Georgia Code, Title 25, Chapter 9 - Blasting or Excavating Near Utility Facilities

• § 25-9-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Utility Facility Protection Act."
• § 25-9-2 - Purpose of Chapter
  The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public from physical harm, prevent injury to persons and property, and prevent interruptions of utility...
• § 25-9-3 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Abandoned utility facility" means a utility facility taken out of service by a facility owner or...
• § 25-9-4 - Design Locate Request and Response
  (a) Any person may submit a design locate request to the UPC. Such design locate request shall: (1) Describe the tract or parcel of...
• § 25-9-5 - Cooperation With Upc; Permanent Markers for Water and Sewer Facilities; Point of Contact List
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of this Code section, all facility owners or operators operating or maintaining utility facilities within the...
• § 25-9-6 - Prerequisites to Blasting or Excavating; Marking of Sites
  (a) No person shall commence, perform, or engage in blasting or in excavating with mechanized excavating equipment on any tract or parcel of land...
• § 25-9-7 - Determining Whether Utility Facilities are Present; Information to Upc; Noncompliance; Future Utility Facilities; Abandoned Utility Facilities
  (a) (1) Within 48 hours beginning the next business day following receipt by the UPC of the locate request filed in accordance with Code...
• § 25-9-8 - Treatment of Gas Pipes and Other Underground Utility Facilities by Blasters and Excavators
  (a) Persons engaged in blasting or in excavating with mechanized excavating equipment shall not strike, damage, injure, or loosen any utility facility or sewer...
• § 25-9-9 - Degree of Accuracy Required in Utility Facility Location Information; Effect of Inaccurate Information on Liability of Blaster or Excavator; Liability of Facility Owners for Losses Resulting From Lack of Accurate Information
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the location of utility facilities which is provided by a facility owner or operator in accordance with...
• § 25-9-10 - Effect of Chapter Upon Rights, Titles, Powers, or Interests of Facility Owners or Operators
  This chapter does not affect and is not intended to affect any right, title, power, or interest which any facility owner or operator may...
• § 25-9-11 - Effect of Chapter Upon Rights, Powers, Etc., of State, Counties, or Municipalities Concerning Facilities Located on Public Road or Street Rights of Way
  This chapter does not affect and is not intended to affect any rights, powers, interest, or liability of the state or the Department of...
• § 25-9-12 - Notice Requirements for Emergency Excavations
  The notice requirements provided by Code Section 25-9-6 shall not be required of persons performing emergency excavations or excavation in extraordinary circumstances; provided, however,...
• § 25-9-13 - Penalties for Violations of Chapter; Bonds; Enforcement; Advisory Committee; Dispose of Settlement Recommendations
  (a) Any person who violates the requirements of subsection (a), (f), or (g) of Code Section 25-9-6 and whose subsequent excavating or blasting damages...

Last modified: October 14, 2016