Unable to locate due to insufficient or inaccurate information. Facilities in the area have been marked. Provide the contractor with any additional information that will help prevent damage to facilities. An emergency excavation is defined as an underground locate request where excavation must begin prior to the standard 48 hours notice. The excavation is required to repair a service outage.
Excavation is required in order to prevent property damage.
An unstable condition exists which may result in any of the above listed conditions. In extreme but not emergency conditions, an excavator may request the facility owner to mark a proposed excavation prior to the standard 48 hours notice. If facilities owners can accommodate the insufficient notice locate request they will do so. A remark may be needed prior to the 10 day limit for reasons of weather such as heavy rains or snow. Operations and Maintenance Shops Perform emergency stakeouts immediately, and notify Operations Center by radio of status when complete.