The center shall not prohibit an excavator from beginning excavation work:

(1) After receiving notice that all affected operators have fulfilled the requirements of § 269E-9; or

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-10

  • Center: means the one call center. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Excavation: means any operation in which earth, rock, or other material in the ground is moved, removed, or otherwise displaced by means of tools, equipment, or explosives, including but not limited to the following: grading, trenching, digging, ditching, boring, drilling, auguring, tunneling, scraping cable or pipe plowing and driving, demolition, and dredging. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
  • Excavator: means any person, including an operator, who performs any excavation, other than an operator whose employees are performing maintenance work on the operator's subsurface installation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 269E-2
(2) Five working days after the excavator provides notice of the excavation to the center pursuant to section 269E-7(a); provided that this subsection shall not be construed as affording the excavator any immunity or protection from claims for damages or injuries relating to the excavation.

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