- (a) Each operator shall notify the department as soon as reasonably possible, which in any event shall be within 24 hours of when it receives an excavator's notification or otherwise has reason to believe that damage as defined in En 802.02, has occurred to its underground facilities. Operator notification to the department shall be sufficient if it includes the date, time, and location of the damage, as well as all other information included in an excavator's notification to the operator, whether or not verified or confirmed by the operator.
- (b) Each operator shall complete and file "Form E-26, Report of Probable Violation of Underground Utility Regulations and/or Damage to Underground Facilities," revised August 2024, available on the department's website at www.energy.nh.gov, to the department as soon as reasonably possible, which in any event shall be within 20 days of when it receives an excavator's notification or otherwise has reason to believe that damage has occurred to its underground facilities.
- (c) Operators shall complete and file a negative report on department "Form E-26 Report of Probable Violation of Underground Utility Regulations and/or Damage to Underground Facilities," revised August 2024, available on the department’s website at www.energy.nh.gov, with the department on or before the 3rd business day of the following month when there are no violations or written reports of probable violations of En 800, damage to underground facilities, or both.
- (d) The operator shall send the reporting form required by this section, accompanied by, where applicable, any troubleman's report, technician's report, other operator report, and any other incident report, to the department's "enforcement division," at the mailing address or email address listed on department Form E-26.
- (e) After December 31, 2016, upon exposure of previously unrecorded or inaccurately recorded underground facilities in the course of excavation the operator shall verify and modify the existing records as necessary.
- (f) The operator shall maintain records of all existing underground facility locations identified pursuant to (e) above and of all underground facilities abandoned in place after December 31, 2016.
Source. #14062, eff 8-21-24