Every operator having the right to install underground utility lines shall install such underground utility lines at depths required by accepted industry standards. Such standards shall include, as applicable, standards established by the National Electrical Safety Code, Bellcore Blue Book-Manual of Construction Procedures, the Commission's pipeline safety regulations, the Department of Health's waterworks regulations, and the depth standards of the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association, which shall be established in consultation with the State Corporation Commission no later than July 1, 2002.
2002, c. 841.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 56 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 10.3 - Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act
§ 56-265.15. Definitions; calculation of time periods
§ 56-265.15:1. Exemptions; routine maintenance
§ 56-265.16:1. Operators to join notification centers; certification
§ 56-265.17:1. Notification and procedures for designers
§ 56-265.17:2. Procedures for project owners
§ 56-265.17:3. Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice
§ 56-265.18. Notification requirements
§ 56-265.19. Duties of operator; regulations
§ 56-265.19:1. Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals
§ 56-265.20:1. Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines
§ 56-265.22:1. Meetings between excavators and operators
§ 56-265.24. Duties of excavator
§ 56-265.25. Liability of operator and excavator; penalties
§ 56-265.26:1. Utility line depth requirement
§ 56-265.28. Sovereign immunity
§ 56-265.29. Other similar laws
§ 56-265.30. Authority of the State Corporation Commission