Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 408 - Highways, Roads and Transportation Facilities
INSTALLATION AND RELOCATION OF FACILITIES AND ENCROACHMENTS
Underground Installations
Section 408.461 - Inspection and repairs of underground facilities

1. The owner of an underground facility may, pursuant to a plan for traffic control approved by the district engineer:

2. If a manhole lies within the improved surface of the highway, the utility shall provide adequate protection of traffic in accordance with its occupancy permit or, as otherwise required by the district engineer, for the installation and use of the manhole. An excavation must not be made in improved surfaces, landscaped areas or less than 6 feet (1.8 meters) from the edge of the pavement without the prior approval of the district engineer.

3. The utility may make an emergency repair by excavating through an improved surface if a break in a line, conduit or cable under the pavement causes a hazard to traffic or a serious interruption of essential service. The utility shall notify the district engineer of the emergency within 24 hours after beginning the excavation. Backfilling and the replacement of the pavement must be performed pursuant to the requirements set forth in the occupancy permit. Any landscaped area which is disturbed must be relandscaped.

4. If trenching across the pavement of the highway is approved, the district engineer may require rotomilling and repaving with an open-graded course of pavement beyond the trenched area to re-establish and maintain the quality of the roadway. The district engineer shall determine the requirements for rotomilling and repaving of the highway.