Call Before You Dig

Contact Atlantic Dig Safe at 1-866-344-5463 or www.Info-Ex.com

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline would like to hear from you well in advance if you are planning work which involves any of the following ground disturbance activities in the vicinity of our pipeline system:

SUBSURFACE ACTIVITIES
  • Installing pipeline or cable by trenching, drilling, boring or augering
  • Excavating or digging
  • Subsoiling/deep tilling - cultivation greater than 0.45 m (1.5 ft.)
  • Using explosives within 300 m (985 ft.)
  • Installing drainage tile
SURFACE AND AERIAL ACTIVITIES
  • Installing fence posts, bars, rods, pins, anchors or pilings
  • Maintaining existing applicant facilities that affect Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline assets, land and/or right-of-way
  • Topsoil stripping/levelling and clearing/grading
  • Clearing and stump removal, vegetation management and burning
  • Installing above-ground installations, such as sheds, above-ground pools and landscaping
  • Using the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline easement/right-of-way area for temporary workspace
  • Ditching work for water management or reprofiling existing ditches
  • Constructing a new public or private road, pathway, parking lot or railway, or widening an existing road
  • Installing berms or earthworks that alter the existing ground profile
  • Installing overhead power lines, wires or cables
  • Regrading a gravel road
  • Grinding and milling asphalt or concrete
  • Using or traversing the right-of-way for access
  • Storing equipment or material, including trailers, boats, bales, wood piles and vehicles on the right-of-way

Refer to Crossing and Encroachment Guide & Requirements for details on what activities require written consent under the Canada Energy Regulator’s Damage Prevention Regulations—Authorizations, and how to obtain Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline’s written consent.

If you are in doubt about possible pipeline locations or permissible uses of the Easement, call the Operations office in your province at least 72 hours (three full working days) prior to commencing your work. We will tell you where the pipeline and related facilities are, and will work with you to provide the necessary written Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline permissions and instruction prior to starting your project. You must call before you dig.