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b. Before the initiation of any excavation, the Contractor shall locate all existing utilities, culverts, and other structures. Work shall be coordinated with affected utility companies. Prior to excavation, the Contractor shall contact MISS UTILITY at 811 and comply with all MISS UTILITY requirements. c. Each Party shall establish membership in the local MISS UTILITY program and perform all cable and conduit locate activities required to protect the respective conduits. 4. NON - ROUTINE MAINTENANCE All maintenance other than routine maintenance as described in Section 3, above, shall be deemed to be non - routine maintenance. Each Party shall provide 24x7 real -time contact information to the other Party for the purpose of reporting service affecting conditions to that Party. When reporting a service affecting condition, each Party shall provide the following information to the other Party: a. Type /nature of problem; b. Location of the problem; and C. Any other pertinent information that may help in identifying and resolving the problem in an expedient manner and to ensure the appropriate response is initiated. When each Party identifies or is notified of a problem via either system alarm or the other Party, that Party will initiate repair /response activities as appropriate and necessary for the type of problem being reported. The repairing Party shall have its first maintenance representative on -site within one (1) hour after the time it becomes aware of a service affecting condition (whether same occurs within normal business hours or after - hours, weekend or holiday), unless delayed by circumstances beyond its reasonable control. The repairing Party will provide effective follow -up information to the other Party on the maintenance action until the issue has been resolved. In the event that the repairing Party dispatches personnel for a conduit breach, fiber outage or other problem caused by the other Party's equipment or personnel, the repairing Party will invoice and the other Party agrees to pay the repairing Party charges for time and travel associated with such dispatch. 5. REPAIR AND RESTORATION When undertaking repairs of major conduit and/or Fiber failures, the repairing Party shall work to restore the respective conduit as quickly as possible. Immediately upon arriving on the site of the damage, the repairing Party will determine the course of action to be taken to restore the conduit and/or Fiber and begin restoration efforts. The repairing Party shall use reasonable efforts to effect repairs of major failures within four (4) hours after the maintenance representative arrives at the site of the problem. Such repairs may be temporary. Within one (1) business day after completing any temporary repair or restoration, the repairing Party shall commence planning permanent repair. The repairing Party shall notify the other Party of its permanent repair plans and implement such repairs within an appropriate time thereafter.