Minnesota Administrative Rules

7560.0225 EXCAVATOR RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING A LOCATE.

Subpart 1.

[Repealed, 29 SR 1503]

Subp. 2.

Responsibility to protect and preserve.

The excavator is responsible for reasonably protecting and preserving a locate until no longer required for proper and safe excavation near the underground facility. If the excavator has reason to believe a locate is obliterated, obscured, missing, or incorrect, the excavator shall notify the facility operator or notification center in order to have an operator verify, refresh, or re-mark the locate.

Subp. 3.

Use of locate.

A locate is valid for 14 days from the excavation commencement time stated on the excavation or location notice, unless the excavator has made previous arrangements with the operators affected to periodically verify, refresh, or re-mark the locate.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.06; 216D.08; 299J.04; 299F.60

History:

24 SR 448; 29 SR 1503

Published Electronically:

July 20, 2005