WV HB2736

Clarifies the definition of "emergency" for underground facilities to include conditions requiring immediate correction to ensure safety of the general public or operator personnel, rather than requiring both safety and service continuity

Modifies the 48-hour response timeline for operators to locate underground facilities, specifying the period begins at 12:00 a.m. of the day following the one-call system's receipt of excavator notification

Grants the Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Board explicit authority to make findings, assess penalties, require training, and obtain liens on property of persons who fail to pay assessed penalties

Allows the board to hold enforcement hearings in Kanawha County at its discretion, rather than only in the county where the excavation occurred

Directs appeals of board final orders to be filed with the intermediate court of appeals under the State Administrative Procedures Act