Planting a tree? Planning construction work? Remember to contact North Dakota One Call first! The first step to any project is safety, and damaging an underground facility while you dig can cause injury or even death.
Numerous utility lines may be buried on your property, ranging from electric and telephone lines to water and sewer lines, but North Dakota One Call will help you locate these lines before your project begins.
Contact North Dakota One Call and utility line owners will locate and mark their lines.
Go online at www.ndonecall.com or call 800-795-0555 or 811.
It’s free, it’s simple and it’s the law.
These locates do not include any lines you may have installed to your private facilities, such as detached garages, wells or yard lights. If you need privately owned underground power lines located, you must call a locating service to do so. Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative offers secondary locating services. Charges apply.
The 811 process:
1. Notify
Notify the North Dakota One Call Center online at ndonecall.com or by calling 811 or 800-795-0555 at least 48 hours before work begins, excluding weekends and holidays. You can help by white lining your dig site.
These locates do not include any lines you may have installed to your private facilities, such as gas grills, detached garages, wells or yard lights.
2. Wait and confirm
Wait the required amount of time for affected utility operators to respond to your request, then confirm they all have responded to your request and marked underground utilities.
3. Respect
Respect the marks. The marks provided by the affected utilities are your guide for the duration of the project. The marks are valid for 21 calendar days. If you are unable to maintain the marks during your project or the project will continue past your request’s expiration date, call 811 to ask for a re-mark.
4. Dig carefully
Dig carefully around the marks. No mechanical excavating can take place within 24 inches on either side of the marked location of the underground facility. If you plan on digging within that 4-foot-wide area, hand digging is allowed, but dig carefully and cautiously.