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(1) An excavator who, in the course of excavation, contacts or damages an underground facility shall notify the utility owning or operating such facility and the one-number locator service. If the damage causes an emergency condition, the excavator causing the damage shall also alert the appropriate local public safety agencies and take all appropriate steps to ensure the public safety. No damaged underground facility may be buried until it is repaired or relocated. (2) The owner of the underground facilities damaged shall arrange for repairs or relocation as soon as is practical or may permit the excavator to do necessary repairs or relocation at a mutually acceptable price. RCW 19.122.055 Failure to notify onenumber locator service--Civil penalty, if damages. (1) ANY PERSON who fails to notify the one-number locator service and causes damage to a hazardous liquid or gas pipeline is subject to a civil penalty of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars For Each Violation. (2) All civil penalties recovered under this section shall be deposited into the pipeline safety account created in RCW 81.88.050. 24
RCW 19.122.060 Exemption from notice and marking requirements for property owners. An excavation of less than twelve inches in vertical depth on private noncommercial property shall be exempt from the requirements of RCW 19.122.030 if the excavation is being performed by the person or an employee of the person who owns or occupies the property on which the excavation is being performed. RCW 19.122.070 Civil penalties--Treble damages--Existing remedies not affected. (1) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, and which violation results in damage to underground facilities, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation. All penalties recovered in such actions shall be deposited in the general fund. (2) Any excavator who wilfully or maliciously damages a field-marked underground facility shall be liable for treble the costs incurred in repairing or relocating the facility. In those cases in which an excavator fails to notify known underground facility owners or the one-number locator service, any damage to the underground facility shall be deemed wilful and malicious and shall be subject to 25
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