                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTIES OF NOTIFICATION CENTER UPON NOTIFICATION BY PERSON INTENDING TO EXCAVATE;
RECORD OF NOTIFICATION MADE BY TELEPHONE REQUIRED (§ 56-265.22)

A. The notification center shall, upon receiving notice by a person, notify all
member operators whose utility lines are present in the area of the proposed
project, excavation, or demolition. The notification center shall also indicate
the names of those operators being notified to the person providing notice.

B. If the notification required by this chapter is made by telephone, a record
of such notification shall be maintained by the operators or notification center
notified to document compliance with the requirements of this chapter, and such
records shall be maintained in compliance with the applicable statute of
limitations.

C. The notification center shall notify excavators, within the time frame
allowed by the law to mark underground utility lines, of any responses placed on
the positive response system by a locator. Such notification shall occur by
mutually acceptable means of automatically transmitting and receiving this
information.
			If the excavator cannot provide the notification center with mutually
acceptable means of automatically transmitting and receiving this information,
it shall be the excavator&#8217;s responsibility to contact the positive
response system after the period allowed by law to mark underground facilities
and prior to commencing excavation in order to determine if any responses to the
notice have been recorded.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 291; 1994, c. 890; 2002, c. 841; 2023, cc. 299, 300.