Extraordinary Circumstances Declared

GA – October 9, 2026 – Please be advised the following Georgia 811 members have invoked the use of Positive Response Code 3J (Extraordinary Circumstances) across their service area/areas effective on the date posted below.

Last updated on 10/9/2026 at 4:04pm.

  • City of Sparta (SP50, SP51, SP52 – Hancock and Washington County) effective Friday, October 9, 2026 at 2:00pm until Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 7:00am.
  • Marathon Petroleum Company (MPC – Bibb, DeKalb, and Muscogee County) effective Friday, October 9, 2026 at 8:00pm until Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 3:00pm.
  • Lumen (LEV3 – Polk, Haralson, Carroll, Heard, Coweta, Troup, Meriweather, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Clay, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Baker, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Decatur, Grady, Thomas, and Brooks County) effective Friday, October 9, 2026 at 11:00am until Friday, October 16, 2026 at 12:00am.
  • Georgia Transmission Corporation (GATRA2, GATRA6 – Baker, Barrow, Calhoun, Camden, Clayton, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Decatur, DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Grady, Gwinnett, Hart, Houston, Jackson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Madison, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Randolph, Rockdale, Sumter, Taylor, Thomas, Troup, Turner, Upson, Walton, Washington, Wheeler, White, and Wilkes County) effective Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 12:00am until Monday, October 12, 2026 at 11:59pm.
  • Crown Castle (NEXTG, NEXTG1 – Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, Decatur, DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Lumpkin, McDuffie, McIntosh, Macon, Madison, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Spalding, Stephens, and Stewart County) effective Friday, October 9, 2026 at 12:00pm until Friday, October 16, 2026 at 9:00am.
  • Zayo (ZAYO – Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, Decatur, DeKalb, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Lumpkin, McDuffie, McIntosh, Macon, Madison, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Spalding, Stephens, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Towns, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Worth County) effective Friday, October 9, 2026 at 1:30pm until Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 6:00am.
  • Cobb EMC (COB70 – Cobb, Paulding, Cherokee, Fulton, and Bartow County) effective Friday, October 9, 2026 at 12:00am until Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 12:00am.
  • Verizon (MCI01, MCI02, VZW01 – Polk, Haralson, Carroll, Heard, Coweta, Troup, Meriweather, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell, Clay, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Baker, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Decatur, Grady, Thomas, Brooks County) effective Friday, October 9, 2026 at 7:00pm until Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 12:00pm.
  • North Georgia EMC (NOG71 – Murray, Whitfield, Gordon, Catoosa, Floyd, Chattooga, Walker County) effective Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 6:00pm until Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 12:00am.

Extraordinary Circumstances is explained in the Georgia Dig Law – O.C.G.A §25-9-7d.

If there are questions, please contact these members directly.

To declare Extraordinary Circumstances, members must complete the form on the Georgia 811 website here. Questions may also be directed to the Member Services Department at memberservices@georgia811.com or by phone at 770-623-5786.

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