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Utility Notification Center (OUNC) as a public corporation with the rule-making authority of <br />a state agency. A key provision of the legislation creating the OUNC was a requirement <br />that all operators of underground facilities subscribe to the center by July 1, 1997. Prior <br />to this time, the utility notification system was voluntary and not all underground facility <br />operators participated in the system. As such, excavators could not always be assured <br />that all operators of underground facilities in the area of a proposed excavation were <br />notified and were thus responsible for individually notifying other possible facility operators. <br />If a facility whose operator was not notified is damaged, the excavator might be held liable <br />for any damage which the excavation caused. <br />The City of Eugene has subscribed to the utility notification center since its early <br />development and maintains a notification system modem connection at the Maintenance <br />Division office at 1820 Roosevelt Blvd. The Maintenance Planning Section has. the <br />responsibility for receiving and distributing notifications to the various divisions of the City <br />responsible for underground facilities. <br />1.D THE UTILITY INSPECTOR <br />1.D.1 General <br />The "Utility Inspector" is a term used to describe those individuals employed by the City to <br />perform the duties described herein. Inspections of the permittee's work by the Utility <br />Inspector shall in no way relieve the permittee from the obligation of performing all work <br />=within the public way in strict accordance with the requirements of the City of Eugene <br />Standard Specifications, provisions of this manual, the Eugene Code,. and related <br />administrative rules. Nor shall this inspection relieve the permittee of the -permittee's <br />responsibility of performing any required corrections in case the work is later found <br />deficient. <br />The Eugene Code places the responsibility with the City Engineer of seeing that all <br />conditions and specifications for work within the public way are satisfactorily performed in <br />line with sound engineering practice. Responsibility for the inspection, permit review and <br />locates for the construction-related activities of licensees, franchised utilities and EWER <br />within the Public Way has been delegated by the City Engineer to the Utility inspector. <br />In general, the primary function of the Utility Inspector is to see that construction work <br />performed within the public way is performed in the best interest of the City of Eugene and <br />the general public. When work is not being performed in a manner acceptable under the <br />Eugene Code or adopted rules and standards, the Inspector will so inform the permittee's <br />representative in charge and require the necessary corrections be made. <br />The Utility Inspector shall maintain accurate records of the number of inspections each <br />month, locates performed, requests for locates, right-of-way cut pe~rr~its issued and <br />incidents of damage to City facilities. Licensees, franchised utilities and EWEB submit <br />monthly reports of all right-of-way cuts made by their staff or contractors and these records <br />are used by the Utility Inspector to submit statistics to the LUCC and OUCC to assist in <br />Utility & R/~LV Permit Policy 3 02/09/98 <br />