59.1-411 - Notification.
§ 59.1-411. Notification.
A. Every notice served by any person on an owner or operator of an overheadhigh voltage line pursuant to § 59.1-410 shall contain the followinginformation:
1. The name of the individual serving such notice;
2. The location or address of the tract or parcel of land upon which the workis to take place with sufficient particularity to enable the owner oroperator of the overhead high voltage lines to ascertain the precise tract orparcel of land involved;
3. The name, address and work day telephone number of the person responsiblefor the work;
4. The field telephone number at the site of such work, if one is available;
5. The type and extent of the proposed work;
6. The name of the person for whom the proposed work is being performed;
7. The time and date of the notice; and
8. The dates upon which the work is scheduled to commence and be completed.
B. If the notification required by this chapter is made by telephone, arecord of such notification shall be maintained by the owner or operatornotified and the person giving the notice to document compliance with therequirements of this chapter.
C. To facilitate notification required by this chapter, every operator ofoverhead high voltage lines shall publish a phone number or numbers that,when called, will serve to provide initial notification of the need toarrange for the temporary safety arrangements pursuant to this chapter.
D. If, after the arrangements required by § 59.1-410 are made, a delay incommencing the work is encountered, then the person responsible for the workshall be required to give a new notice as specified in this section.
E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the owner or leaseholderof real estate devoted to agricultural or silvicultural activities beneath ahigh voltage line, unless otherwise required by state or federal law.
(1989, c. 341; 1995, c. 298; 1996, c. 267; 2003, c. 364.)