Failure to notify one-number locator service—Civil penalty, if damages.
(1)(a) Any excavator who fails to notify a one-number locator service and causes damage to a hazardous liquid or gas underground facility is subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.
(b) The civil penalty in this subsection may also be imposed on any excavator who violates RCW
19.122.090.
(2) All civil penalties recovered under this section must be deposited into the damage prevention account created in RCW
19.122.160.
NOTES:
Report—Effective date—2011 c 263: See notes following RCW
19.122.010.
Intent—Finding—Effective date—2001 c 238: See notes following RCW
80.24.060.
Intent—Findings—Conflict with federal requirements—Short title—Effective date—2000 c 191: See RCW
81.88.005 and
81.88.900 through
81.88.902.