2022-2024 Form

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so you're planning on doing some work that requires you today and you know that you need to get your utility lines marked beforehand but what is the first step to the eight one one process before you contact eight one one you first need to pre mark your excavation site pre marking is the act of identifying your dig site location so the utility locators know where you plan on digging based on these markings the locators will check the area and mark any of their facilities that may be located within your proposed dig site free markings should always be done in white to represent your proposed dig site location pre marking can be done with a number of different methods the most common method is white paint other acceptable methods are flags chalk stakes or even baking flour you will pre mark your dig site differently depending on the type of work you are doing if you're working at a single point like planting a tree or installing a mailbox you would draw a circle on the ground to identify