(a) Any person may submit a Design Locate Request to the Notification Center. The Design Locate Request must:
(1) Describe the tract or parcel of land for which the Design Locale Request has been submitted, with sufficient particularity, as defined by policies developed and promulgated by the Notification Center, to enable the facility Operator to ascertain the precise tract or parcel of land involved; and
(2) State the name, mailing and physical address, telephone number and facsimile number of the person who has submitted the Design Locate Request, and the company name of the project Operator.
(b) No later than 10 business days after a Design Locate Request has been submitted to the Notification Center for a proposed project, the facility Operator shall respond by one of the following methods:
(1) Designate the location of all utility facilities within the area of the proposed excavation;
(2) Provide to the person submitting the Design Locale Request the best available description of all utility facilities in the area of proposed excavation which might include drawings of utility facilities already built in the area, or other facility records that are maintained by the facility Operator; or
(3) Allow the person submitting the Design Locate Request or any other authorized person to inspect or copy the drawings or other records for all utility facilities within the proposed area of excavation.
(c) Operators have the right to recover reasonable and compensatory costs for providing information pursuant to a Design Locale Request.