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The City facili ies located shall be temporarily marked using green paint for sewers and <br /> orange paint f r City telecommunications. Where the use of paint is not practical, a written <br /> description of he facility upon wood stakes is acceptable. Once the Utility Inspector has <br /> marked the to ated city owned facilities, the excavator is responsible for taking reasonable <br /> steps to main sin these marks through the life of their project. <br /> Several othe City work units respond to certain utility locate requests. Due to the <br /> specialized to sting equipment needed, Public Works Transportation Division provides <br /> personnel #o espond to locate requests for its facilities. When requested by the Utility <br /> Inspector, th Parks Maintenance Section provides personnel to respond to locate <br /> requests for s facilities (e.g., irrigation systems). Locate requests that may impact <br /> facilities maint ir>ed by the Wastewater Division are forwarded to appropriate staff in that <br /> Division (avast water pump stations, force mains, etc.). Locate requests that may impact <br /> facilities main ained by the Airport Division are forwarded to appropriate staff in that <br /> Division (exc vations within or adjacent to airport property). Locate requests that may <br /> impact facilitie maintained by the Facilities Division are forwarded to appropriate staff in <br /> that Division ( .g, power conduits in parks, excavations adjacent to City-owned buildings). <br /> <br /> . 1.E.1 Re ue is for Emer enc Locates <br /> An emergen y locate should not be requested unless it involves emergency repairs <br /> immediately equired to an existing facility within the public way. The City of Eugene <br /> attempts to re ularly monitor incoming locate requests; however, full-time monitoring is not <br /> practical. Du ing norms! business hours, emergency locate requests for City facilities <br /> made through the OUNC are received and dispatched through the Maintenance Planning <br /> office. The n tification center typically calls the City to ensure that emergency locate <br /> requests hav been received. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.., emergency <br /> locate reques s are forwarded to the Utility Inspector. Locates needed outside this time <br /> period may b placed through the OUNC who then must notify the City's after-hours <br /> dispatch by to ephone at 682-5111. Response to after-hours emergency locate requests <br /> is coordinate by the Maintenance on-call supervisor. Emergency requests for locates <br /> involving faci ities located by other work units will be forwarded to the appropriate <br /> personnel. <br /> 1.E.2 Intern I Public Works Locate Re nests For Maiintenance Activities <br /> Locate requ sts placed with the Utility Notification Center for the various types of <br /> maintenance work to be performed by the different City of Eugene Public Works Divisions <br /> shall be treat d in a manner similar to those locates performed for agencies ar individuals <br /> issued a right of-way permit, with the following exception. Because no permit is required, <br /> Engineering ivision personnel do not research the existing underground facilities. Upon <br /> specific requ st, the Utility Inspector will research and field-locate ail wastewater and <br /> stormwater f cilities for maintenance work to be performed by Maintenance and <br /> Transportatio Division crews. <br /> Utility & R/W Per it Policy 5 02/09/98 <br /> <br />