4. The Board of Public Utilities shall establish a One-Call Damage Prevention System pursuant to the provisions of this act, and may adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement the provisions of this act. This system shall be a single Statewide 24-hour, seven-day-a-week notification center which shall:

a. Receive and record the notice of intent to excavate provided by excavators pursuant to subsection a. of section 10 of this act;

b. Assign a confirmation number to each notice of intent to engage in an excavation, inform the excavator of the confirmation number, and maintain a register showing the name, address, and telephone number of the excavator, the site to which the notice pertains, and the assigned confirmation number;

c. Promptly transmit to the appropriate operators the information received from an excavator regarding any intended excavation in areas where the operators have underground facilities;

d. Maintain a record of each notice of intent received pursuant to subsection a. of this section for a period of seven years from the date of notice; and

e. Provide to the excavator the names of the operators who will be notified by the One-Call Damage Prevention System of the intended excavation.

L.1994,c.118,s.4.