{"operation":"document","citation":"18.60.5.16 NMAC","title":"EMERGENCY EXCAVATION AND DAMAGE REPORTING PROCEDURE","source_type":"regulation","agency":"New Mexico Public Regulation Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2022-08-09","summary":"This section applies whenever failure of or damage to underground facilities or public infrastructure requires emergency excavation as defined in Subsection E of Section 62-14-2 NMSA 1978 and excavation shall be promptly commenced, ideally within 24 hours. A. Excavators: An excavator who damages an ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/nm-nmac-18-60-5-16.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/nm-nmac-18-60-5-16.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/nm-nmac-18-60-5-16","source_url":"https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title18/18.060.0005.html","body":"This section applies whenever failure of or damage to underground facilities or public infrastructure requires emergency excavation as defined in Subsection E of Section 62-14-2 NMSA 1978 and excavation shall be promptly commenced, ideally within 24 hours.\n\nA. Excavators: An excavator who damages an underground facility while excavating with mechanical or non-mechanical equipment shall exercise prudence and shall:\n\n(1) stop excavating immediately;\n\n(2) call 911 if appropriate and the operator of the damaged underground facility and 811 to report the damaged facility;\n\n(3) secure the site and direct people and traffic a safe distance away from the site of the damage;\n\n(4) not leave the scene until authorized by an emergency responder or the operator of the damaged underground facility; an excavator may leave the scene without such authorization only if the excavator has made reasonable, if unsuccessful, efforts to contact the affected UFOs and has safely secured the site;\n\n(5) not resume work within an unsafe distance of the damage until authorized by the operator of the damaged underground facility.\n\nB. Operators of failed or damaged underground facilities: The operator of a failed or damaged underground facility shall exercise prudence and shall:\n\n(1) immediately respond to a report of damage or failure to its underground facilities and travel to the site;\n\n(2) prior to traveling to the site or upon arrival, call the one-call notification system for the excavation area to request an emergency locate;\n\n(3) make the site safe and get the emergency situation under control;\n\n(4) locate its own underground facilities as soon as practical, ideally within two hours;\n\n(5) begin remedial action to restore service as soon as practical, ideally within 24 hours; and\n\n(6) obtain a standard excavation locate ticket for repair work beyond resolution of the emergency situation.\n\nC. Operators of failed or damaged public infrastructure: The entity responsible for the failed or damaged public infrastructure shall:\n\n(1) call the one-call notification system for the excavation area to request an emergency locate;\n\n(2) obtain an excavation locate ticket for repair work beyond resolution of the emergency situation.\n\nD. One-call notification system: A one-call notification system shall upon request:\n\n(1) issue an emergency excavation notice which shall be valid until the emergency is resolved, or for 48 hours, whichever is longer;\n\n(2) issue a notice of a reported damage to each affected UFO.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2514}