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tars. If a facility whose operator was not notified is damaged, the excavator might be held <br /> liable for any d mage which the excavation caused. <br /> Tate City of Eug ne has subscribed to the utility notification center since its early develop- <br /> nient and maint ins a notification system modem connection at the Maintenance Division <br /> office at 1820 oosevelt Blvd. The Maintenance Planning Section has the responsibility <br /> fqr receiving an distributing notifications to the various divisions of the City responsible <br /> '',fir undergroun facilities. <br /> '~,1 D THE U ILITY INSPECTOR <br /> 1 D.1 General <br /> e "Utility Ins ctor" is a term used to describe those individuals employed by the City to <br /> p rform the dut es described herein. lnspections of the permittee's work by the Utility <br /> 1 spector shall n no way relieve the permittee from the obligation of performing all work <br /> ithin the publi way in strict accordance with the requirements of the City of Eugene <br /> andard Speci ications, provisions of this manual, the Municipal Code, and related <br /> a ministrative r les. Nor shall this inspection relieve the permittee of the permittee's <br /> r sponsibility o performing any required corrections in case the work is later found <br /> d ficient. <br /> <br /> ~r! he Municipal ode places the responsibility with the City Engineer of seeing that all <br /> c nditions and pecifications for work within the public way are satisfactorily performed in . <br /> li a with good ngineering practice. Responsibility for the inspection, permit review and <br /> I Cates for the onstruction-related activities of licensees, franchised utilities and EWEB <br /> ithin the Publi Way has been delegated by the City Engineer to the Utility Inspector. <br /> I general, the rimary function of the Utility Inspector is to see that construction work <br /> rformed withi the public way is performed in the best interest of the City of Eugene and <br /> t e general pu lic. When work is not being performed in a manner acceptable under the <br /> unicipal Cod or adopted rules and standards, the Inspector will so inform the permitee's <br /> r presentative n charge and require the necessary corrections be made. <br /> he Utility Insp ctor shall maintain accurate records of the number of inspections each <br /> onth, locates erformed, requests for locates, right-of-way cut permits issued and <br /> i cidents of da age to City facilities. Licensees, franchised utilities and EWEB submit <br /> eekly reports fall right-of-way cuts made by their staff or contractors and these records <br /> re used by th Utility Inspector to submit statistics to the LUCC and OUCC to assist in <br /> t acking utility oordination trends state-wide. <br /> .D.2 Authori <br /> l~he Utility Insp ctor has the authority to order changes in construction technique or issue <br /> "stop work" ord rs for non-compliance with the permit conditions or Standard Specifics- <br /> , tons, as refere ced later here-in, if hazardous or improper methods are used. The <br /> ~tility & R/W Permit Policy 3 06!01!97 <br /> <br />