Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 345 - Excavation Near Underground Utility Facilities › Section 16-345-3 - Responsibilities of public utilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each public
			 utility shall:
(1) Register the geographic
			 areas in which it owns or operates underground facilities within the State of
			 Connecticut, including new facilities, by reference to the central
			 clearinghouse's standard mapping system and maintain a current file containing
			 the information listed in subsection (e) of section
			 16-345-2 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies with the central
			 clearinghouse;
(2) Reimburse the
			 central clearinghouse, in accordance with billing rates set by the Authority as
			 part of the central clearinghouse's budget;
(3) Report to the central clearinghouse, in
			 accordance with the requirements established by the Authority, any excavation
			 or demolition of which it is aware which has occurred at or near any of its
			 facilities in violation of sections
			 16-345-1
			 to
			 16-345-9,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies or Chapter 293 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes;
(4) Report to the central clearinghouse, in
			 accordance with the requirements established by the Authority, any damage to
			 the utility's underground facilities which resulted from, or which the public
			 utility suspects resulted from any excavation or demolition conducted by any
			 excavator;
(5) File with the
			 central clearinghouse such other information which the central clearinghouse or
			 the Authority shall deem necessary to carry out the objectives of Chapter 293
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and the public safety;
(6) Report to the Authority, as soon as
			 possible, any excavator whose actions or frequency of damage incidents
			 indicates a situation that may require particular attention;
(7) Upon the exposure of previously
			 unrecorded or inaccurately recorded facilities in the course of excavation or
			 demolition activities and of which it has knowledge of such exposure, verify
			 and modify existing records as necessary, and promptly make all necessary
			 modifications, if needed, within the standard mapping system maintained by the
			 central clearinghouse. The record shall be sufficiently detailed in order to
			 allow the central clearinghouse to identify such previously unrecorded or
			 inaccurately recorded facilities within its standard mapping system;
(8) Maintain records of all existing
			 underground utility facility locations, including without limitation,
			 facilities abandoned in place and interconnections to all utility
			 users;
(9) Receive tickets from the
			 central clearinghouse;
(10)
			 Provide, and promptly update, all information required in subsections (e) and
			 (f) of section
			 16-345-2 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to the central clearinghouse;
			 and
(11) Provide, and promptly
			 update a current listing of emergency contact telephone numbers with the
			 central clearinghouse, for the purposes of the central clearinghouse making
			 available the emergency contact phone number to those requesting tickets for
			 emergency excavation or emergency blasting.