TITLE 39
Public Utilities and Carriers
CHAPTER 39-1.2
Excavation Near Underground Utility Facilities
SECTION 39-1.2-7
§ 39-1.2-7 Marking of underground
utilities and excavations.
(a) A public utility served with the notice in accordance with § 39-1.2-5
shall, within seventy-two (72) hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays, of the receipt of the notice, unless otherwise agreed between
the person or public agency performing the work and the public utility, mark
the approximate location of the underground utility facilities.
(b) Prior to notifying the association, any excavator must
premark the area of proposed excavation in a manner that will enable the owner
of the public utility facilities to identify the boundaries of the proposed
excavation activities, except that premarking shall not be required if the
proposed excavation will be continuous and exceed five hundred feet (500') in
length, or if such marks may reasonably interfere with traffic or pedestrian
control or are misleading to the general public.
(c) A public utility shall mark any of their underground
utility facilities that are located within fifteen feet (15') of the exterior
limits of the premarked excavation area.
(d) For the purposes of this chapter, the approximate
location of underground utility facilities shall be marked with stakes, paint,
or other physical means as may be necessary to ensure a distinctive mark. The
public utility shall follow the color coding prescribed in this section.
UTILITY AND TYPE OF PRODUCT SPECIFIC GROUP
IDENTIFYING COLOR
Electric power distribu- Safety Red
tion and transmission
State and municipal elec- Safety Red
tric systems
Gas distribution and High Visibility Safety
transmission Yellow
Dangerous materials, High Visibility Safety
product line Yellow
Telephone and telegraph Safety Alert Orange
systems
Water systems Safety Precaution Blue
Cable antenna Safety Alert Orange
television
Premark White
(e) In the event the excavator shall damage the underground
public utility facilities as the result of an incorrect marking by the public
utility, the excavator shall not be responsible for the resulting damage.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1984, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 327, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch.
326, § 104; P.L. 2009, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 103, §
1.)
