§ 142.2. Definitions
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and SafetyEffective: November 1, 2023
Effective: November 1, 2023
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 142.2
§ 142.2. Definitions
As used in the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act:
1. “Certified project” means a project where the public agency responsible for the public project, in consultation with the statewide one-call notification center, as part of its procedure, certifies that the project right-of-way is free and clear of underground facilities or wherein the public agency responsible for such project, as part of its procedure, notifies all persons determined by the public agency to have underground facilities located within the construction right-of-way and certifies that all known underground facilities are duly located or noted on the engineering drawings for the project;
5. “Excavate” means to dig, compress or remove earth, rock or other materials in or on the ground by use of mechanized equipment or blasting, including, but not necessarily limited to, augering, boring, backfilling, drilling, grading, pile driving, plowing in, pulling in, trenching, tunneling and plowing; provided, however, that neither:
shall be deemed excavation;
8. “Notification center” means the statewide center currently known as the Oklahoma One-Call System, Inc., which has as one of its purposes to receive notification of planned excavation and demolition in a specified area from excavators, and to disseminate such notification of planned excavation or demolition to operators who are members and participants;
10. “Permitted project” means a project where a permit for the work to be performed must be issued by a state or federal agency and, as a prerequisite to receiving such permit, the applicant must locate all underground facilities in the area of the work and in the vicinity of any blasting and notify each owner of such underground facilities;
12. “Preengineered project” means a public project wherein the public agency responsible for such project, as part of its engineering and contract procedures, holds a meeting prior to the commencement of any construction work on such project in which all persons, determined by the public agency, in consultation with the statewide one-call notification center, to have underground facilities located within the construction area of the project are invited to attend and given an opportunity to verify or inform the public agency of the location of their underground facilities, if any, within the construction area and where the location of all known underground facilities are duly located or noted on the engineering drawing and specifications for the project;
14. “Routine maintenance” means the grading of roads and barrow or drainage ditches, the removal and replacement of pavement, including excavation relating thereto and the installation and maintenance of drainage and bridge facilities, signs, guardrails, and electrical and communications facilities in or on the public rights-of-way by a public agency;
15. “Underground facility” means any underground line, cable, facility, system and appurtenances thereto, for producing, storing, conveying, transmitting or distributing communication (including voice, video, or data information), electricity, power, light, heat, intrastate and interstate gas pipelines, as described in 49 CFR Part 192.1, intrastate and interstate hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipelines, as described in 49 CFR Part 195.1, water (including storm water), steam, sewage and other commodities and any oil and gas pipeline located in a public right-of-way; and
Credits
Laws 1981, c. 94, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Laws 1995, c. 344, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2002, c. 412, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 362, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 427, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004; Laws 2017, c. 192, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2018, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 148, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2020, c. 65, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020; Laws 2023, c. 211, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 142.2, OK ST T. 63 § 142.2
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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