Sec. 16-351. Information and assistance re location of underground facilities.
Sec. 16-351. Information and assistance re location of underground facilities.
A public utility receiving notice pursuant to section 16-349 shall inform the person,
public agency or public utility proposing to excavate, discharge explosives or demolish
a structure of the approximate location of its underground facilities in the area in such
manner as will enable such person, public agency or public utility to establish the precise
location of the underground facilities, and shall provide such other assistance in establishing the precise location of the underground facilities as the department may require
by regulation pursuant to section 16-357. Such person, public agency or public utility
shall designate the area of the proposed excavation, demolition or discharge of explosives as the department may prescribe by regulation. The public utility receiving notice
shall mark the approximate location of its underground facilities in such manner and
using such methods, including color coding, as the department may prescribe by regulation. If the precise location of the underground facilities cannot be established, the person, public agency or public utility shall so notify the public utility whose facilities may
be affected, which shall provide such further assistance as may be needed to determine
the precise location of the underground facilities in advance of the proposed excavation,
discharge of explosives or demolition.
(P.A. 77-350, S. 7; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 167, 348; P.A. 87-71, S. 5; 87-589, S. 61, 87.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control
within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 87-71 made technical changes and revised
provisions concerning the marking of the location of underground utility facilities; P.A. 87-589 added "as the department
may prescribe by regulation".