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§ 60114. One-call notification systems
(a)
Minimum Requirements.—
The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations providing minimum requirements for establishing and operating a one-call notification system for a State to adopt that will notify an operator of a pipeline facility of activity in the vicinity of the facility that could threaten the safety of the facility. The regulations shall include the following:
(1)
a requirement that the system apply to all areas of the State containing underground pipeline facilities.
(2)
a requirement that a person, including a government employee or contractor, intending to engage in an activity the Secretary decides could cause physical damage to an underground facility must contact the appropriate system to establish if there are underground facilities present in the area of the intended activity.
(3)
a requirement that all operators of underground pipeline facilities participate in an appropriate one-call notification system.
(4)
qualifications for an operator of a facility, a private contractor, or a State or local authority to operate a system.
(6)
a requirement about the information to be provided by a person contacting the system under clause (2) of this subsection.
(b)
Marking Facilities.—
On notification by an operator of a damage prevention program or by a person planning to carry out demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction in the vicinity of a pipeline facility, the operator of the facility shall mark accurately, in a reasonable and timely way, the location of the pipeline facilities in the vicinity of the demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction.
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