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Board reviews proposed rules on areas of notification and membership termination; stakeholders flag abandoned facilities as concern
Summary
Staff presented proposed regulatory language on operators' areas of notification and membership termination. Dig Alert, Southern California Contractors Association and other commenters said the board should avoid creating administrative burdens and stressed the need to identify when facilities remain in the ground after a membership change.
The board discussed proposed regulations governing operators’ geospatial areas of notification (shapefiles) and process for membership termination. Staff said the DigSafe Act requires operators of subsurface installations to be members of a regional notification center and that questions had arisen when entities change or terminate membership and whether buried facilities remain in the ground and who will respond to locates.
Three written comments were filed during the informal 20-day comment period. Dig…
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