Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE
Division - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Chapter 83 - HAWAII ONE CALL CENTER SUBSURFACE INSTALLATION DAMAGE PREVENTION PROGRAM
Subchapter 4 - DUTIES OF EXCAVATORS
Section 6-83-62 - Marking of proposed excavation site

(a) Every excavator, prior to complying with the notification requirements of section 269E-7 shall, pursuant to section 269E-8, HRS, mark the area of a proposed excavation, identifying the perimeter of the proposed excavation site.

(b) If an excavator determines that excavator marks using white spray chalk might be misleading, reasonably subject to misinterpretation, or duplicative, the excavator shall inform the one call center that pre-marking of the excavation area is identified using flags, stakes, stake chasers, or a combination of any of these, marked with the excavator's name, company abbreviations, or initials, to the extent that it will enable facility operators to determine the area of proposed excavation.

(c) An excavator shall mark, at the very least, only the excavation work that it reasonably expects to accomplish up to the expiration date of the ticket.

(d) Once a facility operator has marked the location of its subsurface facility in the area of a proposed excavation, it shall be the responsibility of the excavator, and any subcontractor, employee or agent of the excavator performing work on behalf of the excavator, to take reasonable care to maintain the operator's marks pursuant to section 269E-11, HRS.

(e) If an excavator has failed to pre-mark the area of excavation, the operator need not mark its facilities in that area.