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(3)(4) “Demolish” or “demolition” means any operation by which a structure or mass of material is wrecked, razed, rendered, moved, or removed by means of any powered tools, powered equipment, exclusive of transportation equipment, or discharge explosives;
(4)(5) “Excavate” or “excavation” means to dig, compress, or remove earth, rock, or other materials in or on the ground by use of mechanized equipment, tools manipulated only by human or animal power, or blasting, including without limitation augering, boring, backfilling, drilling, grading, pile-driving, plowing in, pulling in, trenching, tunneling, and plowing;
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excavation;
(5)(6) "Excavator" means a person that engages in demolition or
(7) "Extraordinary circumstances" means:
(A) Floods, snow, ice storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, or
other natural disasters; or
(B) Cybersecurity events involving the One Call Center's
system or the operator's system;
(8) "Infrastructure project" means a telecommunications, fiber
network, gas, water, sewer, or power and electric buildout that focuses on the development and placement of extensive underground facilities to support services provided by the facilities;
(9)(A) “Mechanized equipment” means equipment operated by means of mechanical power, including trenchers, bulldozers, power shovels, augers, backhoes, scrapers, drills, cable and pipe plows, and other equipment used for plowing in or pulling in cable or pipe.
(B) "Mechanized equipment" does not include specialized equipment that is specifically designed to excavate without damaging
underground facilities, including without limitation equipment that excavates using pressurized water or air coupled with a vacuum system;
(6)(10) “Member operator” means any operator that is a member of the One Call Center;
(7)(11) “One Call Center” means a center operated by an organization which has as one of its purposes to receive notification of planned excavation and demolition in a specified area from excavators and to disseminate such notification of planned excavation or demolition to operators who are members of the center One Call Center;
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