# WIDE AREA LOCATE REQUESTS

**Citation:** 18.60.5.11 NMAC  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** New Mexico Public Regulation Commission  
**Effective:** 2019-01-15  
**Published:** Not stated

An excavator who expects a project to take more than 15 working days to complete shall either request separate locates which meet the requirements of Subsection B of 18.60.5.10 NMAC or follow the conference procedure set forth in this section. A. If an excavator expects that an excavation will take 

## Document text

An excavator who expects a project to take more than 15 working days to complete shall either request separate locates which meet the requirements of Subsection B of 18.60.5.10 NMAC or follow the conference procedure set forth in this section.

A. If an excavator expects that an excavation will take more than 15 working days to complete, the excavator shall contact the one-call notification system to request a wide area conference a minimum of two working days prior to the wide area conference and provide the proposed date, time, and location for the conference. The one-call notification system shall process the request as provided in Subsection K of 18.60.5.8 NMAC.

B. A UFO shall contact an excavator who requests a wide area conference within two working days of the issuance of the conference ticket and confirm proposed conference schedule. A UFO shall be physically represented at a scheduled wide area conference. If a UFO cannot attend the scheduled wide area conference, it shall make arrangements to meet with the excavator who requested the wide area conference not to exceed five working days of the scheduled wide area conference.

C. At the conference, the excavator shall develop a written work plan that includes the minimum information required under Subsection C of 18.60.5.10 NMAC in consensus with each UFO, which shall be signed by all parties. Updates or revisions to the work plan shall also be in writing and signed by all parties.

D. After the work plan has been signed by all parties, an excavator shall request a wide area excavation locate. The one-call notification system shall process the request as provided in Subsection K of 18.60.5.8 NMAC. The excavation ticket shall reference the wide area conference ticket number and cite the work plan as the description of the work to be performed.

E. An excavator working pursuant to a wide area excavation locate ticket shall request reaffirmation of the wide area locate ticket every 15 working days. For the purpose of reaffirmation, a working day begins on the date and time stamped on the ticket and ends 15 working days from such date and time. The excavator and UFO(s) shall continue to comply with the approved work plan established per Subsection C of 18.60.5.11 NMAC.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title18/18.060.0005.html>
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T08:28:34.875Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T10:29:24.509Z
- Document slug: `nm-nmac-18-60-5-11`

### Source metadata

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