{"operation":"document","citation":"18.60.5.17 NMAC","title":"ABUSE OF THE LAW","source_type":"regulation","agency":"New Mexico Public Regulation Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2022-08-09","summary":"A person shall be deemed to have willfully failed to comply with this rule or Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 and shall be subject to the penalties in Section 62-14-8 NMSA 1978 if the person: A. requests a locate for an area that cannot reasonably be excavated in 15 working days; B. provides misinf","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/nm-nmac-18-60-5-17.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/nm-nmac-18-60-5-17.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/nm-nmac-18-60-5-17","source_url":"https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title18/18.060.0005.html","body":"A person shall be deemed to have willfully failed to comply with this rule or Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 and shall be subject to the penalties in Section 62-14-8 NMSA 1978 if the person:\n\nA. requests a locate for an area that cannot reasonably be excavated in 15 working days;\n\nB. provides misinformation or withholds information regarding the size of an excavation area;\n\nC. requests locates that unduly burden a one-call notification system or UFO;\n\nD. requests a locate for fraudulent reasons;\n\nE. fails to process locate requests within the requisite timeframe;\n\nF. fails to mark, or provide positive response for its underground facilities within the requisite timeframe;\n\nG. fails to determine if all underground facilities have been marked or cleared;\n\nH. commences excavation prior to the expiration of the advance notice period;\n\nI. obliterates markings at an excavation site without providing temporary offset marks or stakes;\n\nJ. alters any record relating to excavation activity;\n\nK. fails to pre-mark the actual intended excavation route or site(s) as required;\n\nL. fails to report or file a report of damage within requisite time frame; or\n\nM. commits any other act that the commission determines violates Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 or this rule.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1272}