Presentation Overview Background on Alberta Common Ground Alliance Legislation Initiatives How does this affect APWA? Overview on Alberta One-Call Questions

Alberta Common Ground Alliance Overview Voice of buried infrastructure damage prevention in Alberta Committee Focused Best Practices http://www.canadiancga.com/ Training Standards Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) http://www.albertacga.ca/ Marketing and Education Advocacy Member Canadian Common Ground Alliance Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today I want to give you a bit of background on the Alberta Common Ground Alliance and then discuss some legislative initiatives that may impact your profession Im the executive director of the Alberta Common Ground Alliance. We represent damage prevention stakeholders. Alberta’s underground infrastructure. The network that supports our way of life. The network that brings us the news, the weather, heat, light, banking and 911 services. Despite all our efforts damages occur.

Stakeholders Damage prevention ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING/LAND SURVEYING EQUIPMENT/MATERIAL SERVICES SUPPLY EXCAVATORS/ROAD BUILDERS AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION GAS DISTRIBUTION Locators OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OIL AND GAS TRANSMISSION notification centre services (one call) PUBLIC WORKS/MUNICIPAL REGULATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS This is a list of our stakeholder membership categories As you can see it’s a diverse group

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Input into damage prevention process and best practices Improve municipality best practices Access to training professionals Input into training standards Annual DIG SAFE training conference Networking opportunities with interested stakeholders Advocacy for legislation improvements

Federal Legislation Federal Underground Infrastructure Safety Enhancement Act Led by the Canadian Common Ground Alliance and Senator Grant Mitchell http://www.albertacga.ca/Legislation 4 Primary Elements in Legislation Register with Notification Centre Request locates of underground assets Funding Enforcement As members of the ABCGA it’s important for you to be aware of initiatives that may affect your members. One of these initiatives is the Federal Damage Prevention Legislaiton that has been tabled by Senator Grant Mitchell I’m here to give you an overview of the legislation. I’m not an expert on what will happen with the proposed wording. I know the Professional Surveyors Canada have provided input into this legislation and it is being considered as they prepare the final draft The key message of this legislation is damage prevention. In many ways this legislation is being developed because facility owners have not respected property rights and damages to buried assets continue to rise

Registration with notification centre The owner or operator of any underground infrastructure must register with the notification centre of each province in which the infrastructure is located — or with the notification centre that provides services to that province and pay the registration fees fixed by that notification centre or by the legislation of the province

Communication of information The owner or operator of any registered underground infrastructure must provide the following information to each notification centre that serves a province in which the underground infrastructure is located: (a) a description of the geographical location of the underground infrastructure, such as the digital geospatial data or legal description of the location; (b) the name of any city, town or village in which the underground infrastructure is located in that province; and (c) any other information that the notification centre considers necessary to exercise its functions

Location and identification of underground infrastructure Before a person or entity undertakes work for a project that results in a ground disturbance that may affect an underground infrastructure, the person or entity must notify the notification centre that serves a Province in which the underground infrastructure is located of that project, and make a request to the notification centre for information on the location and type of underground infrastructure that could be damaged by that project.

Communication of info to notification centre Before undertaking the ground disturbance project, the person or entity must also provide the notification centre with the following information: (a) the type of project they are planning to undertake; (b) the exact location of the anticipated ground disturbance; (c) any other information that the notification centre considers necessary to exercise its functions

Enforcement (a) for a first offence, to a fine of not more than $10,000 (b) for a subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $25,000 Enforcement may also include creative penalties supporting public awareness and education efforts designed to prevent damage.

Provincial Legislation ABCGA legislation task force Reviewing federal legislation/Ontario Legislation Best practices in United States/other countries Support from 4 provincial parties – recognized at Legislature DIG SAFE month We have developed a provincial task force to look at provincial legislation My role is to make sure all stakeholders have a voice at the table as we pursue this initiative

What does this mean for APWA? Municipalities with buried infrastructure in federal lands will be required to register their buried infrastructure with Alberta One Call ( AOC) Registration could mean registering municipal boundaries Better quality data to AOC will result in less notifications from AOC.

Request a Locate Prior to Ground Disturbance Login username@domain.com Mobile App Help or Call 1-800-242-3447 For the damage prevention process is effective, it must include: the establishment of a One-call service; Mandatory registration of all buried utilities with the One-call service (submission of data to the One-call service) Simplified access (Call, Click, Tap the App / mobile access) Public awareness & Education Program 24hrs/day - 7 days/wk www.albertaonecall.com

AOC Processes Locate Request Alberta One Call Notifies MEMBERS OF DIGGING PROJECT assigns a ticket number to locate request; and notifies owners of buried facilities within the vicinity of the dig site. When the operators of buried facilities receive the locate request from Alberta One-Call, they assess the information on the ticket and determine whether or not the proposed ground disturbance will be in conflict with their buried facilities.

Buried Facility Owner Responsibility Locating and Marking buried utilities Within two full working days, buried facility operators are expected to: contact the excavator to arrange a mutually acceptable time to meet on site; or identify and mark the location of their buried facilities; or provide clearance to proceed with your project without a locate. Within two full working days, buried facility operators are expected to: contact the excavator to arrange a mutually acceptable time to meet on site; identify and mark the location of their buried facilities; provide clearance to proceed with your project without a locate.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 yOUR RESPONSIBILITY 24hrs/day - 7 days/wk or Call Alberta One-Call toll-free: 1-800-242-3447 Monday through Friday (except holidays) during regular business hours Operators of buried facilities require at least two full working days notice prior to any intended ground disturbance. Step 2 Alberta One-Call RESPONSIBILITY nOTIFYING OUR MEMBERS OF YOUR DIGGING PROJECT Alberta One-Call will: assign a ticket number to your locate request; and notify the owners of the buried facilities within the vicinity of the dig site. When the operators of buried facilities receive the locate request from Alberta One-Call, they assess the information on the ticket and determine whether or not the proposed ground disturbance will be in conflict with their buried facilities. Step 3 buried FACILITY OWNER RESPONSIBILITY Locating and Marking buried utilities Within two full working days, buried facility operators are expected to: identify and mark the location of their buried facilities; or provide clearance to proceed with your project without a locate; or contact you to arrange a mutually acceptable time to meet on site. IMPORTANT: If you are advised that you may proceed to dig without a locate, request confirmation in writing for your protection. We are contacted. We notify our members of your digging project. Our members locate their buried facilities if they are in the vicinity of your digging project.

Municipalities registered with AOC Total Counties 40 Municipal Districts 15 Cities 14 Towns 79 Villages 47 Summer Villages 3 198 Total AOC Registered Members 837 24% of AOC Members

Alberta One-Call Revenue Structure Three Tiers Tickets / Notifications Cost Tier 1 1 - 100 $6.00/Tkt Tier 2 101 – 10,000 $3.00/Tkt Tier 3 10,000 - + $2.40/Tkt

Estimated Annual Cost by Population Centre Category examples Notifications Approx. cost - 2015 Cities – large (Calgary) 60,789 $145,893.60 (tier 3) Cities – medium (Red Deer) 7,855 $23,565.00 (tier 2) Towns - large (Carstairs) 404 $1,818.00 (tier 2) Village – (Donalda) 61 $366.00 (tier 1) Calgary population (2011) – 1.097 million Red Deer population (2011) – 100,807

Damages in Alberta - 2015 Beyond repairs, most damages generate societal costs: Environmental contamination Emergency response Loss of service, business, data Evacuation Over 2,500 known damages to underground infrastructure were reported in 2015. The CCGA Societal Cost Formula estimates these damages cost Albertans over $300,000,000. According to the CCGA Societal Cost Formula, damages across Canada are costing Canadians over $1,000,000,000 every year.

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CONTACT INFORMATION Michelle Tetreault Executive Director ABCGA 403.519.8651 executivedirector@albertacga.ca www.albertacga.ca