Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 174 - Pipeline Saftey Office
Chapter 7560 - EXCAVATION NOTICE SYSTEM
Part 7560.0125 - ABANDONED AND OUT-OF-SERVICE FACILITIES

Subpart 1. Duty of operators to provide readily available information.

Operators shall provide readily available information, as shown on maps, drawings, diagrams, or other records used in the normal course of business, on the approximate location of abandoned and out-of-service facilities to an excavator by the excavation date and time noted on the excavation or location notice unless otherwise agreed between the excavator and the operator. An operator fulfills an obligation to provide information on these facilities by doing one or more of the following:

Subp. 2. Duty to notify operator.

An excavator shall notify the operator:

Subp. 3. Verification of abandoned or out-of-service facility.

Upon receipt of notification by an excavator pursuant to subpart 2, an operator shall verify that an underground facility is abandoned or out of service, by either reference to installation records, testing, or other comparable standard of verification, before an excavator is allowed to move, remove, or otherwise alter an underground facility.

Subp. 4. Liability.

An operator providing information pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 216D.04, subdivision 3, is not responsible to any person for any costs, claims, or damages for information provided in good faith regarding abandoned and out-of-service underground facilities.