ 7006b. Excavation area precautions

Any person engaged in excavating activities in the approximate location of underground utility facilities marked pursuant to section 7006 of this title shall take reasonable precautions to avoid damage to underground utility facilities, including but not limited to any substantial weakening of the structural or lateral support of such facilities or penetration, severance or destruction of such facilities. When excavation activities involve horizontal or directional boring, the person engaged in excavation activities shall expose underground facilities to verify their location and depth, in a safe manner, at each location where the work crosses a facility and at reasonable intervals when paralleling an underground facility. (Added 1993, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 2001, No. 51, § 3.)