Indiana Code 8-1-26-18.5. Installation of new or replacement facilities after June 30, 2020; detection from above ground level
(b) Subject to any other applicable federal or state laws or regulations, for any new or replacement underground facility that an operator installs or causes to be installed, the operator shall ensure that:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-26-18.5
- commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
- facility: means a line or system used for producing, storing, conveying, transmitting, or distributing communication, information, electricity, gas, petroleum, petroleum products, hazardous liquids, carbon dioxide fluids, water, steam, or sewerage. See Indiana Code 8-1-26-7
- operator: means a person who owns or operates an underground facility, other than an underground facility that:
Indiana Code 8-1-26-10
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) if the materials from which the facility is constructed are not capable of being detected from above ground level using standard locating techniques, as described in subdivision (1), the facility is:
(A) encased by conductive material; or
(B) equipped with an electrically conducting wire or other means of locating the facility while it is underground.
(c) The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section, including emergency rules in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1. Notwithstanding IC 4-22-2-37.1(g), an emergency rule adopted by the commission under this subsection and in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1 expires on the date on which a rule that supersedes the emergency rule is adopted by the commission under IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36.
As added by P.L.46-2020, SEC.1.