Section 3781.27 | Developer or Designer Notifying Protection Service of Intended Excavation.
Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly (A) In order to ascertain the name of each utility with underground utility facilities located at the proposed excavation site and the types and tolerance zones of those facilities based on current records of the utility, any developer who is planning a […]
Section 3781.271 | Modification of One-Call Notification System.
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly Beginning on July 1, 2013, each protection service shall reasonably modify its one-call notification system so as to permit the reasonable identification of the location of a proposed excavation site in a manner in which the protection service may then notify any […]
Section 3781.28 | Excavator Notifying Protection Service or Pipeline Owner.
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C), (D), (E), and (F) of this section, at least forty-eight hours but not more than ten working days before commencing excavation, the excavator shall notify a protection service of the location of the excavation […]
Section 3781.29 | Marking Location of Facilities or Give Notice of No Facilities at Site.
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, within forty-eight hours of receiving notice under section 3781.28 of the Revised Code, each utility shall review the status of its facilities within the excavation site, locate and mark its underground […]
Section 3781.30 | Duties of Excavator.
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly (A) When making excavations using traditional or trenchless technologies, the excavator shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain reasonable clearance between any underground facility and the cutting edge or point of powered equipment; (2) Protect and preserve the markings of tolerance […]
Section 3781.31 | Notifying of Commencement of Excavation or of Removal of Markings.
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly (A) When a utility marks its underground utility facilities in accordance with section 3781.29 of the Revised Code, the utility may request that the excavator provide prior notice to the utility of the actual commencement of the excavation. An excavator that receives […]
Section 3781.32 | Connections or Tie-Ins Within Right-of-Way.
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly (A) Any connections or tie-ins to existing utility services within a public right-of-way shall comply with permit requirements of the public authority that has jurisdiction over that right-of-way. (B) A developer or the designer employed by the developer shall not require, as […]
Section 3781.25 | One-Call Utility Protection Service Definitions.
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 378 – 130th General Assembly As used in sections 3781.25 to 3781.38 of the Revised Code: (A) “Protection service” means a notification center, but not an owner of an individual utility, that exists for the purpose of receiving notice from persons that prepare plans and specifications for […]
Section 3781.26 | Protection Service for Underground Utility Facilities.
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly (A) Each utility that owns or operates underground utility facilities shall participate in and register the location of its underground utility facilities with a protection service that serves the area where the facilities are located. A utility may elect to participate in […]
Section 3781.13 | Petition for Hearing on Action of Board.
Effective: May 27, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 175 – 125th General Assembly Any person interested, either because of ownership or occupation of any property affected by any rule described in section 3781.12 of the Revised Code, or as the producer, manufacturer, seller, or distributor, of any building material, industrialized unit, plumbing, heating, or ventilating […]