Damage Prevention
| New Mexico state law requires everyone involved in any excavation to provide at least two working days’ notice to UFOs. This notification is accomplished by contacting the one-call center at least two working days prior to beginning your excavation. The UFOs are then required to mark the horizontal locations of their underground lines within the two working days. |
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When to contact NM811
If you plan on digging, excavating, blasting or moving earth in any way, contact New Mexico 811 and all non-members two working days prior to starting excavation. Non-members include homeowners, master meter systems, non-jurisdictional members (i.e. Native American reservations, and federal facilities). New Mexico 811 is open from 7 am to 5 pm, Monday thru Friday, except holidays.
Contacting NM811
When requesting line locates, NM811’s preference is for you to call by telephone or enter your requests at nm811.org. Calls to New Mexico 811 (NM811) are free.
NM811 can be reached:
Toll free from anywhere in New Mexico by calling: 811
Toll free from anywhere in the United States by calling: 1-800-321-2537
If you damage an underground facility
If an underground facility is damaged during excavation, you must stop excavation, call 911 if appropriate, notify the UFO immediately and call 811 to report the damage. Damage may include nicks, dents, gouges, cuts, scrapes or scratches to the coating, insulating jacket or tracer wire.
If your utlities are affected whan a damage occurs
If your utilities are affected when a damage occurs then you will need to submit a 3rd party damage report via
http://korinsightnm.korterra.com/.
New Mexico Excavation Law Classes
We recommend anybody involved with the design, planning, or conducting excavation projects is the appropriate audience. It’s good knowledge to have. The training includes a pre and post test and attendees must score an 80% or better to be considered successful. Certificates will be issued to those scoring 80% or better.
Classes are held the 2nd Monday of every month and begin at 1:00pm (unless otherwise noted). They are held at the New Mexico 811 Center, 1021 Eubank Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87112. Attendees must park in the South Parking lot only.
Classes are free to attend, but RSVP is required. Please RSVP to:
pipeline.safety@state.nm.us
Please include Name of attendees; physical mailing address; contact phone number; and case number, if you are attending the class to fulfill the requirements of a notice of probable violation from the Pipeline Safety Bureau.
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