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2-32: The Notification Service is the Interface between
Excavators and Registered Facility Owners for
the Purpose of Reporting Buried Facilities Not
Originally Identified on the Locate Sheet.
Practice statement: The notification service will receive calls from the
excavator reporting the discovery of unidentified facilities found within the
excavation area.
Practice Description: The notification service receives detailed verbal
description of plant that has been discovered from the excavator. This
information is then dispatched/forwarded to the registered facility owners.
This type of request triggers an emergency notification.
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