19.122.050 - Damage to underground facility -- Notification by excavator -- Repairs or relocation of facility. - Washington Statutes

Damage to underground facility — Notification by excavator — Repairs or relocation of facility.

(1) An excavator who, in the course of excavation, contacts or damages an underground facility shall notify the utility owning or operating such facility and the one-number locator service. If the damage causes an emergency condition, the excavator causing the damage shall also alert the appropriate local public safety agencies and take all appropriate steps to ensure the public safety. No damaged underground facility may be buried until it is repaired or relocated.

     (2) The owner of the underground facilities damaged shall arrange for repairs or relocation as soon as is practical or may permit the excavator to do necessary repairs or relocation at a mutually acceptable price.

[1984 c 144 § 5.]