Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-345-2 - Central clearinghouse
(a) The central
clearinghouse shall be Call Before You Dig, Inc., a corporation established
under the Connecticut Non stock Corporation Act, membership which is open to
all public utilities which file with it the information required by sections
16-345-1
to
16-345-9,
inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The certificate of incorporation, bylaws
and written operating procedures of the central clearinghouse shall be subject
to the approval of the Authority, and any changes to these shall be approved by
the Authority prior to implementation of such changes.
(c) The central clearinghouse shall maintain
written operating procedures, which shall detail the days and hours during
which the notification system will be in full operation, and which also shall
include procedures for:
(1) receiving,
handling and promptly dispatching tickets to public utilities;
(2) determining the size of the proposed
excavation or demolition that may be included as one ticket;
(3) advising the caller to contact individual
public utilities which the caller suspects might be affected by emergency
excavations or emergency blasting, and making available the emergency contact
telephone numbers for the affected utilities;
(4) retaining records of all tickets to the
central clearinghouse for a reasonable time period;
(5) establishing and maintaining a standard
mapping system;
(6) providing for
the institution of advertisement and educational programs to advise excavators,
public agencies and public utilities affected by Chapter 293 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, of the central clearinghouse's terms and requirements;
encouraging educational programs for the benefit of excavators and public
utilities; and encouraging public and private agencies planning or undertaking
construction projects to require design engineers to obtain underground utility
information, identify such data on drawings, resolve facility conflicts with
public utilities, and design projects to minimize adverse effects on
facilities;
(7) confirming tickets
as being processed by issuing a ticket number at the end of the excavator
requesting a ticket from the central clearinghouse;
(8) providing for processing of emergency
excavation or emergency blasting tickets during the hours when the central
clearinghouse is not in operation;
(9) receiving, handling and dispatching
tickets of areas of continual excavation; and
(10) such other actions as the Authority
shall deem necessary to carry out the objectives of Chapter 293 of the
Connecticut General Statutes and to protect public safety.
(d) No less than two months prior to the
beginning of each fiscal year, the central clearinghouse shall propose to the
Authority for approval an annual budget which shall:
(1) include billing rates that shall
equitably allocate the costs of operating the notification system to those
public utilities whose facilities are registered with the central
clearinghouse; and
(2) be
calculated so that the central clearinghouse shall neither make a profit nor
suffer a loss, but may include reasonable reserves in accordance with standard
accounting practices to address unforeseen circumstances, provided that if such
a profit or loss does occur during any year, the budget for the next year shall
be adjusted accordingly.
(e) The central clearinghouse shall maintain
a current list of public utilities that participate in the central
clearinghouse's service, and from time to time, as the Authority may require,
file with the Authority the list, which list shall include for each such public
utility:
(1) the name and title of the public
utility's employee or representative responsible for receiving tickets of
proposed excavations or demolitions;
(2) the business address of such
employee;
(3) the normal business
hours during which such employee may be contacted at the public
utility;
(4) The business hours
telephone number where such employee or representative may be
reached;
(5) an email address to be
used to contact such employee or representative during normal business
hours;
(6) an emergency telephone
number to be used to contact such employee or representative during a
non-business hours emergency; and
(7) such other information about each such
public utility as the Authority shall deem necessary to carry out the
objectives of Chapter 293 of the Connecticut General Statutes and the public
safety.
(f) The central
clearinghouse shall maintain a list of registered utilities, contact persons or
departments, and telephone contact numbers, for the purpose of providing
information about underground utility facility locations related to the design
of new facilities, surveying, bid preparation and other activities where
excavation or demolition is not planned to commence within thirty (30) days or
where final construction designs have not been completed such that it is
premature to notify the central clearinghouse of a proposed excavation or
demolition. Upon request by any parties engaged in design activities, the
central clearinghouse shall determine which public utilities are registered in
the area of a proposed project and make available the contact information of
such public utilities.
(g) The
central clearinghouse shall, from time to time, as the Authority may require,
file with the Authority a list of the public utilities actually known to the
central clearinghouse which have not filed with it the information required to
be filed by the public utilities pursuant to sections
16-345-1
to
16-345-9,
inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(h) The central clearinghouse shall, from
time to time, file with the Authority, such information that the Authority may
require.
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