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In accordance with Wisconsin State Law (Statute 182.0175) a request for location of buried facilities must be made to Diggers Hotline by the individual(s) or firm doing the digging “not less than 3 working days prior to the start of the excavation or demolition.”
When a request has been made for the location of buried facilities in accordance with the above requirements and the request is not responded to, any damage which occurs to the buried facilities shall be the responsibility of the company having failed to locate its buried facilities.
If no request for location is made to Diggers Hotline, and the facilities are damaged or made inoperative by digging, the person or firm doing the digging or excavating will be responsible for the entire cost of the damage incurred.
All charges for the relocation or rearranging of buried facilities located on private rights-of-way will be borne by the individual, firm or company requiring the change.
Any person who knowingly fails to comply with this section shall forfeit $1,000 for each such failure, provided that if the failure to comply results in damage of any transmission facility, the forfeiture shall be $2,000. Each day that failure to comply resists is a separate offense.