Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XI - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Division › Subpart 6 - Damage Prevention › Chapter 61 - Notifications › Section XI-6101 - 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
				  §6301 of all
				  underground pipelines in the area which would be affected by the proposed
				  excavation or demolition.
B. Except
				  as provided in §6303, 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; Martin
				  Luther King, Jr. Day; Good Friday; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day;
				  Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Eve; and Christmas Day. The marking of an
				  operator's pipeline shall be provided for excavation or demolition purposes
				  only.
1. ...
2. The excavator or demolisher shall provide
				  the specific location for excavation or demolition using white paint, flags,
				  stakes, or similar means under American Public Works Association guidelines
				  prior to submitting notice.
3. 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.
4. 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.