TITLE 170 INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION

IC 8-1-26-26 requires the Commission to adopt rules to carry out its responsibilities under IC 8-1-26. IC 8-1-26 applies to anyone that is involved in excavation or that owns underground facilities. IC 8-1-26-6 defines excavation as an operation for the movement, placement, or removal of earth, rock, or other materials in or on the ground by use of tools or mechanized equipment or by discharge of explosives, including augering, backfilling, boring, digging, ditching, drilling, driving, grading, jacking, plowing in, pulling in, ripping, scraping, trenching, and tunneling. The definition of excavation is so broad that it could apply to almost any small business. It is impossible to estimate how many small businesses will be subject to this rule. Therefore, the commission cannot determine the number of small businesses affected by this rule.

This rule does not impose any annual reporting or record keeping costs. The only costs are those properly attributed to the underlying statute.

Because there is no way at this time to determine the number of small businesses affected by this rule, it is impossible for the commission to estimate the total economic impact of this rule. However, this rule does not impose any costs, but instead the costs are those properly attributed to the underlying statute.

No requirement or cost is imposed on any business, small or large, under this rule. The only costs are those properly attributed to the underlying statute.

This rule provides a brief and simple outline of the commission's process for addressing violations of IC 8-1-26. No further consolidation or simplification is possible that would achieve the purpose of this rule.

DIN: 20100616-IR-170100184EIA

Composed: May 06,2024 9:38:29AM EDT

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