re: Sod Cutter - Do I need to put in a One Call request?

The fines are more civil in nature rather than criminal. The practice is that you should limit mechanical means when digging in the area of the marks and hand dig. The only lines that you may have that shallow would be cable or phone but having them marked will more than likely get you a free replacement should you happen to cut one, without they could charge you a service call.

My last dig was for a sewer line that required a phone drop to be cut. We notified the carrier ahead of time and they proactively ran a new above ground drop and told us to dig away, tearing up years of old lines.