New Jersey § 48:2-76
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 48:2-76, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 48:2-76.
The Board of Public Utilities shall establish a One-Call Damage Prevention System
pursuant to the provisions of this act, and may adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative
Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c. 410 ( C. 52:14B-1 et seq. ), such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement the provisions of
this act. This system shall be a single Statewide 24-hour, seven-day-a-week notification center
which shall: a. Receive and record the notice of intent to excavate provided by excavators pursuant
to subsection a. of section 10 of this act; 1 b. Assign a confirmation number to each notice of intent to engage in an excavation,
inform the excavator of the confirmation number, and maintain a register showing the
name, address, and telephone number of the excavator, the site to which the notice
pertains, and the assigned confirmation number; c. Promptly transmit to the appropriate operators the information received from an
excavator regarding any intended excavation in areas where the operators have underground
facilities; d. Maintain a record of each notice of intent received pursuant to subsection a. of
this section for a period of seven years from the date of notice; and e. Provide to the excavator the names of the operators who will be notified by the
One-Call Damage Prevention System of the intended excavation. 1
N.J.S.A. § 48:2-82.
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