# 8002 Rules to Establish an Excavation Damage Prevention Program - 4.0 Duties of Designers

**Citation:** 26 Del. Admin. C. § 8002-4.0  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Delaware Public Service Commission  
**Effective:** 2020-12-11  
**Published:** 2020-12-01

Duties of Designers. Designers shall comply with the requirements of 26 Del.C. §805.

## Document text

Designers shall comply with the requirements of 26 Del.C. §805.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title26/8002>
- Source ID: `de-admin-code`
- SHA-256: `dd7928be8f5959bd69a124dec064abf270c2ad72a31f092f26a4449ad33b5682`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T09:32:30.577Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T13:02:37.665Z
- Document slug: `de-admin-code-8002-4-0`

### Source metadata

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  "title": 26,
  "regulatoryGroup": "8000 Gas Regulations",
  "regulationNumber": "8002",
  "section": "4.0",
  "scopeKind": "pipeline-connected-damage-prevention",
  "legalScope": "Complete current Regulation 8002 excavation-damage-prevention program, retained because it imposes express underground-pipeline duties and is administered through the PSC pipeline-safety program.",
  "applicabilityCaveat": "Regulation 8002 is a generally applicable excavation-damage-prevention enforcement rule, not solely a gas-pipeline code. Pipeline-specific duties apply to underground facilities transporting gas, liquid petroleum products, and specified dangerous materials; other duties also reach operators, designers, excavators, and the approved notification center.",
  "incorporationCaveat": "Regulation 8002 relies on 26 Del. C. chapter 8 and, for the approved notification center and specified penalties, 49 CFR Part 198. Those external provisions are linked but not reproduced.",
  "rights": "Delaware provides authenticated Administrative Code PDFs under its Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act implementation, but the Regulations site does not state a general open-content license. Preserve attribution and provenance; review redistribution of site presentation, state marks, linked forms, and incorporated federal or third-party material separately.",
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  "references": [
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      "url": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title26/c008/sc01/"
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    {
      "citation": "49 CFR 198",
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      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-198"
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```