Current through November, 2024
Section 6-83-46 - Response of facility operator upon receipt of notification; positive response(a) Upon receipt of a notification of proposed excavation from the center, a facility operator shall respond within five working days, as defined by chapter 269E, HRS, and these rules, of that notification, or before the start of the excavation work, whichever is later, or at a later time mutually agreeable to the facility operator and the excavator, by: (1) Advising the excavator that the facility operator does not operate any subsurface installations that may be affected by the excavation;(2) Advising the excavator of the approximate location of the facility operator's subsurface installations that may be affected by the excavation to the extent and degree of accuracy that the information is available in the records of the facility operator;(3) Make available to the excavator, for inspection and copying at the excavator's expense, information in that specific facility operator's or agency's records on the approximate location of that specific facility operator's or agency's subsurface installations that may be affected by the excavation to the extent and degree of accuracy that the information is available in that specific facility operator's or agency's records; or(4) Locating and field marking in conformance with the APWA color code the approximate location and the number of subsurface installations that may be affected by the excavation to the extent and degree of accuracy that the information is available as determined through the use of standard locating techniques or based on the records of the facility operator.(b) The facility operator shall promptly notify the center by facsimile, e-mail, telephone, or the one call center computerized positive response system available on the worldwide web, of the action the facility operator has taken.(c) All facility locate requests will result in a positive response from the facility operator to the one call center. A positive response may include one or more of the following: markings or documentation left at the job site, callback, fax, or automated response system, to notify the one call center.[Eff JAN 23 2012] (Auth: HRS § 269E-3) (Imp: HRS § 269E-3)