Arkansas Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act

The act governs excavation and demolition work near buried utility lines, setting out the duties of both those who dig and those who operate underground facilities. Its central mechanism is a one-call notification center: facility operators join the center and file information showing where their lines run, while anyone intending to excavate or demolish must give advance notice through it, after which the affected operators identify and mark the location of their facilities using a standardized color code. It further requires prompt notice when an underground facility is damaged, imposes additional obligations on operators of underground pipelines, and backs these duties with penalties and civil remedies, while limiting responsibility with respect to facilities whose operators do not belong to the center.

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