Section 37-15-8 Precaution to avoid damage. - Alabama Statutes

Section 37-15-8

Precaution to avoid damage.

In addition to the notification requirements of Section 37-15-4, each person responsible for an excavation or demolition operation designated in Section 37-15-3 shall:

(a) Conduct excavation or demolition activities so as to avoid damage to or minimize interference with existing underground facilities in and near the excavation or demolition area;

(b) Employ detection equipment or non-invasive methods to determine the precise location of an operator's underground facilities when excavation is to be done within the area marked as the approximate location of the operator's underground facilities and maintain a clearance between any underground facility and the cutting edge or point of any mechanized equipment, taking into account the known limit of control of such cutting edge or point, as may be reasonably necessary to avoid damage to such facility; and

(c) Provide such support for underground facilities in and near the excavation or demolition area, including during any backfilling operations, as may be reasonably necessary for the protection of such facilities.

(Acts 1994, No. 94-487, p. 911, §8.)