Any operator of an underground installation or structure, including those belonging to the Government of Puerto Rico, its agencies and instrumentalities, including the municipalities, shall contact the Excavation and Demolition Coordination Center and shall furnish to the Center the name and telephone number of its representative authorized to receive excavation or demolition notices.
Upon receipt of the information, the operators who have underground installations or structures at the site to be excavated or where the demolition shall occur, shall mark the actual location of the structures as well as the approximate depth thereof, prior to the time established to begin the excavation or demolition. The identification of the location through which the installations or structures of the operators run, shall be established through colors or other identification mechanisms by the Excavation and Demolition Coordination Center by regulations, with the exception of that expressly provided by this chapter.
If an operator wishes to have a representative present during the excavation or demolition, it shall contact the excavator or wrecker and confirm the date and time of the excavation or demolition.
History —Sept. 11, 1998, No. 267, § 5, eff. 30 days after Sept. 11, 1998.