February 2015, Vol. 70, No. 2
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New Mexico Damage Prevention Regulation Changes
New Mexico changed its Pipeline Safety Excavation Damage Prevention Regulations on Dec. 30, 2014.
A positive response registry system must be developed, and utility members must now submit positive responses for requested locates. The changes also provide additional clarification of the locate process, wide area locates, bid conferences and updated one-call request timelines. Failures to pre-mark excavations or report damage are now counted as abuses of the state statute. Updated damage reports must now be submitted within 30 calendar days of an occurrence.
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