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F. Penn-DOT
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation may require permits for certain
situations encountered while utilizing the Dirt and Gravel Road Maintenance Program.
In some instances a Highway Occupancy Permit may be required or mobilization of
equipment or heavy hauling on Penn DOT roads may require a permit. Check with the
Penn-DOT Regional Offices with any questions pertinent to Penn DOT permits.
G. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC)
Significant modification to a road, right-of-way or other areas outside of existing
infrastructure may encounter historical artifacts. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission’s Bureau for Historic Preservation reviews and comments on undertakings of
state and federal agencies, as required by the Pennsylvania History Code (Act 70, 37 Pa.
Cons. Stat.) and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Contact with the
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission should be made if there is any question
regarding a site’s historic, archeological or paleontological status. For further
information contact the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission.
H. Pennsylvania One Call System
Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc.
Call Before You Dig!
1-800-242-1776
The Underground Utility Line Protection Act, Act 287 of 1974 as amended by PA Act
187 of 1996, amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L. 852, No. 287), entitled "An
act to protect the public health and safety by preventing excavation or demolition work
from damaging underground lines used in providing electricity, communications, gas, oil
delivery, oil product delivery, sewage, water or other service; imposing duties upon the
providers of such services, recorders of deeds, and person and other entities preparing
drawings or performing excavation or demolition work; and prescribing penalties,"
further providing for definitions, for duties of facility owners, for a One Call System, and
for designers and contractors for a One Call System; and providing for penalties.
The one call system is a single nonprofit communication clearinghouse established within
the Commonwealth to provide a single toll free telephone number for contractors or
designers or any other person covered by this Act. The one call system notifies the
facility owner of the contractors’ intent to perform excavation. The one call system is
located in West Mifflin, PA.
Further questions about excavating near buried utilities can be answered by the
Department of Labor and Industry.
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