Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 18 - UNDERGROUND PIPELINE DAMAGE PREVENTION
Section 18.9 - Options for Managing an Excavation Site in the Vicinity of an Underground Pipeline
Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code ยง 18.9
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) After complying with the notice requirements of § RSA 18.3 of this title, relating to Excavator Notice to Notification Center, an excavator and an operator may jointly establish the protocols applicable to an excavation site in the vicinity of underground pipelines based on the particular characteristics of each job. The protocols applicable to an excavation site may:
(1) designate the contact person or persons
for each entity working at an excavation site;
(2) establish the required mode or modes of
communication among all entities working at an excavation site, e.g., telephone
or other electronic means or face-to-face meetings at prescribed times or
intervals;
(3) provide the method
for coordinating work activities among all entities working at an excavation
site;
(4) provide for the ownership
and/or possession of the locate ticket or tickets;
(5) declare which entity or entities must
have the locate ticket or locate ticket number before beginning work;
(6) state the life of a locate ticket and the
circumstances that require refreshing the locate ticket;
(7) state the schedule of work on the
excavation and, if applicable, the chronological order in which applicable
locate tickets are to be located;
(8) designate the extent of the tolerance
zone, provided that it shall not be less than half the nominal diameter of the
underground pipeline plus a minimum of 18 inches on either side of the outside
edge of the underground pipeline on a horizontal plane and the type of
excavation permitted within the tolerance zone; and
(9) provide for any other agreement with
respect to excavation activities and/or marking requirements that will or will
tend to ensure the proper and safe excavation in the vicinity of an underground
pipeline.
(b) If an excavator and an operator jointly establish protocols pursuant to this section, both the excavator and the operator shall make and retain a record of the agreement.
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