§ 2-386. Utility service protection center; membership.  


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  • Utility service protection center means the "one call concept" Center established by utility companies doing business in Prince George's County, Maryland, for the purpose of expediting and simplifying information requests concerning field site identification of underground utilities for excavators, contractors, builders, developers, permittees and other persons who are to engage in excavation activities under the provisions of this Ordinance. The membership of the Center consists of the following: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland, Potomac Electric Power Company, Washington Gas Light Company and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. The membership of the Center does not include the following: The City of Bowie, Maryland, providing municipal water and sewer service, and the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Incorporated. It is the essential function of the Center to promptly notify the utility(ies) concerned so that it, or they, shall individually and directly respond to the permittee with the required information under this Ordinance.

(CB-6-1973)