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Louisiana Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 8 > Part VIII
Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 8 > Part VIII – Underground Utilities and Facilities
§ 40:1749.11 Short title; purpose
§ 40:1749.12 As used in this Part, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
§ 40:1749.13 A. Except as provided in this Section, no person shall excavate or demolish in any street, highway, public place, or servitude of any operator, or near the location of an underground
§ 40:1749.14 A. Each operator of an underground utility or facility, including all state agencies and political subdivisions of the state, shall become a member of, participate in, and share the
§ 40:1749.15 Emergency excavation; notice required; penalty
§ 40:1749.16 Precautions to avoid damage
§ 40:1749.17 Excavation or demolition; repair of damage
§ 40:1749.18 A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to establish a certification program for
§ 40:1749.19 Voluntary participation by incorporated municipalities and parish governments
§ 40:1749.20 Violations; penalties
§ 40:1749.21 Miscellaneous provisions
§ 40:1749.22 Except as provided in this Part, no parish, municipal, local, or state governing authority may enact any ordinance or promulgate any rules or regulations which are in conflict with t
§ 40:1749.23 A. Except as provided in R.S. 40:1749.27, the provisions of this Part may be enforced by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or by any local law enforcement agency. The D
§ 40:1749.24 Collection and distribution of fines or civil penalties; Underground Damages Prevention Fund
§ 40:1749.25 Department of Transportation and Development; compliance
§ 40:1749.26 Public work projects
§ 40:1749.27 A.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 40:1749.23, the commissioner shall have exclusive authority to enforce the provisions of this Part as it applies to the prevention of dam
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 8 > Part VIII
Agricultural excavator: means a person who owns or operates a farm and is directly involved in the cultivation of land or crops or who raises livestock. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Commissioner: means the commissioner of conservation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Damage: means any defacing, scraping, gouging, breaking, cutting, or displacement of, impact upon or removal of an underground facility or utility or its means of primary support. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Demolisher: means any person engaged in the act of demolishing as defined in Paragraph (2) of this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Demolition: means the total or partial wrecking, razing, rendering, moving, or removing of any building or structure, movable or immovable. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Emergency: means any crisis situation which poses an imminent threat or danger to life, health, or property, requires immediate action, and immediate action is taken. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
excavate: means any operation causing movement or removal of earth, rock, or other materials in or on the ground or submerged in a marine environment that could reasonably result in damage to underground or submerged utilities or facilities by the use of powered or mechanical or manual means, including but not limited to pile driving, digging, blasting, augering, boring, back filling, dredging, compaction, plowing-in, trenching, ditching, tunneling, land-leveling, grading, and mechanical probing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Excavator: means any person who engages in excavation operations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Forestry excavator: means an excavator who is a logger, prescribed burner, site preparation operator, or tree planter for commercial forestry operations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Inclement weather: means weather that prohibits or impedes a worker's use of his locating equipment or causes undue risk to himself or his equipment such as lightning, heavy rain, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, sleet, snow, or flooding conditions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Operator: means any person who owns or operates a public or private underground facility or utility which furnishes a service or material or stores, transports, or transmits electric energy, steam, oil, gases, natural gas, gas, mixture of gases, petroleum, petroleum products, hazardous or flammable fluids, toxic or corrosive fluids/gases, including telephone or telegraph system, fiber optic electronic communication systems, or water or water systems, or drainage, sewer systems, or traffic control systems or other items of like nature. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, municipality, governmental agency, political subdivision, or agent of the state or any legal representative thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Pipeline: means all intrastate and interstate pipeline facilities defined by 49 CFR 192. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Regional notification center: means any one of the following:
(a) An entity designated as nonprofit by the Internal Revenue Service under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is organized to protect its members from damage and is certified by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in accordance with this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Underground facility or utility: means any pipe, conduit, duct, wire, cable, valve, line, fiber optic equipment, or other structure which is buried or placed below ground or submerged for use in connection with storage, conveyance, transmission, or protection of electronics communication system, telephone or telegraph system, or fiber optic, electric energy, oil, natural gas, gas, gases, steam, mixture of gases, petroleum, petroleum products, hazardous or flammable fluids/gases, toxic or corrosive fluids/gases, hazardous fluids/gases, or other substances of like nature or water or water systems, sewer systems or traffic, drainage control systems, or other items of like nature. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12
Wildfire: means an uncontrolled combustion of natural vegetation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1749.12