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Short Notice
An excavator can request that the utilities be marked earlier; however, by law, the utilities do not have to respond any sooner than the standard 3 working days
• Submit By: At least 3 and no more than 10 working days in advance notice
• Locate/Respond By: 3 working days
Impending Emergency
When excavation involves circumstances that are potentially dangerous to life, health, property, or the loss of customer services, which would likely develop into an emergency if excavation were not initiated sooner than permitted under the standard notification requirements, you may submit a request immediately.
• Submit By: Requests submitted:
o Between 8:00 pm and 11:59 am:
No sooner than 12 hours
o Between 12:00 pm and 7:59 pm:
No sooner than 8:00 am the
following calendar day
• Locate/Respond By: No earlier than 12 hours or 8:00 am the next calendar day. Check the ‘Locate By’ field on the ticket for the exact deadline.
Note: Any misrepresentation of an impending emergency excavation is a violation of the law.
Emergency
When excavation involves excavation involving imminent/immediate danger to life, health, or property or a customer service outage, you may submit a request immediately
• Submit By: Immediately.
• Locate/Respond By: The law does
not specify that utilities must be located any sooner than the standard 3 working days at this time; however, many utilities have internal policies to locate emergency requests within a few hours.
Note: Any misrepresentation of an emergency excavation is a violation of the law.
No Response
If the excavator has waited the required time and there are utilities that have
not located their lines, they should check the MS811 Positive Response Information System (PRIS) to see if the utility in question has submitted a response. If the utility has responded “Clear” the utility is indicating that they do not have utilities within the excavation area. If the utility has not submitted a response, you should immediately contact MS811. The members notified are required to contact the excavator within 2 hours.
• Submit By: Immediately, if the excavator has waited the required time.
• Locate/Respond By: 2 hours
Unmarked
If the utilities notified have responded; however, some markings are incomplete, you should contact MS811 immediately.
• Submit By: Immediately, if the excavator has waited the required time.
• Locate/Respond By: 2 hours
Design
A “Design” request can be made by a person providing professional services and making a request in preparation for bidding, preconstruction engineering, or other advance planning efforts that do not involve excavation. A design information services request may not be used for excavation purposes.
• Submit By: At least 7 working days
• Locate/Respond By: Respond by 1 of the following methods within 7 working days
o Mark the approximate location of its underground utility lines;
o Provide the best available description of its underground utility lines which may include drawings or other records to the person making the request; or
o Allow the person making the request or any other authorized person to inspect or copy the drawings or other records for all underground utility lines in the area.
Cancel Req
The excavator can cancel a locate request upon confirming that the excavation work will no longer be taking place
• Submit By: Immediately
• Locate/Respond By: No locate or
response required.
Positive Response Information System (PRIS)
The Positive Response Information System (PRIS) is an automated tool managed by MS811 that allows utility owners/operators to report the status
of locate requests. Excavators can
check PRIS to verify whether utilities have been marked before visiting the site. Utility owners are required to
use PRIS to report the status of the locate request—whether the marking is completed or if no underground utilities are present in the excavation area.
This reporting must be done within the timeframe specified by the Locate Request Ticket Type.
Utility Response Actions:
The following is a list of responses that the utility operators can select from when submitting a response to PRIS.
Clear - No conflict
• The utility does not have underground lines in the excavation area.
• If no marks are visible on-site, excavators should check the status of their locate request in PRIS before contacting MS811 just in case the utility has submitted a “Clear” response.
• To prevent delays in work or possible utility damage, utility owners should confirm that they do not have underground lines in the excavation area before submitting a “Clear” response.
Located - Facilities marked
• The utility has marked its facilities within the proposed excavation area.
Located To Meter Only - Private property beyond meter not located
• The utility has marked their line up to the meter.
• Most utility companies only mark up to the meter or the property line.
• The landowner is responsible for locating utilities beyond that point.
On-Site Meeting Request - Utility representative is requesting to be on site during excavation
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