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4. Street address
5. Street name
6. Length and direction of the excavation and the nearest adjacent
cross streets (needed to bound area of excavation or extended
excavation)
7. Subdivision and lot number (for new development)
8. Latitude/Longitude: Latitude-longitude coordinate(s) or specific
address of the dig site may be done automatically by the GIS
subsystem, GPS coordinates or determined by computer assisted
customer service representative. The dig site can be a point, an
area or box, or a polygon. For a spatial rectangle (maximum/
minimum latitude/ longitude), the dig site must be wholly within the
included area.
9. Highway markers
10. Railroad or pipeline markers

11. General directions/instructions
12. Postal code
13. Distance to nearest cross-street
14. Telephone number at dig site
15. 911 address
16. Lot and concession
17. Map reference
18. Pole numbers
19. Any other pertinent references to help establish the location of the
dig site
B. The intended start date and time of the excavation
C. Excavating by hand or machine
D. Type of the excavation activity (e.g. boring, blasting, trenching, etc.)

E. Whom the excavation work is being done for
F. What is the purpose of the work (i.e., what will be installed and/or built)
G. Excavation on public property
H. Excavation on private property and if so, where (front, side, rear)
I Is the dig site pre-marked by the excavator
J. The depth of the excavation
K. Is a site meet requested

L. Does the excavator want an “outline mark and fax”
M. The status of the involved members for that request (notice, clear,
suppress, cleared by look-up)
N. Additional remarks

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