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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="24-203" title_number="24" title_name="Plumbing, Waterworks, and Sewer Construction" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Sewer Cleaning and Sewage Leaks">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “public access point” includes a parking lot, playground, picnic area, boat launching ramp, or park.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 24 hours after a leak is reported, the Commission shall post warning signs at each public access point to a waterway that becomes contaminated by a leak in a sanitary sewer line, pipe, or fixture that is connected to the sanitary sewer system of the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A warning sign posted under this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the source and date of discovery of the leak; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the contact information, including a telephone number, of the Commission for members of the general public to use for obtaining additional information.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall post the warning signs downstream from the leak in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is not required to post any warning sign upstream from a leak.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commission shall adopt regulations to implement this section, including regulations concerning:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the minimum distance from the source of a leak within which warning signs must be posted; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the form and content of the warning signs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
