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title: Title 25, Chapter 9. Blasting or Excavating Near Underground Facilities
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date: 2025
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heading: BLASTING OR EXCAVATING NEAR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
title_heading: FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY
section_count: 16
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9.md?full=1
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# Title 25, Chapter 9. Blasting or Excavating Near Underground Facilities

Title 25. Fire Protection and Safety

16 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 25-9-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-1.md
- 25-9-2, Purpose of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-2.md
- 25-9-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-3.md
- 25-9-4, Design locate request and response, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-4.md
- 25-9-5, Cooperation with UPC; permanent markers for water and sewer facilities; accurate placement; point of contact list, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-5.md
- 25-9-6, Prerequisites to blasting or excavating; marking of sites, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-6.md
- 25-9-7, Determining presence of underground facilities and sewer laterals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-7.md
- 25-9-8, Treatment of underground facilities by blasters and excavators; emergency notifications, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-8.md
- 25-9-9, Degree of accuracy required in underground facility location information; liability due to inaccurate, lack of, or delayed communication of location information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-9.md
- 25-9-10, Effect of chapter upon rights, titles, powers, or interests of facility owners or operators, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-10.md
- 25-9-10.1, Cooperation with the Department of Transportation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-10.1.md
- 25-9-11, Effect of chapter in relation to public road or street right of way, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-11.md
- 25-9-11.1, Prohibition of local governing authorities from enforcing local ordinances or resolutions relating to certain marking or location requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-11.1.md
- 25-9-12, Notice requirements for emergency excavations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-12.md
- 25-9-13, Notice requirements for nonemergency excavations in an area declared to have extraordinary circumstances, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-13.md
- 25-9-14, Strict liability; bond authorization; civil penalties; advisory committee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-9-14.md