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Damage PreventionDamage PreventionNEW ORLEANS

CGA Board of Directors - 2006

Excavator Fred Cripps

Equipment Scott Pollman

Gas Paul Preketes (Chair)

Locator Jamal Masumi

One-Call JD Maniscalco

Telecomm. John Thomas

Public Works Mark Macy

Road Builders Vic Weston (Treasurer)

Engineer/Design Bill Johns

Electric Alan Yonkman

State Regulator Glynn Blanton

Insurance Raymond Pyrcz

Railroad Bob VanderClute

Oil Tim Felt (Vice Chair)

Emergency Services

Jim Narva

CGA Board of Directors

CGA Executives Bob Kipp & Erika Andreasen

CGA

Common Ground Alliance

“Chevron & CGA work with Stakeholders to develop public service announcements targeting hurricane affected region.”

March 2005… “U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted 811 as the national call-before-you-dig 3-digit number.”

2005

Best Practices Committee

Published…

Best Practices Version 3.0 Worked with Education Committee to develop latest Print Version.

Thanks to Editorial Team Members – Will Carey & Allen Gray

Best Practices Committee

Currently task teams are deliberating• Identification of Unknown Lines• Locating All Underground Facilities by Owner/Operator Prior

to Excavation• Locating Sewer Service Laterals• Emergency Coordination with Adjacent Facilities• Approximate Depth of Proposed Excavation• One Call Quality Standards• NULCA Competency Standards Review for Reference in Best

Practices• Use of Colored Duct Tape for Marking Facilities• Use Secure Web Service to send Operators Exc. Notifications

Educational Programs & Membership Marketing Committee

• Committee established new publication “Common Ground Alliance in in Action.” First edition distributed following annual meeting.

Thank You To: Eben Wyman, Mike Catt, Andrew Lu, Scott Landes & Rob Luman.

Educational Programs & Membership Marketing Committee

• Regional Partner Program grew to 44 Partner organizations.

Research & Development Committee

VIRGINIA PILOT FOR LOCATING TECHNOLOGY• Expected to begin by summer 2006 and last 1 year• Small task team representing stakeholder groups, as

well as six sygma black belts from GE• The purpose is to research and implement new and

existing technologies that appear to have great potential to significantly enhance the communication of accurate information among excavators, one – call centers, underground facility operators and facility locators.

Damage Reporting & Evaluation Committee

• Issued first report on data collected through DIRT.• Report represented the first comprehensive

nationwide report on data collected across stakeholder groups.

Thank You To Reporting Team: Mike Shallow (Co-Chair), Brian Tooley, Steve Blaney, JD Maniscalco, Randy Anderson & Than Phan.

The DIRT on Facility Damage First Annual Report

• Analysis on 2004 Data Only• Summarizes Key Findings • Recommendations for Future Use• Promoting Effective Damage Prevention Through

Shared Stakeholder Responsibility, Best Practices Identification & Promotion, and Damage Information Reporting.

Work Performed

Type of Work-Performed - 2004Top 14 of 33 Categories (>= 1.0%)

Unknown/Other, 15.9%

Sewer, 9.1%

Fencing, 4.4%

Roadwork, 4.7%

Water, 6.0%

Electric, 6.9%

Construction, 3.0%

Telecom, 2.7%Irrigation, 2.4%Petro-Pipeline,

2.0%

CATV, 1.3%

Storm Drain, 1.0%

Data Not Collected, 27.5%

Landscaping, 9.5%

Common Ground AllianceCommon Ground Alliance• What % of the damages did and did not have a locate

requested through UNCColorado? The CGA believes the 40% range to be the nationwide average.

62.3%

37.7%

60.7%

39.3%

57.2%

42.8%

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Utility Notification Center of Colorado

2001-2003 Damage Data

% With and Without Locate Request

% Damages Reported with Locate Request % Damages Reported without Locate Request

Utility Notification Center of Colorado, Copyright © 2001-2004

Data Reporting & Evaluation Committee

• 22,000 records submitted to DIRT for 2004 report.

• Goal is 50,000 total records for the 2005 report. (All records for 2005 were submitted by June 30 to be included).

CGA COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT BEST

PRACTICES

BEST PRACTICES - COMPLIANCE1. PUBLIC AND ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION A. Public Education

Practice Statement: Public education programs are used to promote compliance.

Practice Description: A single entity is charged to promote comprehensive and appropriate programs to educate all stakeholders about the existence and content of the damage prevention laws and regulations. This is not meant to discourage individual stakeholders from providing educational programs.

Underground Utility Damage Prevention Program

The Virginia Experience

State Corporation Commission

Advisory Committee• Mission: To assist the Commission in furthering Virginia’s

underground utility damage prevention program through efforts that include fair and consistent enforcement of the law and effective public education.

• Committee Members:

# of Members Representing

2 Operators

3 Excavators

2 Locators

2 Local Governments

1 Notification Center

1 VDOT

1 Board for Contractors

1 Commission Staff

Total Statewide Gas Facility Damages

Gas Damages per 1000 Gas Tickets

4.49

3.45 3.36

2.652.55

2.83

2.302.10

2.25 2.28

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0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

5.00

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Gas Damages Per 1000 Tickets

Minnesota Office of Pipeline SafetyDamage Prevention Enforcement

Minnesota OPS…

• 2 ½ Inspectors work DP

• Complaint and Incident driven

• Education – in 2005, 95 presentations to over 6000 participants

• Rule writing authority

Minnesota(Effective Enforcement Program)

7.64

5.865.69

4.51 4.46

3.733.96

3.47

2.98

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1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Gas Distribution Excavation Damages per 1000 Tickets

State Without Effective EnforcementGas Distribution Leaks Repaired per 1000 Tickets

Third Party (2000-2003) and Excavation (2004)

State Without Effective EnforcementGas Distribution Leaks Repaired per 1000 Tickets

Third Party (2000-2003) and Excavation (2004)

D.I.M.P. Summary of Key Findings

• Excavation damage prevention presents the most significant opportunity for distribution safety enhancement.

• States with comprehensive damage prevention programs that include effective enforcement have a substantially lower risk of excavation damage to pipeline facilities and related consequences.

• Federal legislation should be enacted to support implementation of effective damage prevention programs at the state level consistent with the required elements.

• The current reauthorization Bill before committee, should it pass, will probably offer incentives for states wishing to adopt an effective enforcement plan re their 1 call laws. There is much discussion on potential consequences for those states not wishing to implement a State Enforcement Plan.

COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

OWNER/OPERATORS

• Costs increase at front end as more and better qualified locators are required

• Locates are completed on time >98% of the time in VA and MN

• Better trained locators provide better locates

• Decrease in damages (>50%) results in substantial cost savings

COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

LOCATORS

• They are funded to improve employee qualification

• They are funded to have sufficient locators to complete their workload on a timely basis

• More job satisfaction and employee retention

COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

EXCAVATORS/CONTRACTORS

• Improved SAFETY (reduced injuries/fatalities) as a result of more timely and accurate locates

• Reduced stand down time resulting in reduced damages and costs

• Levels the playing field for those who have always worked within 1 call laws

Common Ground Alliance Common Ground Alliance 811 Status811 Status

Common Ground AllianceCommon Ground Alliance

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002

• “Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall, in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission, facility operators, excavators, and one-call notification system operators, provide for the establishment of a 3-digit nationwide toll-free telephone number system to be used by State one-call notification systems.”

First Steps

• Hire a Project Manager – Krysanne Kerr of CELERITAS TECHNOLOGIES

• Create an RFP for a Logo & tag line – Developed by RBMM of Dallas

• Interview the short list

• Select a Development Agency

• Review and Select Logo & tag line

• Unveiled - CGA March Annual mtg.

www.Call811.com

• Ability to request downloadable artwork

• Graphic Standards Manual

• Latest information

• Campaign timelines

• Recommended usage

• Press Releases, feature articles.

Common Ground Alliance Common Ground Alliance 811 Status811 Status

Dan MeinersTom Shimon

Gina Johnson

Patti Lama Kevin Chmura

Linda Sims

Thank You To …

Path Forward

→RFP issued in April for 811 National Awareness Campaign→26 Agencies Responded to the proposal

→Initial review narrowed down list to eight (8)

→Unanimous decision for one (1) agency

→Fleishman Hillard has been selected as the finalist to develop the 811 Public awareness campaign

Target Audience

→Primary Audience is consumers→Focus on homeowners and property owners

→National Campaign

→Understanding state laws and exemptions

→When and why to call

→Change/Create behavior

What Can People Do?

• Keep informed of facts in your state

• Participate in Industry Surveys

• Plan

• Usage in your own materials

• Grass roots efforts

• Websites.

Challenges

• Engaging Stakeholder Participation

• Campaign to Grow Arms and Legs

• Campaign to Continue to Flourish

• Establish Third Party Relationships

• Grass roots efforts

CGA Membership Form

CGA Sponsors

Gold Sponsors• El Paso Corporation

• Office of Pipeline Safety

• American Gas Association

• Shell Pipeline

• BP Pipelines Inc.

• Colonial Pipeline Company

• Marathon Pipe Line, LLC

• ExxonMobil Pipeline Company

• Atmos Energy

CGA Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

CGA Sponsors

• Associated General Contractors of America• American Petroleum Institute• American Public Gas Association

• ConocoPhillips• Consumers• ChevronTexaco

• DTE Energy• NiSource

• Association of Oil Pipelines

• CenterPoint Energy

• INGAA

Bronze Sponsors

CGA Sponsors

• Duke Energy Gas Transmission• Explorer Pipeline

• Magellan Midstream Partners

• Koch Pipeline Company LP• Kinder Morgan

• Public Service Electric & Gas• Sprint• The Laclede Group

• Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.

• National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives

• PG&E

Bronze Sponsors