Connecticut § 16-351 - Information and assistance re location of underground facilities.

§ 16-351. Information and assistance re location of underground facilities.

Sec. 16-351. Information and assistance re location of underground facilities. A public utility receiving notice pursuant to section 16-349 shall inform the person, public agency or public utility proposing to excavate, discharge explosives or demolish of the approximate location of its underground facilities in the area in such manner as will enable such person, public agency or public utility to establish the actual location of the underground facilities, and shall provide such other assistance in establishing the actual location of the underground facilities as the authority may require by regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357. Such person, public agency or public utility shall designate the area of the proposed excavation, demolition or discharge of explosives as the authority may prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357. The public utility receiving notice shall mark the approximate location of its underground facilities in such manner and using such methods, including color coding, as the authority may prescribe by regulations adopted pursuant to section 16-357. If the actual location of the underground facilities cannot be established, the person, public agency or public utility shall so notify the public utility whose facilities may be affected, which shall provide such further assistance as may be needed to determine the actual location of the underground facilities in advance of the proposed excavation, discharge of explosives or demolition.

(P.A. 77-350, S. 7; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 167, 348; P.A. 87-71, S. 5; 87-589, S. 61, 87; P.A. 13-5, S. 25; P.A. 14-94, S. 43.)

History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 87-71 made technical changes and revised provisions concerning the marking of the location of underground utility facilities; P.A. 87-589 added “as the department may prescribe by regulation”; P.A. 13-5 replaced “department” with “authority”, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 14-94 replaced “precise location” with “actual location” and made technical changes, effective October 1, 2015.