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CDOT UTILITY /RELOCATION /SPECIAL USE PERMIT STANDARD PROVISIONS
<br />the top of the line. The ;Naming tape shall be surface - detectable if
<br />needed to facilitate detection of the line.
<br />c. The utility shall place readily identifiable markers at the right of
<br />way line where it is crossed by pipelines carrying transmittants
<br />which are flammable, corrosive, expansive, energized, or unstable,
<br />particularly if carried at high pressure or potential, except where a
<br />vent will serve as a 'marker.
<br />d. The utility shall place markers for longitudinal underground .
<br />facilities vertically above the facilities or at a known horizontal
<br />offset, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Department.
<br />Each marker shall provide a fore - and backsight to succeeding and
<br />preceding markers. Markers shall be installed at suitable intervals
<br />along tangent sections, at angle points or points of curvature and at
<br />reasonable intervals along curves.
<br />e. • The utility shall maintain any markers required by this Code for the
<br />life of the installation.
<br />£ The Department may require the utility to submit "as- constructed"
<br />plans. The Department may enter into an agreement with the utility
<br />whereby the Department can rely on those plans for the exact ••
<br />location of the utility for any future excavations, and need not give
<br />notice to the utility under Article 1.5 of Title 9, C.R.S.
<br />The utility will comply with the applicable requirements of Article
<br />1.5 of Title 9 C.R:S., including anyrequirement to participate in the
<br />• State's Notification Association pursuant to'9- 1.5- 105.C.RS.. All
<br />owners of underground utilities within the SHROW, with the
<br />exception of the Department itself, must become members of the
<br />UNCC Notification Association.
<br />h. In addition to complying with the provisions of Article 1.5 of Title
<br />9 C.R.S (One -Call Statute) in response to the Department's.- .
<br />notification of planned excavations, utility owners shall surface -
<br />mark their buried utility facilities that are located within the
<br />SHROW in order to facilitate Departmental engineering and design
<br />activities, upon reasonable request from the Department, and at no
<br />cost to the Department. The Permittee shall respond to such request
<br />within a reasonable timefratne acceptable to the Department, but no
<br />longer than 14 days from the date of request, and the
<br />accuracy of the surface marking shall be within 18 inches of either
<br />side of the actual location of the buried facility.
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<br />23. ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
<br />If for any transportation purpose it becomes necessary to remove, adjust, or
<br />relocate this facility, Permittee will do so promptly, at no cost to the CDOT
<br />except as provided by law, upon written notice from CDOT and in accordance
<br />with the utility relocation permit issued to cover the necessary work. The
<br />utility shall perform the relocation at or within a time convenient to and in
<br />proper coordination with the project or transportation- related activity, to
<br />minimize public inconvenience and cost, as directed by the Department in the
<br />permit authorizing the relocation. The utility company shall pay for damages
<br />caused by the company's delay in the performance of utility relocation work or
<br />interference with the performance of transportation project work done by
<br />others. Such damages include, but are not limited to, payments made by the
<br />Department to any third party based on a claim that performance of the
<br />transportation project work was delayed or interfered with as a direct result of
<br />the utility company's failure to timely perform the utility relocation work.
<br />Damages resulting from delays in the performance of the utility relocation
<br />work or interference with the transportation project work that are caused by
<br />events' beyond the utility company's ability to reasonably foresee or control (a
<br />force majeure) shall not be charged to the utility company.
<br />24. ABANDONMENT, RETIREMENT, CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP
<br />The Permittee shall notify the Department in writing of the planned
<br />retirement or abandonment of its facility or any portion thereof.
<br />The Department will notify the Permittee in writing if it determines
<br />that the facilities may be retired or abandoned in place, along with
<br />any special conditions that may apply.
<br />b. Retired facilities shall remain the Permittee's sole responsibility, .
<br />subject to all provisions of the Utility Accommodation Code and all
<br />of the terns and conditions of the permit issued for that facility,
<br />including maintenance and relocation requirements.
<br />c, The Permittee shall promptly remove all abandoned facilities from
<br />the SH ROW and promptly restore the SH ROW to pre - existing or
<br />other conditions prescribed by the Department unless the
<br />Department in writing expressly allows the facility to remain in
<br />place. Written notice from the Department, allowing an abandoned
<br />facility to remain in place, may include special conditions. •
<br />d. If utility facilities are retired or abandoned in place; the utility shall
<br />comply with that decision if directed by the Department:
<br />1) cap, plug or fill lines,
<br />. 2) firrnish suitable location records for any such buried facilities,
<br />3) maintain its own records of such facilities and respond to
<br />locate notices /requests from the UNCC and/or excavators, In
<br />providing such locates, the utility will indicate to the
<br />requesting entity whetheror not the subject facilities are
<br />retired or abandoned.
<br />4) perfonn any other actions as deemed necessary by the
<br />Department to protect the transportation facility and/or the
<br />traveling public.
<br />e. If the ownership of utility facilities is transferred, both the original
<br />Permittee and the new owner shall notify the Department in writing
<br />prior to the change in ownership, and such notice shall state the
<br />planned date of change in ownership. The notice froni the new
<br />owner shall include a written statement accepting all terns and
<br />•conditions of the existing permit, effective upon the planned date of
<br />the change in ownership.
<br />f. Utility facilities containing asbestos may not be abandoned in- place.
<br />Ordinarily, such facilities must be removed from the SHROW when
<br />take out of service. On a case-by -case basis, the Department may
<br />allow such facilities to be retired in- place, with the owner retaining
<br />full legal ownership and responsibility for the facilities.
<br />25. SUSPENSION AND CANCELLATION
<br />The•CDOT inspector may.suspend operation due to:
<br />1) Non compliance with the provisions of this permit
<br />2) • Adverse weather or traffic conditions
<br />3) Concurrent transportation construction or maintenance
<br />• operations in conflict with the permitted work.
<br />4) Any condition deemed unsafe for workers or for the general
<br />public.
<br />b. Work may resume when grounds for suspension no longer exist.
<br />This permit is subject to cancellation due to:
<br />1) Persistent noncompliance with permit provisions
<br />2) Abandonment or transfer of ownership
<br />3) Superseded by new permit covering the same installation
<br />4) Conflict with necessary planned transportation construction.
<br />Permittee must promptly terminate occupancy upon notice of .
<br />cancellation of permit, unless a new permit is applied for and
<br />granted. •
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<br />CDOT Permit Form 333 and Standard Provisions Page 6 of 6
<br />Where Permittee does not fulfill an obligation to repair or maintain
<br />any portion of the highway facility, or control and safely maintain '
<br />the flow of traffic thereon, CDOT reserves the right, in lieu of
<br />canceling•tliis permit, to accomplish the required work by any other •
<br />appropriate, means, and Permittee shall be liable for the actual costs
<br />thereof.
<br />02/06
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