Terms defined in SDCL 49-7A-1 have the same meaning when used in this article. Terms used in this article mean:

1. (1) "Excavation site," the specific location where an excavation will occur;

2. (2) "High profile underground facility," a high profile underground facility is any:

   1. (a) High pressure natural gas pipeline with a maximum allowable operating pressure greater than three hundred pounds per square inch (psi);
   2. (b) Natural gas transmission facility in a high consequence area as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 192.903 (October 1, 2009);
   3. (c) Petroleum pipeline;
   4. (d) Hazardous material pipeline;
   5. (e) High-voltage electric supply line, conductor, or cable that has a potential to ground of greater than or equal to sixty kilovolts; or
   6. (f) Underground facility that, if damaged, has the potential for significant public safety, economic, or environmental impact;
3. (3) "Informational locate request," a request to the one-call notification center for locating underground facilities for planning, permit, surveying, mapping, or design work that is not related to planned excavation activity within the next eighteen months;
4. (4) "Normal business hours," 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays as provided in SDCL 1-5-1;
5. (5) "Notification time," the time at the end of the telephone locate request when the answering attendant provides the excavator with a confirmation number or the time a nontelephonic locate request is received by the center;
6. (6) "Planned excavation locate request," a request to the center for locating underground facilities for planning, permit, or design work relative to specific excavation activity planned to start within the next eighteen months;
7. (7) "Planner," any person who prepares a drawing for a planned construction or other project which will require excavation at a future date;
8. (8) "Positive response," an operator's electronically provided status update on locates requested by excavators;
9. (9) "Respond," the facility operator's mark or other means of physically identifying the location of underground facilities if the facility operator operates any underground facilities in the area of the proposed excavation;
10. (10) "Routine locate request," a communication between an excavator and the one-call notification center to request locating underground facilities for excavation activity; and
11. (11) "Ticket," a document issued by the one-call notification center to operators and excavators for the purpose of locating an underground facility.

Source: 21 SDR 27, effective August 21, 1994; 26 SDR 161, effective June 8, 2000; 29 SDR 111, effective February 12, 2003; 34 SDR 180, effective December 24, 2007; 36 SDR 96, adopted November 19, 2009, effective May 1, 2010 ; 51 SDR 66, effective December 29, 2024 .

General Authority: SDCL 49-7A-4 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 49-7A-1 , 49-7A-2 .

Prior versions effective: 2010-05-01.