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Underground Safety Board finds City of Los Angeles violated locate-response rules; orders training and fines
Summary
The California Underground Safety Board found the City of Los Angeles departments violated requirements to respond to 811 locate requests and to submit electronic positive responses, and imposed education requirements plus financial penalties totaling $22,000 across two decisions.
The California Underground Safety Board on April 13 found that two City of Los Angeles departments failed to comply with statutory requirements to respond to 811 locate requests and submit electronic positive responses (EPRs) before the legal excavation start dates.
Staff investigator Miss Bonner told the board that data alerts created tickets for two contractors and that the City of Los Angeles Street Lighting Bureau and the Department of Transportation admitted they did not mark or provide required EPRs by the legal start times, citing resource constraints.
The board voted that the respondent violated Government Code provisions…
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