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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-8a-10.5

  • Excavator: means any person that excavates or conducts excavation activities. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Location: means the site of a proposed area of excavation described:
         (13)(a)
              (13)(a)(i) by street address, if available;
              (13)(a)(ii) by the area at that street address to be excavated; and
              (13)(a)(iii) as specified in Subsection 54-8a-4(3) or 54-8a-5(2)(b)(ii); or
         (13)(b) if there is no street address available, by the area of excavation using any available designations, including a nearby street or road, an intersection, GPS coordinates, or other generally accepted methods. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
  • Operator: means a person that owns, operates, or maintains an underground facility. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
  • Person: includes :
         (19)(a) an individual, government entity, corporation, partnership, association, or company; and
         (19)(b) the trustee, receiver, assignee, and personal representative of a person listed in Subsection (19)(a). See Utah Code 54-8a-2
  • Sewer lateral cleanout: means a point of access where a sewer lateral can be serviced. See Utah Code 54-8a-2
     (1)(a) An operator or person installing or replacing a sewer lateral cleanout beginning August 1, 2009 shall install or replace the sewer lateral cleanout in a manner so that the lateral can be located, including:

          (1)(a)(i) house sheets; or
          (1)(a)(ii) electronic markers.
     (1)(b) An operator or person installing a sewer lateral cleanout shall notify the sewer operator of the sewer lateral cleanout location for record keeping purposes.
(2) Beginning on August 1, 2009, a sewer operator shall maintain records identifying where all new, replaced, or contractor-identified sewer lateral cleanouts are located within the sewer operator’s jurisdiction.
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     (3)(a) A sewer operator shall provide to an excavator information in the sewer operator’s possession pertaining to a sewer lateral cleanout location within the sewer operator’s jurisdiction.
     (3)(b) The sewer operator shall provide the information within 48 hours of the excavator’s request.