inside this issue: do-it-yourself online - blue stakes of utah

Volume 6, Issue 1 September 2011

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:Chairman’s Message 2Uniform Color Code &Marking Guidelines 2Association Holidays 3Notification AreaReview 3Damage to Underground Utility Facilites Act 2011 Amendment 32011 Notification Center Budget 4Notification CenterStatistics 4Association Members 5Safety Meetings 6Promotional Handouts 6Damage InformationReporting Tool 6Damage PreventionAwareness Seminars 7Large Area Projects –GIS Shapefile 7After Hours On-CallProgram 7

DO-IT-YOURSELF ONLINE

Vaughn ShostedChairmanQuestar Gas*[email protected]

Mark StanleySecretaryCity / Municipality Owned Utilities*[email protected]

Dirk AndersonWater Utilities*[email protected]

Michelle DargerRocky Mountain Power*[email protected]

Michael PetersonPower Utilities*[email protected]

Tommy ShulerGas/Oil/Petroleum Gathering & Transmission Utilities*[email protected]

Leland MyersTreasurerSewer Utilities*[email protected]

Paul HarveyCable Television Utilities*[email protected]

Blair PenrodLong Distance Telephone Carriers / Fiber Optics Utilities*[email protected]

Kyle KalianVice ChairmanCenturyLink*[email protected]

Jarrod PantierLocal Telephone Carriers / Fiber Optic Utilities*[email protected]

B.J. HoldawayAdvisory Board Member / Contractors*[email protected]

*Denotes Utility Classification Represented

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Blue Stakes offers home owners and contractors two simple, do-it-yourself online applications to submit locate requests – Online Locate Request and Online Ticket Revision. These applications allow home owners and contractors the ability to

submit information to the notification center via the Internet in-stead of over the tele-phone.

Online Locate Request (OLR) is an easy-to-use online application to submit basic new locate requests for single addresses.

Online Ticket Revision (OTR) is an easy-to-use online application to submit revisions and updates to exist-ing locate requests. Options available to existing tick-ets include Update, Remark, Cancel, New, and View.

Home owners and contractors can find out more information, as well as access these applications,

through Blue Stakes web site at www.bluestakes.org by clicking on the Locate Request – Do It Your-self Online link. Following the simple instructions and providing the information required allows any-one to submit locate requests and revisions online.

These online applications were implemented to supplement existing Blue Stakes web applications – Remote Ticket Entry (RTE) and Quick Ticket Entry (QTE). These two applications have been in place for some time and are used by contractors and util-ity operators that submit locate requests regularly and can facilitate more complex locate requests or excavation areas that exceed a single address.

Locate requests submitted online versus over the telephone account for around fifty percent of all the locate requests processed by Blue Stakes.

For additional information on Blue Stakes online applications, please contact Blue Stakes Member Services Department at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected].

ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGEI’ve had the wonderful opportunity of being involved for a number of years as the Chairman of the Association and it’s my privilege to once again report on the status of the Association and touch on some of the major accomplishments the Notification Center achieved during the past fiscal year.

2011 marks the 10 year anniversary that the Notification Center has been oper-ated by an in-house management team receiving direction and oversight from the Association’s Board of Directors. During the past 10 years, the Notification Center has achieved significant milestones in technological enhancements; map-ping data acquisition; membership growth; underground utility damage preven-tion education; and customer service performance levels that excavators and As-sociation members have come to rely upon and expect.

During the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the Notification Center achieved the following milestones in operating a one-call center as the communications link in the state of Utah between excavators and Association members to have underground util-ity lines located and marked prior to excavation and in providing damage preven-tion education throughout Utah:

• Utilizationofon-lineticketentryapplicationshasincreasedfrom40%to48%• Since2001,Association’smembershiphasdoubledto531members• Percentageofexcavatorscalling“811”tosubmitlocaterequestshas increasedto30%• ParticipatedinGovernor’sProclamationdesignatingAprilas“Safe DiggingMonth”• ParticipatedintheorganizationoftheUtahPipelineAssociation(UPA)• ImplementedaForeignLanguageInterpretationService• ParticipatedwithcoalitioninproposingamendmentstoUtah’sone-calllaw• Participatingwithone-callindustryinopposingpatentapplicationsthat infringeuponone-callprocesses• Updatedtelephonecallrecorder• ImplementedRe-Marktickettype

The accomplishments of the Notification Center during this past fiscal year con-tinue to set it apart as an outstanding one-call center. I would like to acknowl-edge the contributions of Gary Hansen, members of the Management Team, and Center employees in achieving the accomplishments referenced in this report. I would also like to express appreciation to the members of the Board of Directors who establish and oversee the long term vision and goals for the Association.

The Association’s success and notoriety as one of the nation’s best Notification Center’s would not be possible without member participation and their financial backing. Thank you for your support. Please feel free to contact myself, any mem-ber of the Board of Directors, or the Notification Center’s President – Gary Hansen, if you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns you would like addressed.

Vaughn ShostedChairman

MEMBERS ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THEIR NOTIFICATION AREA & CONTACT INFORMATION ANNUALLYBlue Stakes updated its base map in September 2011 to include the latest official county, city and section boundaries. Roads and address ranges are updated con-tinually throughout the year and other base map layers when needed.

Member utility owners typically select their notification areas to follow boundaries, roads or other features on the base map. Since the base map is continually being updated, it is important for member utility owners to review their notification areas to make sure they cover the extent of their underground facilities. Special attention should be given to new subdivisions, city annexations and other growth-related changes. Blue Stakes recommends that members review their notification areas and contact information on an annual basis and more frequently when needed. For help reviewing and modifying your notification area, please contact Blue Stakes’ Member Services department at [email protected] or 801-208-2103.

Blue Stakes uses map data provided by the State of Utah’s Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC), which compiles map data created by local and state government GIS departments. This data is official and is typically more current and accurate than data provided by commercial vendors. Blue Stakes uses the NAD83 datum and coordinate system for all map data. For questions about the base map, please contact James Wingate at [email protected] or 801-208-2111.

DAMAGE TO UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIESACT2011AMENDMENTS

ASSOCIATION HOLIDAYSBlue Stakes Notification Center will be closed on the following Association recognized holidays:

• Thanksgiving 11/24/11 (Thursday) • DayafterThanksgiving 11/25/11 (Friday) • ChristmasEve 12/23/11 (Friday) • Christmas 12/26/11 (Monday) • NewYear’s 1/2/12 (Monday) • PresidentsDay 2/20/12 (Monday) • MemorialDay 5/28/12 (Monday) • IndependenceDay 7/4/12 (Wednesday) • PioneerDay 7/24/12 (Tuesday) • LaborDay 9/3/12 (Monday) • Thanksgiving 11/22/12 (Thursday) • DayafterThanksgiving 11/23/12 (Friday) • ChristmasEve 12/24/12 (Monday) • Christmas 12/25/12 (Monday)

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Know what’s below.

Call 811 before you dig.

During the 2011 Utah Legislative Session, Senate Bill 111 amending Utah Code Title 54, Chapter 8a, Damage to Underground Utility Facilities Act was introduced, passed, and signed into law. The amended changes became effective on May 10, 2011.

Highlighted provisions of the amended changes include:

1. RequiresfacilityoperatorstomarkundergroundfacilitiesusingasaguidelinetheUniformColorCodeandMarking Guidelines,AppendixB,publishedbytheCommonGroundAlliance(CGA).Alsorequiresexcavatorstopre-markthe proposeddigsitewhenrequiredusingthesameguidelines.2. DoesnotallowUpdatelocaterequeststobesubmittedsoonerthan6calendardaysbeforethelocaterequestit’s updatingexpires.3. Providesfacilityoperators,whenextenuatingcircumstancesexist,theoptionofrequestingtheexcavatorpre-mark theproposedexcavationsitebeforelocatingandmarkingtheirundergroundfacility.4. Placesliabilityonanexcavatorfordamagescausedtoanundergroundfacilityoccurringwithin24inchesofanabove groundpresenceoftheundergroundfacility,suchasamanhole,meter,pedestal,etc.,evenifthefacilityisnotmarked.5. Excavatorsmayseekrecoveryofdamagesfromafacilityoperatorwhofailstolocateandmarktheirunderground facilitywhereanexcavatordamagesanotherlikefacilitywhohadmarkedtheirfacility.6. Increasesthemaximumcivilpenaltyamountfrom$2,500to$5,000perviolation.

Association members are encouraged to view the complete details of the amended changes to Utah Code Title 54, Chapter 8a, Damage to Underground Utility Facilities by accessing the Utah Law link on Blue Stakes web site at www.bluestakes.org and select-ing SB111 – Enrolled Copy (Changes took effect on May 10, 2011).

Contact Blue Stakes Administrative Office at (800) 662-7836 to request a revised copy of the Excavators’ Guide published by the Association containing the new law amendments and the Uniform Color Code and Marking Guidelines from the CGA.

UNIFORM COLOR CODE & MARKING GUIDELINESBlue Stakes receives questions from operators wanting to find out how they should mark their underground facilities and from excavators wanting to know what the markings mean.

Noted in Utah Code 54-8a-5(3) indicates that the underground facilities shall be marked us-ing as a guideline the Uniform Color Code and Marking Guidelines, Appendix B, published by the Common Ground Alliance.

These guidelines specify the best practices in the marking of underground utilities including the APWA color code, guidelines for excava-tors to follow when pre-marking the proposed excavation area and the guidelines for op-erators to follow when marking their under-ground facilities.

Blue Stakes encourages all Association mem-bers to review their marking practices and incorporate the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Uniform Color Code & Marking Guide-lines, Appendix B. These guidelines can be found on the Common Ground Alliance web site at www.commongroundalliance.com. A copy of these guidelines is also available in Blue Stakes Excavators’ Guide that can be re-quested by contacting Blue Stakes Member Services Department at (800) 662-7836, exten-sion 2103, or [email protected].


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ASSOCIATION MEMBERS (531) (As of August 29, 2011)NOTIFICATION CENTER STATISTICSAbajo Gas TransmissionACME Water Allen Lateral, Inc.Allwest CommunicationsAlpine CityAltamont TownAlton TownAmalga TownAmerican FiberAmerican Fork CityAmerican Fork City / Fiber Optics ATK Launch SystemsAT&TAT&T Local ServicesAmerigasAnadarko GNB E&PAnadarko PetroleumAnadarko Uintah MidstreamAngell Springs SSDAnnabella TownAntimony TownAshcreek SSDAshley Valley Water & SewerAston EnergyAurora CityAustin SSDAutolivBAJA CommunicationsBallard Water Dist.Bear Lake SSDBear River TownBear River WCDBeaver CityBeehive TelephoneBell Canyon IrrigationBenchland Water Dist.Benson Culinary WaterBerry PetroleumBicknell TownBill Barrett Corp.Blanding CityBluff Water WorksBluffdale CityBona Vista WIDBoulder Farmstead WaterBoundary Springs Water UsersBountiful CityBountiful Irrigation DistrictBox Elder / Willard Flood ControlBoyer Hill Military Housing (HAFB)Bresnan CommunicationsBrian Head TownBridger Valley ElectricBrigham CityC & L Olson FarmsCastle Valley SSDCedar CityCedar Hills TownCenterfield TownCenterville CityCentracom InteractiveCentral Canal & IrrigationCentral Davis Sewer DistrictCentral Enterprise Water Central Iron County WCDCentral UT Water CD / UtahCentral UT Water CD / Duchesne

Central Valley TownCentral Weber SewerChalk Creek IrrigationCharleston WCDChevron PipelineClarkston TownClearfield CityClearfield Pipe Line CompanyClinton CityCluffward PipelineClyde CompaniesCoalville CityCoastal Bridger Lake LLCCoastal Plains Energy Colorado Interstate GasComcast ConocoPhillipsConocoPhillips PipelineCopperton IDCorinne CityCottonwood Heights CityCottonwood IDCove SSDCross Hollow Hills WaterDammeron Valley WaterDansie WaterDavis & Weber CanalDavis County GovernmentDaybreak Secondary WaterDelta CityDeseret-Oasis SSDDeuelcreek IrrigationDevon EnergyDeweyville TownDiamond Valley AssociationDirect CommunicationsDixie Deer SSDDixie EscalanteDraper CityDry Gulch IrrigationDuchesne CityDuchesne County WCDEagle Mountain CityEast Carbon CityEast Duchesne Culinary WIDEastland SSDEcho CityEden Water WorksEl Paso Field Services Elk Resources Elk Ridge TownElsinore TownElwood TownEmery TelcomEmery WCDEmigration IDEmpire Electric AssociationEncana Gas ServicesEnoch CityEnterprise CityEnterprise Products L.P.Ephraim CityErda Acres WaterEscalante CityETC Canyon ResourceEureka CityFairview City

Farmington CityFarr West CityFayette Town & WaterFerron Canal & ReservoirFillmore CityFillmore Water UsersFirstDigital TelecomFirst Wind O&M LLCFoundation Energy Fountain Green CityFountain Green IrrigationFrancis TownFremont WaterworksFrontier CommunicationsFruit Heights CityGarden CityGarkane EnergyGarland CityGASCO ProductionGenola CityGlen Canyon SSDGlenwood IrrigationGlenwood TownGoosenest WaterGoshen TownGrand Water & SewerGranger Hunter IDGrantsville CityGrantsville IrrigationGreen River CityGunnison TelephoneGunnison CityHaights Creek IrrigationHanksville TownHanna Water & SewerHarmony Farms WaterHarris-Willis IrrigationHarrisville CityHatch TownHeber CityHeber Light & PowerHelper CityHenefer TownHenefer Upper DitchHenrieville TownHerriman CityHi-Country Estates HOAHi-Country Estates WaterHigh Valley WaterHighland CityHighland WaterHinckley TownHLS CommunicationsHolden TownHolliday WaterHolly Energy PartnersHolly Refining & MarketingHoneyville CityHooper CityHooper IrrigationHooper WIDHowell TownHoytsville Pipe WaterHuntington Cleveland Irrigation Huntsville South Bench CanalHuntsville TownHuntsville WaterworksHurricane CanalHurricane CityHyde Park CityHyrum City

ICS of IdahoIntegra TelecomINTERLINX CommunicationsIvins CityJensen WIDJohnson Water DistrictJordan Valley AquaductJordan Valley WCDJordanelle SSDJoseph TownJunction TownKamas CityKanab CityKanarraville TownKane County RoadsKane County WaterKanosh TownKays Creek IrrigationKaysville CityKearns Improvement DistrictKennecott LandKern River GasKoosharem TownKSL TelevisionKWU Inc. / Kayenta TownLake Point IDLaketown TownLang Exploratory DrillingLaVerkin CityLayton CityLDS Facility HeadquartersLeamington TownLeavitt Group EnterprisesLeeds Domestic Water UsersLeeds IrrigationLehi CityLevan TownLevel 3 CommunicationsLewiston CityLiberty Irrigation AssociationLiberty Pipeline Linde GasesLindon CityLion’s Head P.O. AssociationLoa TownLogan CityLong Valley Sewer DistrictLyman Water SystemLynndyl TownMaeser WIDMagna Water Company IDManila TownManti CityManti IrrigationManti TelephoneMantua TownManuel Brothers Inc.Mapleton CityMarathon Oil CompanyMarble Hills WaterMarion Water WorksMarriott-SlatervilleMarysvale TownMayfield TownMcLeod USAMeadow TownMendon CityMerit EnergyMetropolitan Water of SLCMidvale City

Midvalley Estates WaterMidvalley IDMidway City & SanitationMidway IrrigationMilford CityMillville CityMinersville Reservoir & IrrigationMinersville TownMoab CityMoab IrrigationMoab PipelineMona CityMonroe CityMonte Vista HomesMonticello CityMoon Lake ElectricMorgan CityMorgan Secondary WaterMoroni CityMountain Green SewerMountain Springs WaterMountain View 1-8 WaterMountain View SSDMt Pleasant CityMt View IrrigationMt Wheeler PowerMtn Regional Water SSDMurray CityMutton Hollow IDMyton CityNaples CityNeola Water & SewerNephi CityNephi IrrigationNetworks 360Newcastle Garden Water StockNewcastle WaterNewfield ProductionNewton TownNew Escalante IrrigationNew Harmony TownNibley CityNordic Mountain WaterNorth Carbon GroupNorth Davis SewerNorth Emery Water North Fork SSDNorth Logan CityNorth Ogden CityNorth Salt Lake CityNorth Villages SSDNorthwest PipelineOak CityOakley CityOgden CityOrderville TownOrem CityOuray Park WIDPack Creek Water UsersPacifiCorp Energy Hunter Power PlantPanguitch CityParadise TownParadox PipelineParagonah TownPark City MunicipalParowan CityParowan South FieldPatara Oil & GasPayson CityPerry CityPine Hollow WaterPine Valley IrrigationPineview Water Systems

Pioneer Natural ResourcesPlain CityPlains PipelinePleasant Grove CityPleasant View CityPowder Mountain Water & Sewer IDPrice CityPrice River WIDPrime Time CommunicationsPropane & Gas of WendoverProvidence CityProvo CityQuestar Exploration & ProductionQuestar GasQuestar Pipeline QEP Field ServicesQwest Local NetworkQwest WorldwideRaft River Rural ElectricRainbow Ranches WaterRandolph TownRBPUP GroupRedmond TownResolute Natural ResourcesRichards IrrigationRichfield CityRichmond CityRichville PipelineRio Virgin TelephoneRiver Heights CityRiverdale CityRiverton CityRocky Mountain PowerRocky Ridge TownRoosevelt CityRoy CityRoy WCSRunning Horse PipelineS M StollerSalem CitySalina CitySLC Department of AirportsSLC - EngineeringSalt Lake City Public UtilitiesSalt Lake County OperationsSalt Lake County / Service Area #3Sandy CitySandy Suburban IDSanta Clara CitySantaquin CitySaratoga Springs CitySatview BroadbandScipio TownScofield TownSettlement Canyon IrrigationSevier School DistrictSherwood WaterSigurd TownSilver Fork PipelineSimplot PhosphatesSLC Sanitary Suburban District #1SLICCAMASmithfield CitySnyderville BasinWRDSolitude Improvement DistrictSorenson CommunicationsSouth Central Utah Telephone

South Davis Sewer DistrictSouth Davis Water DistrictSouth Jordan Fiber OpticsSouth Jordan Public WorksSouth Ogden CitySouth Salt Lake CitySouth Utah Valley ElectricSouth Valley Sewer DistrictSouth Weber CitySouth Weber IrrigationSouth Willard WaterSouthern Trails PipelineSouthern Utah UniversitySpanish Fork CitySpring CitySpring Lake WaterSpringdale TownSpringville CitySprint CommunicationsSt George CityStansbury Park IDSterling TownStockton TownStrada NetworksStrawberry High Line CanalSummit Gas GatheringSummit Irrigation StockSummit SSDSummit WaterSunnyside CitySunset CitySunset View Estates WaterSyracuse CitySyringa NetworksT7 Propane ServiceTaylor West Weber WIDTaylorsville-Bennion IDTeasdale SSDTesoro PetroleumThompson SSDTimber Lake Property OwnersTimber Lakes WaterTimpanogos SSDTooele CityToquerville TownTorrey TownTrappers Loop CommunicationsTremonton CityTrenton TownTridell Lapoint WaterTropic TownTropic East Fork IrrigationTwin City PowerTwin Creek SSDUAMPSUDOT Region IUDOT Region IIUDOT Region IIIUDOT Region IV / Cedar CityUDOT Region IV / PriceUDOT Region IV/ RichfieldUintah CityUintah County EncroachmentUintah Highlands ID

Uintah River IrrigationUintah Water CDUNEV PipelineUnion TelephoneUpper Country WaterUtah CountyUtah Division of Environmental Response & RemediationUtah Valley UniversityUte Tribe Domestic WaterUTOPIAVeracity NetworksVerizon BusinessVernal City Public WorksVeyo Culinary WaterVineyard TownVirgin TownWales TownWallsburg TownWarner LLCWashington CityWashington Terrace CityWashington WIDWater Pro IrrigationWCWEPWeber Basin CDWeber Basin WIDWellington CanalWellington CityWells Rural ElectricWellsville CityWendover CityWest Bountiful CityWest Corinne WaterWest Haven CityWest Jordan CityWest Panguitch I&RWest Point CityWest Valley CityWest Warren- Warren WIDWestern Gas Resources Inc.White City WIDWillard CityWinchester Hills WaterWolf Creek WaterWoodland Hills TownWoodland Mutual WaterWoods Cross CityWDOTXO CommunicationsXPRESSWEB Internet ServicesZayo Fiber SolutionsZions Data Services

400000

350000

300000

250000

200000

150000

100000

50000

0

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TICKET VOLUME - Fiscal Year / July 1 - June 30

TELEPHONE CALLS

ABANDONED CALLSGoal - Less than 5%

AVERAGE SPEED OF ANSWERGoal - 30 seconds or less

PERCENTAGE OF CALLSANSWERED WITHIN

40 SECONDS Goal - 80%

PERFORMANCE STATISTICS - Fiscal Year / July 1 - June 30

148,920

2.25%

24

85%

153,590

2.11%

21

86%

163,530

1.97%

20

87%

160,801

2.00%

21

86%

175,253

2.42%

28

81%

192,314

2.85%

27

83%

186,623

1.60%

19

89%

153,933

1.38%

15

92%

130,363

1.70%

18

90%

121,368

1.69%

18

90%

INCOME

EXPENSE

CAPITAL

RETAINED EARNINGS

2012 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET

Advertising ExpenseVehicle Expense

Communications ExpenseInsurance Expense

Lease ExpenseOffice Expense

Building ExpenseBad Debt Expense

Payroll ExpenseProfessional Fees Expense

Sales & Property Tax ExpenseService Agreement Expense

Travel & Training Expense

TOTAL

100,000 16,20078,00034,50019,32052,03226,424

0$1,194,771

40,80014,80088,38029,685

$1,694,912

TOTAL

$1,717,912$30,000

$1,747,912

53,000

0

FeesInterest Income

Operating

2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2010 20112004 2006 2008

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY ON-CALL PROGRAM

www.bluestakes.org•(801)554-7747

DAMAGE PREVENTION AWARENESS SEMINARS Blue Stakes conducts seminars each year to provide damage prevention education for excavators and Association members. Semi-nars for 2012 will be held on the dates and at the locations listed below:

SALT LAKE AREA• Tuesday,January17,2012 SLCC Miller Campus – Sandy• Wednesday,January18,2012 SLCC Miller Campus – SandyPROVO AREA• Wednesday,February8,2012 Noah’s – Lindon • Thursday,February9,2012 Noah’s – LindonCENTRAL UTAH AREA• Tuesday,February7,2012 Western Park Convention Center – VernalNORTHERN UTAH AREA• Thursday,January19,2012 Copper Mill Restaurant – Logan• Tuesday,January31,2012 Boondocks – Kaysville• Wednesday,February1,2012 Boondocks – KaysvillePARK CITY AREA• Thursday,February2,2012 Best Western Landmark Inn – Park CitySOUTHERN UTAH AREA • Wednesday,January25,2012 American Legion Hall – Fillmore• Wednesday,February22,2012 Crystal Inn – Cedar City• Thursday,February23,2012 Dixie Center – St. GeorgeSOUTHEASTERN UTAH AREA• Thursday,February16,2012 Carbon County Fairgrounds – Price• Wednesday,February29,2012 Blanding Arts and Events Center – Blanding • Thursday,March1,2012 Grand Center – Moab

NOTE – Invitations will be distributed to excava-tors and Association members during the months ofDecember2011&January2012.ContactBlue Stakesforadditionalinformation.

Blue Stakes provides Association members with an After Hours Emergency Program designed to provide names and contact information of other mem-ber utilities located around an emergency dig site. This information is pro-vided either through Blue Stakes website or by calling Blue Stakes after hours emergency on-call phone number.

Association Members are encouraged to access after hour emergency con-tact information through the Utilities Contacts link on Blue Stakes website at www.bluestakes.org. Please contact Blue Stakes Member Services De-partment at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected] if assistance is needed with this on-line application.

For those Association members without access to the Internet, Blue Stakes offers an After Hours Emergency On-Call phone number to obtain after hour emergency contact information – (801)554-7747. This program is for Association members only and is available on weekdays from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. and on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. Association Members are requested not to provide the after hours emergency on-call phone number to excavators or home owners who are not members of the Association.

Through one of these two methods, Blue Stakes will provide the emergency contact information of Association members that may have underground facilities in the vicinity of an emergency dig site. No locate request assign-ment (LRA) number will be generated. It is the responsibility of the member utility performing the emergency excavation to contact other member utili-ties in the vicinity utilizing the contact names and phone numbers provided by Blue Stakes.

DAMAGE INFORMATION REPORTING TOOL (D.I.R.T.)Blue Stakes has been tracking damages to underground utilities in Utah since 2006 that have been submitted by As-sociation members into the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Damage Informa-tion Reporting Tool (D.I.R.T.).

One of the more notable statistics in what has been reported pertains to the per-centage of damages occurring to under-ground utilities where no call was made to Blue Stakes to have utilities located and marked prior to digging by the exca-vator! Damages reported on natural gas facilities in Utah that are attributable to no call being made to Blue Stakes since 2006 are:

2006–48% 2007–44% 2008–37% 2009–30% 2010–27% Blue Stakes finds the information sub-mitted valuable in creating training pro-grams addressing the root causes to re-duce damages to underground facilities and personal injury.

Blue Stakes has implemented an easy to use virtual D.I.R.T. application and link on its web site at www.bluestakes.org. Blue Stakes strongly encourages all As-sociation members to submit damages that occur to their underground facilities into this application.

For additional information on Blue Stakes virtual D.I.R.T. application, please contact Blue Stakes Member Services Depart-ment at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected].

NOTIFICATION CENTER MANAGEMENTW.GaryHansen,President - (801) 208-2115 / [email protected]

Paul Huntsman, IT & Administrative Operations - (801) 208-2112 / [email protected]

Russ Stacey, IT / GIS Technician - (801) 208-2114 / [email protected]

JamesWingate,Contact Center & GIS Operations- (801) 208-2111 / [email protected]

SherrieBowman,Member Services Coordinator - (801) 208-2113 / [email protected]

NOTIFICATION CENTER CONTACT INFOLocation: 148 E 13200 S Draper, UtahMailing Address: P.O. Box 1517, Draper, Utah 84020-1517LocateRequests:811 • (800) 662-4111 • (801) 208-2100 Administration: (800) 662-7836 • (801) 208-2101Fax: (801) 208-2102 • Website: www.bluestakes.org

LARGEAREAPROJECTS–EXCAVATORCAN PROVIDE GIS SHAPEFILECreating locate request tickets for a large project can be a challenge. Examples in-clude long pipelines, power pole corridors, light rail tracks, new highways, seismic exploration, etc. A large project can be especially difficult to describe in a rural area where no addresses exist.

To more precisely identify the project area on the map for the purpose of creating tickets, Blue Stakes can use an electronic running line provided by the excavator in the form of a GIS shapefile. This can be added to the Blue Stakes GIS base map to show the exact dimensions of the large project. Latitude/longitude coordinates can be used for logical break points to divide the project into multiple tickets. These coordinates will correspond to engineering stationing numbers, pipeline mileposts, or other on-the-ground landmarks.

This method has already been used successfully on multiple large projects through-out Utah, including some that were hundreds of miles long. Please keep this option in mind if you have a large project coming up. Please contact James Wingate at [email protected] or (801) 208-2111 to coordinate large projects.

PROMOTIONAL HANDOUTS Blue Stakes provides, free of charge, the following promotional handouts for distri-bution promoting the national “Dig Safely” campaign encouraging excavators and the general public to “Call811BeforeYouDig”:

•Excavators’Guide•KeyChains•Magnets•ColorCodeStickers•ColorCodeInformationCards

To request any of the items listed, contact Blue Stakes Member Services Department at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected].

SAFETY MEETINGS Blue Stakes will provide damage prevention training classes, free of charge, in the form of safety meetings, workshop presentations, etc. Contact Blue Stakes President at (800) 662-7836, extension 2115, or [email protected] to sched-ule a training meeting tailored to fit the needs of your organization.


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AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY ON-CALL PROGRAM

www.bluestakes.org•(801)554-7747

DAMAGE PREVENTION AWARENESS SEMINARS Blue Stakes conducts seminars each year to provide damage prevention education for excavators and Association members. Semi-nars for 2012 will be held on the dates and at the locations listed below:

SALT LAKE AREA• Tuesday,January17,2012 SLCC Miller Campus – Sandy• Wednesday,January18,2012 SLCC Miller Campus – SandyPROVO AREA• Wednesday,February8,2012 Noah’s – Lindon • Thursday,February9,2012 Noah’s – LindonCENTRAL UTAH AREA• Tuesday,February7,2012 Western Park Convention Center – VernalNORTHERN UTAH AREA• Thursday,January19,2012 Copper Mill Restaurant – Logan• Tuesday,January31,2012 Boondocks – Kaysville• Wednesday,February1,2012 Boondocks – KaysvillePARK CITY AREA• Thursday,February2,2012 Best Western Landmark Inn – Park CitySOUTHERN UTAH AREA • Wednesday,January25,2012 American Legion Hall – Fillmore• Wednesday,February22,2012 Crystal Inn – Cedar City• Thursday,February23,2012 Dixie Center – St. GeorgeSOUTHEASTERN UTAH AREA• Thursday,February16,2012 Carbon County Fairgrounds – Price• Wednesday,February29,2012 Blanding Arts and Events Center – Blanding • Thursday,March1,2012 Grand Center – Moab

NOTE – Invitations will be distributed to excava-tors and Association members during the months ofDecember2011&January2012.ContactBlue Stakesforadditionalinformation.

Blue Stakes provides Association members with an After Hours Emergency Program designed to provide names and contact information of other mem-ber utilities located around an emergency dig site. This information is pro-vided either through Blue Stakes website or by calling Blue Stakes after hours emergency on-call phone number.

Association Members are encouraged to access after hour emergency con-tact information through the Utilities Contacts link on Blue Stakes website at www.bluestakes.org. Please contact Blue Stakes Member Services De-partment at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected] if assistance is needed with this on-line application.

For those Association members without access to the Internet, Blue Stakes offers an After Hours Emergency On-Call phone number to obtain after hour emergency contact information – (801)554-7747. This program is for Association members only and is available on weekdays from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. and on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. Association Members are requested not to provide the after hours emergency on-call phone number to excavators or home owners who are not members of the Association.

Through one of these two methods, Blue Stakes will provide the emergency contact information of Association members that may have underground facilities in the vicinity of an emergency dig site. No locate request assign-ment (LRA) number will be generated. It is the responsibility of the member utility performing the emergency excavation to contact other member utili-ties in the vicinity utilizing the contact names and phone numbers provided by Blue Stakes.

DAMAGE INFORMATION REPORTING TOOL (D.I.R.T.)Blue Stakes has been tracking damages to underground utilities in Utah since 2006 that have been submitted by As-sociation members into the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Damage Informa-tion Reporting Tool (D.I.R.T.).

One of the more notable statistics in what has been reported pertains to the per-centage of damages occurring to under-ground utilities where no call was made to Blue Stakes to have utilities located and marked prior to digging by the exca-vator! Damages reported on natural gas facilities in Utah that are attributable to no call being made to Blue Stakes since 2006 are:

2006–48% 2007–44% 2008–37% 2009–30% 2010–27% Blue Stakes finds the information sub-mitted valuable in creating training pro-grams addressing the root causes to re-duce damages to underground facilities and personal injury.

Blue Stakes has implemented an easy to use virtual D.I.R.T. application and link on its web site at www.bluestakes.org. Blue Stakes strongly encourages all As-sociation members to submit damages that occur to their underground facilities into this application.

For additional information on Blue Stakes virtual D.I.R.T. application, please contact Blue Stakes Member Services Depart-ment at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected].

NOTIFICATION CENTER MANAGEMENTW.GaryHansen,President - (801) 208-2115 / [email protected]

Paul Huntsman, IT & Administrative Operations - (801) 208-2112 / [email protected]

Russ Stacey, IT / GIS Technician - (801) 208-2114 / [email protected]

JamesWingate,Contact Center & GIS Operations- (801) 208-2111 / [email protected]

SherrieBowman,Member Services Coordinator - (801) 208-2113 / [email protected]

NOTIFICATION CENTER CONTACT INFOLocation: 148 E 13200 S Draper, UtahMailing Address: P.O. Box 1517, Draper, Utah 84020-1517LocateRequests:811 • (800) 662-4111 • (801) 208-2100 Administration: (800) 662-7836 • (801) 208-2101Fax: (801) 208-2102 • Website: www.bluestakes.org

LARGEAREAPROJECTS–EXCAVATORCAN PROVIDE GIS SHAPEFILECreating locate request tickets for a large project can be a challenge. Examples in-clude long pipelines, power pole corridors, light rail tracks, new highways, seismic exploration, etc. A large project can be especially difficult to describe in a rural area where no addresses exist.

To more precisely identify the project area on the map for the purpose of creating tickets, Blue Stakes can use an electronic running line provided by the excavator in the form of a GIS shapefile. This can be added to the Blue Stakes GIS base map to show the exact dimensions of the large project. Latitude/longitude coordinates can be used for logical break points to divide the project into multiple tickets. These coordinates will correspond to engineering stationing numbers, pipeline mileposts, or other on-the-ground landmarks.

This method has already been used successfully on multiple large projects through-out Utah, including some that were hundreds of miles long. Please keep this option in mind if you have a large project coming up. Please contact James Wingate at [email protected] or (801) 208-2111 to coordinate large projects.

PROMOTIONAL HANDOUTS Blue Stakes provides, free of charge, the following promotional handouts for distri-bution promoting the national “Dig Safely” campaign encouraging excavators and the general public to “Call811BeforeYouDig”:

•Excavators’Guide•KeyChains•Magnets•ColorCodeStickers•ColorCodeInformationCards

To request any of the items listed, contact Blue Stakes Member Services Department at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected].

SAFETY MEETINGS Blue Stakes will provide damage prevention training classes, free of charge, in the form of safety meetings, workshop presentations, etc. Contact Blue Stakes President at (800) 662-7836, extension 2115, or [email protected] to sched-ule a training meeting tailored to fit the needs of your organization.

Volume 6, Issue 1 September 2011

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:Chairman’s Message 2Uniform Color Code &Marking Guidelines 2Association Holidays 3Notification AreaReview 3Damage to Underground Utility Facilites Act 2011 Amendment 32011 Notification Center Budget 4Notification CenterStatistics 4Association Members 5Safety Meetings 6Promotional Handouts 6Damage InformationReporting Tool 6Damage PreventionAwareness Seminars 7Large Area Projects –GIS Shapefile 7After Hours On-CallProgram 7

DO-IT-YOURSELF ONLINE

Vaughn ShostedChairmanQuestar Gas*[email protected]

Mark StanleySecretaryCity / Municipality Owned Utilities*[email protected]

Dirk AndersonWater Utilities*[email protected]

Michelle DargerRocky Mountain Power*[email protected]

Michael PetersonPower Utilities*[email protected]

Tommy ShulerGas/Oil/Petroleum Gathering & Transmission Utilities*[email protected]

Leland MyersTreasurerSewer Utilities*[email protected]

Paul HarveyCable Television Utilities*[email protected]

Blair PenrodLong Distance Telephone Carriers / Fiber Optics Utilities*[email protected]

Kyle KalianVice ChairmanCenturyLink*[email protected]

Jarrod PantierLocal Telephone Carriers / Fiber Optic Utilities*[email protected]

B.J. HoldawayAdvisory Board Member / Contractors*[email protected]

*Denotes Utility Classification Represented

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Blue Stakes offers home owners and contractors two simple, do-it-yourself online applications to submit locate requests – Online Locate Request and Online Ticket Revision. These applications allow home owners and contractors the ability to

submit information to the notification center via the Internet in-stead of over the tele-phone.

Online Locate Request (OLR) is an easy-to-use online application to submit basic new locate requests for single addresses.

Online Ticket Revision (OTR) is an easy-to-use online application to submit revisions and updates to exist-ing locate requests. Options available to existing tick-ets include Update, Remark, Cancel, New, and View.

Home owners and contractors can find out more information, as well as access these applications,

through Blue Stakes web site at www.bluestakes.org by clicking on the Locate Request – Do It Your-self Online link. Following the simple instructions and providing the information required allows any-one to submit locate requests and revisions online.

These online applications were implemented to supplement existing Blue Stakes web applications – Remote Ticket Entry (RTE) and Quick Ticket Entry (QTE). These two applications have been in place for some time and are used by contractors and util-ity operators that submit locate requests regularly and can facilitate more complex locate requests or excavation areas that exceed a single address.

Locate requests submitted online versus over the telephone account for around fifty percent of all the locate requests processed by Blue Stakes.

For additional information on Blue Stakes online applications, please contact Blue Stakes Member Services Department at (800) 662-7836, extension 2103, or [email protected].

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