The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 30 V.S.A. § 7006b)
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§ 7006b. Excavation area precautions
Any person engaged in excavating activities in the approximate location of underground
utility facilities marked pursuant to section 7006 of this title shall take reasonable precautions to avoid damage to underground utility facilities,
including any substantial weakening of the structural or lateral support of such facilities
or penetration, severance, or destruction of such facilities. The person engaged in
excavation activities shall expose underground facilities to verify their location
and depth, in a safe manner, at each location where the work will cross a facility
and at reasonable intervals when paralleling an underground facility. Powered or mechanized
equipment may only be used within the approximate location where the facilities have
been verified. (Added 1993, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 2001, No. 51, § 3; 2007, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2019, No. 31, § 12.)