Section 181.1 - Project owners, duties It shall be the duty of each project owner who engages in excavation or demolition work to be done within this Commonwealth:
(1) To utilize sufficient quality levels of subsurface utility engineering or other similar techniques whenever practicable to properly determine the existence and positions of underground facilities when designing known complex projects having an estimated cost of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) or more.(2) To timely respond to notifications received from excavators pursuant to section 5(15).(3) To not release to bid or construction any project until after final design is completed.(4) To participate in design and preconstruction meetings either directly or through a representative.(5) To furnish the pertinent data obtained through subsurface utility engineering to the One Call System in a mutually agreeable format.(6) For new construction and where practicable in the opinion of the project owner, to install color-coded permanent markers to indicate the type and location of all laterals installed by the project owner.(7) To submit a report of alleged violation to the commission through the One Call System not more than ten business days after striking or damaging a facility owner's line during excavation or demolition work activities, after a project owner's contracted excavator strikes or damages a facility owner's line during excavation or demolition activities or if the project owner believes a violation of this act has been committed in association with excavation or demolition. The report of alleged violation shall be in a form and manner as required by the commission.Amended by P.L. TBD 2017 No. 50, § 3, eff. 4/28/2018.1974, Dec. 10, P.L. 852, No. 287, § 6.1, added 2006, Nov. 29, P.L. 1593, No. 181, §8, effective in 120 days [ 3/29/2007].