Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 807 – Approved notification center
(a) The approved notification center shall be Utilities Service Protection of Delmarva, Inc.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 807
- Approved notification center: shall mean an organization identified by § 807 of this title and which complies with the requirements of § 807 of this title and is otherwise operated in accordance with the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations codified at 49 C. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 802
- DNREC Regulated Site: shall mean any parcel of land or portion thereof for which a final permit, remediation plan, institutional or administrative control, use restriction or similar limitation is imposed under the authority granted to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control under Title 7 and for which due process opportunities have been provided. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 802
- excavation: shall mean any operation in which earth, rock or other material in the ground is moved, removed or otherwise displaced or disturbed by means of any tools, equipment or explosives and includes, without limitation, grading, trenching, digging, dredging, ditching, drilling, augering, tunnelling, boring, backfilling, post pounding, driving objects into the ground, installation of form pins, hammering, scraping, cable or pipe plowing or driving, but does not include the surface cultivation of the soil for agricultural purposes, such as tilling, or patch-type paving where the same, including cutback, does not exceed 12 inches in depth measured from the surface of the pavement being patched. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 802
- Person: shall mean any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, other political subdivision, state or federal governmental unit, department or agency, state cooperative association, joint stock association and shall include any assignee, trustee, receiver or personal representative thereof. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 802
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The approved notification center shall:
(1) Receive and record information prescribed by § 803 of this title regarding the location of operators’ utility lines within the State;
(2) Receive and record information prescribed by §§ 805 and 806 of this title regarding notice by excavators or designers of intended excavation or demolition activity;
(3) Promptly transmit to the operators identified in accordance with § 803 of this title, the information received as prescribed by paragraph (b)(2) of this section;
(4) Maintain records of each notice received in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of this section for a period of not less than 6 years;
(5) Assign an identifying number to the notice prescribed in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;
(6) Notify those persons giving notice as prescribed by § 806 of this title, of the names of participating operators to whom the notice will be transmitted as prescribed by paragraph (b)(3) of this section and approved notification center’s identifying number assigned (pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) of this section) to the notice prescribed in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;
(7) Provide a toll-free telephone number for use by any person providing notice as prescribed by §§ 803, 805 and 806 of this title;
(8) Identify persons who normally engage in excavation activities in this State;
(9) Notify the persons identified in paragraphs (b)(7) and (8) of this section and the general public as often as necessary to make them aware of:
a. The existence of the approved notification center;
b. The purpose and general requirements of this chapter;
c. How to learn the location of utility lines before excavation or demolition activities are begun; and
d. The toll-free telephone number provided as required by paragraph (b)(7) of this section.
(10) Promptly transmit to the appropriate contact of DNREC the information contained in the notice by excavators or designers of intended excavation or demolition activity as to any DNREC Regulated Site.
62 Del. Laws, c. 148, § ?2; 69 Del. Laws, c. 455, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 323, § ?3; 81 Del. Laws, c. 405, § 2;