California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 4 - California Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board › Chapter 1 - General › Article 1 - General › Section 4000 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  The definitions in this section are supplementary to those under Government
				  Code section
				  4216.
(b) The following definitions shall apply
				  wherever the terms are used throughout this division:
"Act" means the Dig Safe Act of 2016 (SB 661, Chapter 809,
					 Statutes of 2016) and article 2 of chapter 3.1 of division 5 of title 1 of the
					 Government Code (commencing with section
					 4216).
"Agreement" as the term is used in the Area of Continual
					 Excavation Agreement (Agricultural Operations) means the Area of Continual
					 Excavation Agreement (Agricultural Operations) between an excavator and
					 operator.
"Agreement" as the term is used in the Area of Continual
					 Excavation Agreement (Flood Control Facilities) means the Area of Continual
					 Excavation Agreement (Flood Control Facilities) between an excavator and
					 operator.
"Area of Continual Excavation Agreement (Agricultural
					 Operations)" means the Area of Continual Excavation Agreement--Agricultural
					 Operations (Form No. ACE Agreement 01 (09-01-2023)), which is available on the
					 Board's website: energysafety.ca.gov.
"Area of Continual Excavation Agreement (Flood Control
					 Facilities)" means the Area of Continual Excavation Agreement--Flood Control
					 Facilities (Form No. ACE Agreement 02 (09-01-2023)), which is available on the
					 Board's website: energysafety.ca.gov.
"Business day" means a weekday Monday through Friday from
					 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding State of California observed holidays under
					 Government Code section
					 19853.
"Damage" means any damage to a subsurface installation
					 caused by excavation or excavation related work, including breaks, leaks,
					 nicks, dents, strikes, gouges, grooves, cracks, or punctures to a subsurface
					 installation.
"Farm Owner/Lessee" as the term is used in the Area of
					 Continual Excavation Agreement (Agricultural Operations), means "excavator" as
					 defined in Government Code section
					 4216,
					 subdivision (h).
"Flood control facility" means an engineered basin operated
					 by a state or local agency, used for the temporary slowing and storing of storm
					 water runoff and for which regular removal of debris is required.
"Investigator" means an investigator under the California
					 Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board.
"One-call center" as the term is used in the Area of
					 Continual Excavation Agreement (Agricultural Operations) and the Area of
					 Continual Excavation Agreement (Flood Control Facilities) means "regional
					 notification center" as defined in Government Code section
					 4216,
					 subdivision (q).
"Record" means records related, pertaining, or relevant to
					 any damage or probable violation of the Act or this division. Such "records"
					 include any document, email, photograph, electronic recording, map, drawing
					 including computer-aided designs, film, microfiche, tape, disc, flash drive,
					 book, log, journal, global positioning system ("GPS") coordinates, design plan,
					 ticket, previous incident documentation, soil sample, writing as defined in
					 Evidence Code section
					 250, or any
					 other tangible or intangible material of any kind.
"Respondent" means the excavator or operator who has been
					 issued a notice of probable violation.
"Staff" means the staff of the California Underground
					 Facilities Safe Excavation Board.
"Utility" as the term is used in the Area of Continual
					 Excavation Agreement (Agricultural Operations), means "high priority subsurface
					 installation" as defined in Government Code section
					 4216,
					 subdivision (j).
"Utility Owner" as the term is used in the Area of
					 Continual Excavation Agreement (Agricultural Operations), means "operator" as
					 defined in Government Code section
					 4216,
					 subdivision (o).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						4216.22,
						Government Code. Reference: Section
						4216,
						Government Code.
Note: Authority cited: Section
						4216.22,
						Government Code. Reference: Section
						4216,
						Government Code.