<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0-000004 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:25:01:01"><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000000">20:25:01:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000001">.  Definitions. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">Terms defined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-7A-1"><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000002">49-7A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> have the same meaning when used in this article. Terms used in this article mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (1)  "Excavation site," the specific location where an excavation will occur;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (2)  "High profile underground facility," a high profile underground facility is any:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">        (a)  High pressure natural gas pipeline with a maximum allowable operating pressure greater than </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">three hundred pounds per square inch (psi)</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">        (b)  Natural gas transmission facility in a high consequence area</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> as defined in 49 C.F.R. </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">§ 192.903 (October 1, 2009)</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">        (c)  Petroleum pipeline;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">        (d)  Hazardous material pipeline;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">        (e)  High-voltage electric supply line, conductor, or cable that has a potential to ground of greater than or equal to </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> kilovolts; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">        (f)  Underground facility that, if damaged, has the potential for significant public safety, economic, or environmental impact;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (3</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">"Informational locate request," a </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">request to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> the one-call </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">notification </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">center for locating underground facilities for planning, permit, surveying, mapping, or design work </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> is not related to planned excavation activity within the next eighteen months;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">4</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">)  "Normal business hours," 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays as </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">provided in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-5-1"><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000002">1-5-1</span></a><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">5</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">)  "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 nontelephon</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">ic</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> locate request is received by the center;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">6</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">)  "Planned excavation locate request," a </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">request to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> 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;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">7</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">)  "Planner," any person who prepares a drawing for a planned construction or other project which will require excavation at a future date;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (8)  "Positive response," an operator's electronically provided status update on locates requested by excavators;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (9)  "Respond," the facility operator</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">'s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> mark or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">other means of </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">physically identify</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">ing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> the location of underground facilities if the facility operator operates any underground facilities in the area of the proposed excavation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (10)  "Routine locate request," a communication between an excavator and the one-call</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> notification</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> center </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> request locating underground facilities for excavation activity;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    (11)  "Ticket," a document issued by the one-call notification center to operators and excavators for the purpose of locating an underground facility.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> 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</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">; 51 SDR 66, effective December 29, 2024</span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-7A-4"><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000002">49-7A-4</span></a><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">    </span><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-7A-1"><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000002">49-7A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-7A-2"><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0-000002">49-7A-2</span></a><span class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60cP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f7bc969-e7b6-4093-94f7-224224ecf60c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>