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.. .. . ... .._. .. . ._.. ..... <br />_ . : �1+'aoi��� . ���..����_ . w <br />4� <br />Ii <br />RCW 19.122.1i50 - <br />Damage to underground facility -- Nodtieation 6y <br />exeavator -- Repairs or relocadon ofi facility. <br />1, An excavator who, In the course o` excavation, <br />contacts or damages an underground facility shall <br />notiry the utility owning or operating such tacility and <br />the one-number locator service. If the damage causes <br />an ec erclency condition, the er,cavaror causing the <br />damage shall also alert the appropriate local public <br />safety agencies and take all appropriate steps to ensure <br />the public satety. No damaged underground facility may <br />be buried until it is repaired or relocated. <br />2. The owner of the un�erground facilities damaged shall <br />arrange for repair= or relocation as soon as Is practical <br />or may permit the excavaror to do necessary repairs or <br />relocation at a mutually acceptable price. <br />RCW 19.122.055 <br />Failure to notity one-number locator service -- Civfl <br />penalty, it damayes. <br />7, a. My excavator who fails to notify the one- <br />number locator service 2nd causes damage to a <br />hazardous liquid or gas pipeline is suFlect to a civil <br />penalty of not more tFcn ter� thousand dollars for <br />each violation. <br />a. The civil penalty in thi� subseclion may also <br />be imposed on any excavator who vioiates <br />RCW 19.122.090. <br />2. All civil penalties recovared under this section shall be <br />deposited into the pipeline safety account created in <br />P.CW 81.88.050. <br />RCW 19.122.060 <br />Exemption trom natice and marking requirements for <br />property owners. <br />An excavation of less than twelve inches in vertical depth on <br />private noncommercial pmperty shall be exempt from the <br />requirements of RCW 19.122•030, if the excavation is being <br />performed by the person or an employee of the person who <br />ow�s or occupies tho properly on which the excavation is <br />being performed. <br />e <br />� J . . . <br />.� <br />HCW 1812z o70�:'!: �r � <br />�Cfvil penalUes Treble damages -- �xisifng remedies <br />nM aflee:ed. <br />t. Any person who violates zny provision of this chapter <br />not amounting to a violation o( RCW 19.122.055, and <br />which violation results in Camage to underground <br />facilities, is subject lo a civil penalry of not more than <br />one thousand dollars for each violation. All penalties <br />recovered in such actions shall be deposited in the <br />general tund. <br />�My excavator who willfully nr maliciously damages <br />a field•marked underground facility shall be liable for <br />treble the costs incurted in repainng or relocating the <br />facility. In those cases in which an excavator fails to <br />notify known underground facility owners or the one- <br />numher locatcr servica, any damage to the underground <br />tacility shall he deemed willful and malicious and shall <br />be suhJect to treble damages for costs incurted in <br />repairing or relocating the facility. <br />3. This chap�er does not affect any civil remedies for <br />pe,sonal in�ury or for preperty damage, including that to <br />uncerground facilities, nor does this chapter create any <br />new civil remedies for such damage. <br />RCW 1fl.522.075 <br />Damage or removal of pertnanent marking -- Civil penalry. y;.. . <br />Any person who willfully damages or removes a permanent -. <br />marking used to identify an underground faciliry or pipeline, �` ^��� <br />or a temporary marking prior to its intended use, is subject Y'�'`-� `�'' � <br />to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for f.�:.�. . <br />each acL � ' - � <br />� RCW 19.122.080 � : . . .. <br />Waiver ot notiffcation and marking requirements. <br />The notification and marking provisions of this chapter ��� , <br />may be waived for one or more designated persons by an � <br />underground (aciliry owner with respect to all or part of that �� �;: <br />unde��ground facility owner's own underground facilitiea ��. <br />� Belore you dig, "Ca11811"or "Click INc" at callheforeyoudig.org � ,. .. : <br />I� _ <br />"'_ .._" '__ <br />--- ._ . . .;>r_ .. <br />. .. _ . t__,�_` - _ _'_""_' . . -.': i . . . � �. � <...': .:; �,:. . ....:.! ..' � . � .. _ .... <br />. . :... : .: . : .. . ... . . _ . .,, . <br />, .. . . .. . � ._.,.� .- .:. _ ' ' ' ' . <br />. . � ., � .. �, . . ..�.. . , ,. _ ,_:. , _ . . <br />:�:.-._.. ._ ...-.... : '. _ �: . . .:..... .'... '�..� . �.'' . <br />.. .. .. � , r:. :.:...... <br />. . . . � � , � . ' . s;".. i ... <br />�:: �. .. ..,-. :l '�....�..: � : <br />.. _ .. <br />"... . '. .. ..._ .. �. ... � :.. -.. . . .� ' .. ..... ..s.. <br />