Specific examples included but are not limited to the following:
Definition
of an Emergency Locate Request
An emergency locate request is a
locate request for any condition constituting an imminent danger to
life, health, or property, or a utility service outage, and which
requires immediate repair or action.
The reinstallation of traffic control devices.An excavation required to repair a utility service outage.An immediate excavation required in order to prevent significant property or environmental danger.The repair of an existing unstable condition that may result in any of the conditions (such as a leak in any service or a main fault in a primary or secondary wire or cable.)
Emergency Response by Member
Utility Companies
An emergency locate request call is processed immediately through the JULIE
system. There is a wait time of 2
hours or the date and time requested on the notice,
whichever is longer, after an emergency locate
notification request is made through the State‑Wide
One‑Call Notice System. If the conditions at the site
dictate an earlier start than the required wait time, it
is the responsibility of the excavator to demonstrate
that site conditions warranted this earlier start time.
Upon notice
by the person engaged in emergency excavation or
demolition, the owner or operator of an underground
utility facility or CATS facility in or near the
excavation or demolition area shall communicate with the
person engaged in emergency excavation or demolition
within 2 hours or by the date and time requested on the
notice, whichever is longer.
The notice by
the owner or operator to the person engaged in emergency
excavation or demolition may be provided by phone or
phone message or by marking the excavation or demolition
area. The owner or operator has discharged the owner's
or operator's obligation to provide notice if the owner or operator attempts to provide
notice by telephone but is unable to do so because the
person engaged in the emergency excavation or demolition
does not answer his or her telephone or does not have an
answering machine or answering service to receive the
telephone call. If the owner or operator attempts to
provide notice by telephone or by facsimile but receives
a busy signal, that attempt shall not discharge the
owner or operator from the obligation to provide notice.