Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) The
system shall operate a notification center, as contemplated by
RSA
374:49.
(b) The notification center required by (a)
above shall:
(1) Receive notification from
excavators about intended excavation activities;
(2) Provide to excavators who give notice of
an intent to engage in an excavation activity the names of potentially affected
operators and members owning or operating underground facilities to whom the
notification center shall transmit notice;
(3) Promptly transmit to potentially affected
operators and members the information received from excavators about intended
excavation activities;
(4) Provide
the excavator, at the time of initial contact, a registration number confirming
the notification of intended excavation activity;
(5) Create a record, which shall include the
material included in (6) below, of each notification of the intent to engage in
an excavation activity and related communication;
(6) Create, pursuant to (5) above, a record
of each proposed excavation, including the following:
a. The name of the person notifying the
notification center;
b. The name,
address, and telephone number of the excavator;
c. The specific location, including
information such as:
1. Latitude and
longitude coordinates;
2. Two cross
street locations;
3. Notable
landmarks;
4. Utility pole numbers
that are verifiable in the field; or
5. Mile markers;
d. The starting date for the proposed
excavation;
e. The most current and
accurate description of the intended excavation activity, to include
information regarding any blasting or any trenchless excavation
methods;
f. The name(s) of any
sub-contractor or other person or entity who the excavator indicates may
excavate at the intended excavation site on behalf of the excavator making the
notification;
g. The date and time
of the notification;
h. The
confirmation or registration number;
i. The identity of potentially affected
members and operators that the notification center contacts to inform of the
intended excavation activity;
j.
The date and time the notification center transmitted notice of the intended
excavation activity to each potentially affected member and operator;
k. The date and time the notification will
expire in accordance with
Puc
805.01(b); and
l. As to any material follow-up communication
relating to the proposed excavation activity directed to the communications
center:
1. The party or parties involved in
the communication;
2. The content
of the communication;
3. The date
and time of the communication; and
4. The date, time, and recipient of any
transmittal of the communication; and
(7) Maintain the record required to be kept
by (5) and (6) above for a period of a minimum of 3 years from the date of the
last communication.
(c)
The current toll-free telephone numbers of the notification center for
reporting proposed excavations and otherwise communicating with the
notification center shall be, 811 or 888-"DIG-SAFE", which is,
888-344-7233.
(d) The notification
center shall maintain an internet-based system for proposed excavations at
www.digsafe.com.
(e) Operators and members of the notification
center shall use communications equipment that is compatible with the
notification center.
(f) The
notification center shall develop and implement procedures and use
communication equipment which are adequate to acknowledge calls within 20
seconds.
(g) The notification
center shall staff its operation a minimum of 10 hours each day, 5 days each
week, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, to respond to both routine
and emergency calls.
(h) During the
hours that the notification center is not operated by staff, the notification
center shall provide at a minimum for an answering service capable of
responding to an emergency notification request 24 hours per day, 7 days per
week.
(i) The training provided by
the notification center shall direct the public to make emergency calls to
911.
(j) The notification center
shall be capable of responding to a request for emergency notification and
shall transmit the information as provided in (k)(3) below.
(k) The notification center shall transmit
information as follows:
(1) Notices of
proposed excavation activities to potentially affected members and operators by
5:00 p.m. on the date of receipt;
(2) Routine messages by 5:00 p.m. on the date
of receipt; and
(3) Messages
relating to emergency situations, as described in
Puc
805.03, to any potentially affected member, operator,
or excavator, as applicable, as soon as possible, but not later than 10 minutes
following receipt.
#2050, eff 6-13-82; ss by #2912, eff 11-26-84, EXPIRED:
11-26-90
New. #5616, eff 4-20-93, EXPIRED:
4-20-99
New. #7259, INTERIM, eff 5-2-00,
EXPIRES: 8-30-00; ss by #7350, eff 8-23-00; ss by #9226, INTERIM, eff 8-16-08;
ss by #9318, eff 11-8-08
