Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XI - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Division › Subpart 3 - Pipeline Safety › Chapter 27 - General › Section XI-2705 - Excavation and Demolition; Prohibitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
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 pipeline, or
				  on the premises of a customer served by an underground pipeline without having
				  first ascertained, in the manner prescribed in Subsection B of this Section,
				  the specific location as provided in §2707 of all underground pipelines in
				  the area which would be affected by the proposed excavation or
				  demolition.
B. Except as provided
				  in §2709, prior to any excavation or demolition, each excavator or
				  demolisher shall serve telephonic or electronic notice of the intent to
				  excavate or demolish to the regional notification center or centers serving the
				  area in which the proposed excavation or demolition is to take place and shall
				  include the specific location where the excavation or demolition is to be
				  performed. Such notice shall be given to the notification center at least 48
				  hours, but not more than 120 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, in advance
				  of the commencement of any excavation or demolition activity. Holidays shall
				  consist of the following: New Year's Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day;
				  Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Eve; and Christmas
				  Day, or the days on which those holidays are observed by the state. The marking
				  of an operator's pipeline shall be provided for excavation or demolition
				  purposes only.
1. This notice shall contain
				  the name, address, and telephone number of the person filing the notice of
				  intent, and, if different, the person responsible for the excavation or
				  demolition, the starting date, anticipated duration, and description of the
				  specific type of excavation or demolition operation to be conducted, the
				  specific location of the proposed excavation or demolition and a statement as
				  to whether directional boring or explosives are to be used. If the excavation
				  or demolition is part of a larger project, the notice shall be confined to the
				  actual area of proposed excavation or demolition that will occur during the
				  20-day time period under §2707
2. The excavator or demolisher shall wait at
				  least 48 hours, beginning at 7 a.m. on the next working day, following
				  notification, unless mutually agreed upon and documented by the excavator and
				  operator to extend such time, before commencing any excavation or demolition
				  activity, except in the case of an emergency as defined in the provisions of
				  this Chapter or if informed by the regional notification center that no
				  operators are to be notified.
3.
				  Concerning pipelines located on or in water, when an extension of time to mark
				  a pipeline cannot be agreed upon and the operator has determined said
				  pipeline(s) cannot be adequately marked by the mark by time listed on the
				  Regional Notification Center ticket, the operator may appeal to the
				  commissioner for an extension to the mark by time. Said request shall be made
				  via e-mail to PipelineInspectors@la.gov and the contact e-mail listed on the
				  regional notification center ticket shall be copied on the request. The request
				  shall contain the ticket no., location of the pipe and a summary explaining why
				  the line cannot be located by the mark by time. The request shall be made on a
				  form as provided by the commissioner.