New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 2 - UNDERGROUND FACILITIES: ONE-CALL DAMAGE PREVENTION SYSTEM › Subchapter 5 - MARKOUTS › Section 14:2-5.2 - Specifications for marks used in markouts

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An
				operator shall perform all markouts using paint. In addition, if the markout
				must be made on a non-firm surface including, but not limited to, grass, dirt,
				gravel, or sand, or if weather or site conditions may make paint difficult to
				use or see, the operator shall utilize paint, and, in addition, shall utilize
				stakes and/or flags. If used, the location of any stakes or flags shall conform
				to the diagrams at chapter Appendix A, incorporated herein by
				reference.
(b) The operator shall
				ensure that all paint used for markouts has sufficient lasting properties so as
				to withstand vehicular traffic during the course of the excavation or
				demolition, but shall be sufficiently removable or degradable with time so as
				not to be permanent.
(c) If
				necessary to avoid placing paint on decorative gravel, stone, or pavers, an
				operator may elect to substitute eight-inch whiskers, as defined at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:2-1.2, for one or more paint marks. The
				whiskers shall be the appropriate color, shall be laid flat on the ground in
				the position that would be covered by a paint mark, and fastened to the ground
				with a nail or other appropriate fastener. The required letter designation code
				and other numbers and letters may be placed on a flag. An operator shall not
				use whiskers as a substitute for a stake or flag.
(d) All references in this subchapter to
				paint shall be construed to include any marking material that makes an
				equivalent mark and meets all other applicable requirements of this
				chapter.
(e) An operator shall
				perform all markouts in a manner that will clearly indicate the location and
				direction of each underground facility.
(f) An operator shall place all marks used to
				indicate a particular facility at intervals of 25 feet or less. However, the
				operator shall place marks closer together than 25 feet, if necessary, to
				clearly indicate the location and direction of the underground facility. For
				example, site conditions or directional changes of the underground facility may
				necessitate a shorter distance between marks in order to clearly indicate the
				location and direction of an underground facility.
(g) All paint marks used in markouts shall be
				one to two inches wide and eight to 10 inches long, unless otherwise specified
				in this chapter. All letters and numbers used in painted markouts shall be six
				to eight inches high, unless otherwise expressly specified in this
				chapter.
(h) An operator shall
				arrange all marks, except for the arrowhead marks in an offset markout, in a
				line following or paralleling the course of the underground facility. The
				arrowhead marks used in an offset markout shall be perpendicular to the course
				of the underground facility.
(i)
				All markouts shall conform to the diagrams set forth in chapter Appendix
				A.
(j) Markouts shall indicate the
				type of underground facility, using the following colors and letter designation
				codes in Table A below:
Table A
Colors and Letter Designation Codes
						  for Markouts
Facility
Letter
						  Designation
or Product
Code
Color
Water Systems
W
Safety Precaution
						  Blue
Slurry Systems
SP
Safety Precaution
						  Blue
Sewer Lines
S
Safety Green
Telephone and
T
Safety Alert
						  Orange
Telecommunications
Fiber Optic Cable
FOC
Safety Alert
						  Orange
Cable Television
TV
Safety Alert
						  Orange
Police and Fire
FA
Safety Alert
						  Orange
Communications
Electric Power
E
Safety Red
Distribution and
Transmission
Traffic Control
TC
Safety Alert
						  Orange
(communications)
Traffic Control (power)
TC
Safety
						  Red
Gas Distribution and
G
High
						  Visibility
Transmission
Safety Yellow
Petroleum products, Oil
PP
High
						  Visibility
Distribution and
Safety Yellow
Transmission
Steam
ST
High Visibility
Safety Yellow
Hazardous
CH
High Visibility
liquids/Chemicals
Safety Yellow
Excavation or demolition
-
White
boundaries
(k)
				Markouts shall include the type of outer infrastructure material, where known
				or reasonably estimated, using the following letter designation codes at Table
				B below. Composition codes are to appear once per linear markout or every time
				there is a change in diameter or composition. These letter designation codes
				will be used in addition to the letter codes at Table A above.
Table B
Infrastructure Material
ABS
Acrylonitrile - Butadiene - Styrene
ACP
Asbestos Cement Pipe
CI
Cast Iron
CMC
Cement Mortar Coated
CML
Cement Mortar Lined
CMP
Corrugated Metal Pipe
CPP
Corrugated Plastic Pipe
CU
Copper
CWD
Creosote Wood Duct
HDPE
High Density Polyethylene
MTD
Multiple Tile Duct
PLA
Plastic (conduit or pipe)
RCB
Reinforced Concrete Box
RCP
Reinforced Concrete Pipe
RF
Reinforced Fiberglass
SCCP
Steel Cylinder Concrete Pipe
STL
Steel
VCP
Virtrified Clay Pipe
(l)
				The operator shall ensure that all colors used in markouts meet the standards
				in Standard Z535.1-2017 of the American National Standards Institute, Inc.,
				which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, and is
				available at
http://www.nema.org/Standards/Pages/American-National-Standard-for-Safety-Colors.aspx
.
(m) The operator shall ensure that all flags
				used in markouts shall be:
1. Made of plastic
				or other equally durable and weatherproof material;
2. Rectangular, four inches by five inches in
				nominal size;
3. Attached to a
				staff that is a minimum of 24 inches long;
4. Not less than 18 inches of the staff of
				the flag shall be exposed above the surface of the ground;
5. Placed at the top of the staff;
6. Marked with a letter designation code
				indicating the type of underground facility in accordance with Table A in (j)
				above. The letters shall be at least one inch high;
7. Marked with the operator's initials or
				logo in black letters or symbols at least one inch high; and
8. Marked with the operator's telephone
				number, the telephone number of the New Jersey One-Call Damage Prevention
				System operator (811 in New Jersey, or out-of-State, 1800-272-1000), in letters
				at least one inch high, and the current web address (URL) of the One-Call
				Damage Prevention System operator, that may be encoded in a QR
				code.