South Carolina State Law requires the excavator, when planning any activity that results in the movement or removal of earth, rock or other materials in or on the ground, to contact the utility company or P.U.P.S. with adequate information regarding the dig. Each excavator is required to wait 72-hours or 3 business days before starting the digging work. A P.U.P.S. representative will record the location of the digging site and notify member utility companies of the intent to dig. Utility companies will then send out a professional locator to your dig site to mark the approximate location of utility lines. Not all utilities are members with P.U.P.S. If a utility is not named, please contact them directly. Once your lines have been marked, you may begin to carefully excavate around the marked lines. Remember: call 811, wait the required time, respect the marks and dig with care!