§ 696. Excavating near underground facilities
When excavating within the Tolerance Zone, the excavator shall do all of the following: (1) Plan the excavation to avoid damage to. or minimize interference with the underground facilities in and near the construction area; (2) Determine the exact location of any marked Underground Facility using non-invasive methods of excavation. Methods to consider include hand […]
§ 697. Project engineer’s responsibility; design requests
(a) Any person may submit a Design Locate Request to the Notification Center. The Design Locate Request must: (1) Describe the tract or parcel of land for which the Design Locale Request has been submitted, with sufficient particularity, as defined by policies developed and promulgated by the Notification Center, to enable the facility Operator to […]
§ 693. Elements of the Notification
The Notification Center shall: (1) Operate in all areas of the territory containing underground facilities: (2) Receive and distribute advance notifications of excavations or demolitions to all member Underground Facility Operators for the purpose of marking underground facilities, except as provided by this chapter: (3) Develop and implement a public awareness/damage prevention program to educate […]
§ 691. Short title
This chapter may be cited as “The Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act.”
§ 691a. Legislative intent
The Legislature declares it to be the policy of the Government of the Virgin Islands and the purpose of this chapter to aid the public by preventing injury to persons and property and preventing the interruption of services resulting from damage to an Underground Facility caused by excavation or demolition operations and to provide minimum […]
§ 691b. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “Tolerance Zone” means a strip of land not less than 18 inches on either side measured on a horizontal plane and from the outer edge of the exterior surface of the underground facility. (b) “Business Days” means any day other than business days, […]
§ 692. Notification Center Structure
(a) There is established within the Department of Public Works a single, comprehensive territorial one-call Notification Center to provide notice of all excavations or demolitions near Underground Facilities. (b) All Operators, as defined in this chapter, shall participate in and share in the costs of the territorial Notification Center established under this section of this […]