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tors. If a facility whose operator was not notified is damaged, the excavator might be held <br />liable for any damage which the excavation caused. <br />The City of Eugene has subscribed #o the utility notification center since its early develop- <br />ment and maintains a notification system modem connection at the Maintenance Division <br />office at 1820 Roosevelt Blvd. The Maintenance Planning Section has the responsibility <br />for receiving and distributing notifications to the various divisions of the City responsible <br />for underground facilities. <br />1.D THE UTILITY INSPECTOR <br />9.D.1 General <br />The "Utility Inspector" is a term used to describe those individuals employed by the City to <br />perform the duties described herein. Inspections of the permittee's work by the Utility <br />Inspector shall in no way relieve the permittee #rom the obligation of performing all work <br />within the public way in strict accordance with the requirements of the City of Eugene <br />Standard Specifications, provisions of this manual, the Municipal Code, and related <br />administrative rules. Nor shall this inspection relieve the permittee of the permittee's <br />responsibility of performing any required corrections in case the work is later found <br />deficient. <br />The Municipal Code places the responsibility with the City Engineer of seeing that all <br />conditions and specifications for work within the public way are satisfactorily performed in <br />line with good engineering practice. Responsibility for the inspection, permit review and <br />locates for the construction-related activities of licensees, franchised utilities and EWEB <br />within the Public Way has been delegated by the City Engineer to the Utility Inspector. <br />In general, the primary function of the Utility Inspector is to see that construction work <br />performed within the public way is performed in the best interest of the City of Eugene and <br />the general public. When work is not being performed in a manner acceptable under the <br />Municipal Code or adopted rules and standards, the Inspector will so inform the permitee's <br />representative in charge and require the. necessary. corrections be made. <br />The Utility Inspector shall maintain accurate records of the number of inspections each <br />month, locates performed, requests for locates, right-of--way cut permits issued and <br />incidents of damage to City facilities. Licensees, franchised utilities and EWEB submit <br />weekly reports of all right-of--way cuts made by their staff or contractors and these records <br />are used by the Utility Inspector to submit statistics to the LUCC and OUCC to assist in <br />tracking utility coordination trends state-wide. <br />1.D.2 Authori <br />The Utility Inspector has the authority #o order changes in construction technique or issue <br />"stop work" orders for non-compliance with the permi# conditions or Standard Specifica- <br />tions, as referenced later here-in, if hazardous or improper methods are used. The <br />Utility & RNU Permit Policy 3 06/01/97 <br />