DEFINITIONS

In addition to the definitions in Section 62-14-2 NMSA 1978, 18.60.2.7 NMAC and 18.60.4.7 NMAC, as used in this rule:#

A.Definitions beginning with “A”: access information means a telephone number, a facsimile number, an email address, and, if available, a web site address;#

B.Definitions beginning with “B”: bid locate means the marking of underground facilities at the request of a project owner or project engineer for the purpose of providing information to persons bidding on a project;#

C.Definitions beginning with “C”: [RESERVED]#

D.Definitions beginning with “D”: design locate means the marking of underground facilities at the request of a project owner or project engineer for the purpose of providing information to persons designing a project;#

E.Definitions beginning with “E”:#

(1)effective date excludes the day that advance notice is provided as may be required in this rule, whereby the computed date shall begin at 12:01 a.m. after two full working days;#

(2)emergency locate means the marking of underground facilities at the request of a person for an underground facility owner as soon as practical, ideally within 2 hours for the purpose of an emergency excavation;#

(3)excavation locate means the marking of underground facilities for the purpose of providing information at the request of an excavator planning to commence excavation for the excavator's project;#

F.Definitions beginning with “F”: [RESERVED]#

G.Definitions beginning with “G”: [RESERVED]#

H.Definitions beginning with “H”: holiday means the day New Mexico state government observes New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr's, Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, President's Day, and Christmas Day;#

I.Definitions beginning with “I”: [RESERVED]#

J.Definitions beginning with “J”: [RESERVED]#

K.Definitions beginning with “K”: [RESERVED]#

L.Definitions beginning with “L”: [RESERVED]#

M.Definitions beginning with “M”: mechanical vacuum excavation is deemed an appropriate non-mechanical method of excavating safely around underground facilities provided that the equipment has been specifically designed and built for this purpose and is operated in accordance with practices that provide appropriate levels of worker and public safety and prevent damage to buried facilities;#

N.Definitions beginning with “N”: non-member UFO means a private underground facility owned by a homeowner and operated and located on a residential property or not subject to the jurisdiction of the commission;#

O.Definitions beginning with “O”: [RESERVED]#

P.Definitions beginning with “P”:#

(1)project engineer means the person designated by the owner to be in responsible charge of the project involving excavation, including the design thereof, and who is licensed in accordance with Section 61-23 NMSA;#

(2)project owner means the owner of a project involving excavation;#

Q.Definitions beginning with “Q”: [RESERVED]#

R.Definitions beginning with “R”: road maintenance means routine grading and resurfacing of the earth and gravel surface, but not the subbase, of a roadway for the purpose of maintaining the surface condition of the road and includes recovery of material from a borrow ditch but does not include road construction or reconstruction and shall entail moving no more than four inches of earth; road maintenance does not include street sweeping or road milling and resurfacing as long as the subsurface is not disturbed;#

S.Definitions beginning with “S”: [RESERVED]#

T.Definitions beginning with “T”: [RESERVED]#

U.Definitions beginning with “U”: underground facility operator (UFO) means a person who operates an underground facility;#

V.Definitions beginning with “V”: [RESERVED]#

W.Definitions beginning with “W”: working day means a full business day excluding weekends and holidays;#

X.Definitions beginning with “X”: [RESERVED]#

Y.Definitions beginning with “Y”: [RESERVED]#

Z.Definitions beginning with “Z”: [RESERVED]#

History[18.60.5.7 NMAC - Rp, 18.60.5.7 NMAC, 1/15/2019; A 8/9/2022]#