Nebraska Statutes 76-2332. State Fire Marshal; powers
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The State Fire Marshal may, by rule and regulation, define occurrences relating to damage of an underground facility that creates an emergency condition that requires an excavator to immediately notify an operator or a locator, if applicable, and the center regarding the location and extent of damage to an underground facility.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 76-2332
- Center: means a call center which shall have as its principal purpose the statewide receipt and dissemination to participating operators of information on a fair and uniform basis concerning intended excavations by excavators in areas where operators have underground facilities. See Nebraska Statutes 76-2305
- Damage: shall mean any impact with, partial or complete severance, destruction, impairment, or penetration of, or removal or weakening of support from an underground facility, including its protective coating, housing, or other protective device. See Nebraska Statutes 76-2306
- Emergency condition: shall mean any condition which constitutes a clear and present danger to life, health, or property or which demands immediate action to prevent or repair a major service outage. See Nebraska Statutes 76-2307
- Excavator: shall mean a person who engages in excavation in this state. See Nebraska Statutes 76-2309
- Locator: means a person who identifies and marks underground facilities for an operator, including a contractor who performs such location services for an operator. See Nebraska Statutes 76-2310.01
- Operator: shall mean a person who manages or controls the functions of an underground facility but shall not include a person who is an owner or tenant of real property where underground facilities are located if the underground facilities are used exclusively to furnish services or commodities on the real property. See Nebraska Statutes 76-2313
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Underground facility: shall mean any item of personal property buried or placed below ground for use in connection with the storage or conveyance of water, sewage, electronic communications, telephonic communications, telegraphic communications, cable television, electric energy, oil, gas, hazardous liquids, or other substances, including pipes, trunk lines, fiber optic cables, sewers, conduits, cables, valves, lines, wires, manholes, and attachments to such personal property. See Nebraska Statutes 76-2317