Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 14 - KANSAS UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION ACT › Section 82-14-1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The following terms as used in the administration and
				enforcement of the Kansas underground utility damage prevention act,
				K.S.A.
				66-1801 et seq. and amendments thereto, shall
				be defined as specified in this regulation.
(a) "Backreaming" means the process of
			 enlarging the diameter of a bore by pulling a specially designed tool through
			 the bore from the bore exit point back to the bore entry point.
(b) "Commission" means the state corporation
			 commission of Kansas.
(c) "Drill
			 head" means the mechanical device connected to the drill pipe that is used to
			 initiate the excavation in a directional boring operation. This term is
			 sometimes referred to as the drill bit.
(d) "Excavation scheduled start date" means
			 the later of the start date stated in the notice of intent of excavation filed
			 by the excavator with the notification center or the start date filed by the
			 excavator with a tier 2 member or tier 3 member.
(e) "Excavation site" means the area where
			 excavation is to occur.
(f)
			 "Locatable" has the meaning of that word as used in "locatable facility," which
			 is defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 66-1802 and amendments thereto. In addition
			 to the requirements for locating underground facilities, as specified in
			 K.S.A.
			 66-1802 and amendments thereto, the operator
			 shall be able to locate underground facilities within 24 inches of the outside
			 dimensions in all horizontal directions of an underground facility using tracer
			 wire, conductive material, GPS technology, or any other technology that
			 provides the operator with the ability to locate the pipelines for at least 20
			 years.
(g) "Locate" means the act
			 of marking the tolerance zone of the operator's underground facilities by the
			 operator.
(h) "Locate ball" means
			 an electronic marker device that is buried with the facility and is used to
			 enhance signal reflection to a facility detection device.
(i) "Meet on site" means a meeting between an
			 operator and an excavator that occurs at the excavation site in order for the
			 excavator to provide an accurate description of the excavation site.
(j) "Notice of intent of excavation" means
			 the written notification required by
			 K.S.A.
			 66-1804 and amendments thereto.
(k) "Notification center," as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 66-1802 and amendments thereto, means the
			 underground utility notification center operated by Kansas one call,
			 inc.
(l) "Pullback operation" means
			 the installation of facilities in a directional bore by pulling the facility
			 from the bore exit point back to the bore entry point.
(m) "Pullback device" means the apparatus
			 used to connect drilling tools to the facility being installed in a directional
			 bore.
(n) "Reasonable care" means
			 the precautions taken by an excavator to conduct an excavation in a careful and
			 prudent manner. Reasonable care shall include the following:
(1) Providing for proper support and backfill
			 around all existing underground facilities;
(2) using nonintrusive means, as necessary,
			 to expose the existing facility in order to visually determine that there will
			 be no conflict between the facility and the proposed excavation path when the
			 path is within the tolerance zone of the existing facility;
(3) exposing the existing facility at
			 intervals as often as necessary to avoid damage when the proposed excavation
			 path is parallel to and within the tolerance zone of an existing facility;
			 and
(4) maintaining the visibility
			 of the markings that indicate the location of underground utilities throughout
			 the excavation period.