For Excavators, Contractors Pipeline safety and our Community $500 — — Your feedback is importantto us. Please fill out and return the You have received this In case of emergency: pre-paid survey card for a brochure because we have Our pipeline is monitored 24-7. chance to win a identified that you might If you suspect a pipeline emergency, Natural gas $500 gift card. disturb the ground or operate please find a safe place to call 911 and vehicles or mobile equipment then call Maritimes & Northeast’s near one of Maritimes & toll-free emergency number. Northeast’s natural gas pipeline pipeline 0004005214 or associated facilities. 24-hour emergency number This brochure has been designed to provide you 1-888-444-6677 safety and 1100270 with information regarding: How you can reach us: • The presence of pipelines in your community. Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline 1-888-444-6677, our menu emergency • How to work safely options are: near pipelines. 1 for emergencies • Atlantic Dig Safe 2 for locate requests information information, including 3 for all other general information Important safety information enclosed. how to have underground utilities properly marked. More information can also be found by • The need for authorization visiting mnpp.com when constructing a Phone facility or vehicle crossings 1-877-640-8665 across the pipeline. (Public Awareness non-emergency hotline) • How to recognize, report and respond in the event Email of an emergency. CdnPublicAwareness@enbridge.com Mail • How to contact Maritimes & Public Awareness Program Northeast in emergency and 200, 425-1st Street S.W. non-emergency situations. Calgary, AB T2P 3L8 Website enbridge.com/publicawareness

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Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Public Awareness Program Awareness Public PO 1045, Box Main STN Saint John, NB E2L 9Z9 Northeast & Maritimes 24-hour 1-888-444-6677 number: emergency Public Awareness Program, 2020 About Maritimes & Steps for a safe response How to reach us Northeast Pipeline

We appreciate your calls, Call or Click Before You Dig any time of the year, any time Any person who intends to construct a of day. This page contains facility across, on, along or under a pipeline, operate a motorized vehicle or important phone numbers engage in activity that would cause a you can use to contact a ground disturbance within the Maritimes & Northeast prescribed area, must make a locate request at least three working days representative with any before the day on which the comments or questions. construction or activity is to start. Please visit ClickBeforeYouDig.com In case of an emergency, or contact Atlantic Dig Safe: please find a safe place to call 911 and then call the toll-free 24-hour Maritimes & Northeast emergency number: Atlantic Dig Safe 1-888-444-6677 P: 1-866-344-5463 E: atlanticdigsafe.ca Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) is The safe delivery of natural gas is at the core You can also contact Maritimes a 1,101-kilometre mainline transmission pipeline of everything we do, but we know we can’t do For questions regarding Maritimes & & Northeast directly at built to transport natural gas from developments it alone. Northeast’s general operations or for 1-888-444-6677 offshore Nova Scotia to markets in Atlantic planning construction, fencing, digging For us, preparedness means developing Canada and the northeastern United States. or explosives use, please call collect the Links for more information integrated response plans based on open number for your area: A joint venture of Enbridge Inc. (77.53%), Emera communication and teamwork. We work year- Canada Energy Regulator What to do in an emergency What NOT to do in an emergency Inc. (12.92%), and ExxonMobil (9.55%), M&NP is round with local fire and police services so that Nova Scotia & New Brunswick cer-rec.gc.ca Safety is our number one priority. If you suspect a Do not touch or go near the leaking gas, 1-888-444-6677 headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia and they have the information they require to respond • Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline pipeline leak, immediately: liquid or vapour that may have come from operates an additional business office in to an emergency, and we regularly communicate Nova Scotia mnpp.com the pipeline. Waltham, Massachusetts. important information to local governments, Evacuate the area and, if safe to do so, try to Advisor, Lands & ROW • Enbridge Inc. community fire and olice services, community prevent others from entering. • Do not attempt to extinguish a natural gas fire. 902-755-1582 leaders, residents, business owners, enbridge.com neighbours, tenants, utilities and contractors • If you can do so safely, turn off and abandon any • Do not attempt to operate Maritimes & New Brunswick Advisor, Lands & ROW like you. ignition sources and extinguish any cigarettes. Northeast’s pipeline valves. Move as far away from the leak as possible in an 506-462-4803 • Do not start your vehicle or any other piece upwind direction, avoiding contact with escaping of equipment that can act as a possible liquids and gases. ignition source. More information can also be found at: • Call 911 from a safe location. • Avoid any open flames. enbridge.com/damageprevention • Call the 24-hour Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline • Do not light a match or smoke, and avoid heat emergency number 1-888-444-6677. sources or making sparks that could ignite the • If you suspect natural gas has leaked into your leaking gas as you are leaving the area. house or office, evacuate immediately. • Do not turn on or off anything that may create a spark—including cell phones, telephones, light switches, vehicle alarms, vehicle keyless entry and flashlights—until you are in a safe location. A shared responsibility 1

Our responsibility is to educate you on how to safely conduct activities near our pipelines. In turn, your responsibility is to ensure that before any activity commences, you’ve confirmed the locations of any underground pipelines and received the necessary written approvals.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline takes seriously the responsibility for the safe Being responsible for pipeline operation of its pipeline system. safety, however, does not mean we While our pipeline is buried beneath the are in it alone. ground in the right-of-way (ROW), we Engaging with communities is important never lose sight of our potential impact on to us. That’s why we work year-round the air, water and land around us, or on our to provide safe, reliable operations, and responsibility to preserve all elements of why we regularly communicate important our environment. safety information to utilities, contractors, In fact, our activities—including pipeline local governments, emergency services, design, construction, testing, maintenance, landowners, tenants, regulators operation and safety practices—are and neighbours. subject to government regulations, which As an excavator, developer, recreational we meet or exceed. vehicle or utility company, you also have an If we disturb the ground, every effort is important role to play, as your commitment made to restore the land to its original to safe construction, ground disturbance condition and to protect the quality of the and vehicle crossing practices reduces air and water that sustain us. the risk of pipeline damage and helps Whether it’s wildlife, soil, freshwater or safeguard you and your employees, as historical artifacts, in every aspect of well as the communities living and working our business, we work hard to preserve along the pipeline. the natural balance of our land. To do Your safety, and the safety of those that, we carefully plan every project living and working near our pipeline, is from start to finish, making sure our an important part of our overall safety people know what is expected as well as management system, and we continue implementing programs that will help to to promote good working relationships protect the environment. with excavators, developers and utility companies through industry meetings, If you would personal contact and brochures such as like more information this one. about Maritimes & Northeast’s pipeline in your area—including pipeline size, contents transported, or pipeline location—please contact us. Damage prevention 2

RIGHT-OF-WAY

The Prescribed Area extends 30 metres Prescribed Area 30 metres (100ft) on each side of the centreline of pipe(s).

Prescribed Area 30 metres

(Depth of cover may vary)

Maritimes & Northeast’s cross-border and interprovincial pipeline is regulated by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) (formerly the National Energy Board) and must comply with specific pipeline standards and regulations. In addition to the ROW, where the pipe is located, the CER has established a 30 metre (100 foot) prescribed area on either side of the pipe—measured perpendicularly from the centreline of the pipe—to protect the public, the environment and the pipeline. You must first place a one-call and obtain written permission from Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline to conduct any ground disturbance activity in this area. .

The ROW and pipeline markers That’s why it’s important to always call A right-of-way (ROW) is a strip of land your local One-Call centre in advance of any planned ground disturbance activity. of varying widths that may contain one If underground utilities do exist, they will or more pipelines. be located and identified using temporary While the depth and locations of the colour-coded markings. pipelines can vary within the ROW, Canadian Energy Regulator requirements the ROW: Under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act • Identifies an area that restricts certain (CER Act), the responsibility to prevent activities to protect public safety. pipeline damage is shared between • Provides Maritimes & Northeast anyone who plans to conduct an activity employees and contractors access to the near a pipeline and the pipeline company. pipeline for inspections, maintenance, Activities near Maritimes & Northeast’s testing or in an emergency. may need authorization as outlined in the The ROW can exist in many kinds of National Energy Board Damage Prevention ecosystems, from river crossings and Regulations— Authorizations and Damage Prevention Regulations—Obligations of cultivated fields to urban areas. Because of Pipeline Companies (together, the DPRs). this, there is no distinct look to the ROW. The DPRs are applicable to any person Pipeline markers are signs that indicate or company planning or undertaking an that a pipeline is in the area. While there activity near a CER-regulated pipeline. are permanent pipeline markers at railways, roads and other intervals along Ground disturbance activities the ROW, these show only the approximate A ground disturbance is any work, location of pipelines. The depth and operation or activity that results in location of pipelines vary across Maritimes the disturbance of the earth. If you & Northeast’s system. As such, only a plan to carry out ground disturbance Maritimes & Northeast’s representative activities within the prescribed area, can accurately determine the location and you must consult with and receive consent from Maritimes & Northeast depth of our pipeline in a specific area. before moving ahead. 3

Activities causing ground disturbance can or public road), must first receive written include, but are not limited to, the following: consent from the pipeline company. • Excavating, digging, trenching or ditching. Before crossing a Maritimes & Northeast • Installing a facility on, along, under or pipeline, a crossing request application across the pipeline. must first be send to us before any • Tunneling, boring or blasting. vehicle or mobile equipment crosses • Topsoil striping or land leveling. our pipelines. We will assess the request and if approved, provide written consent • Tree planting, clearing and removing including mitigation measures. stumps, pounding posts or signs, building a fence or driveway. Engineering assessments are required for • Removing peat or quarrying. equipment crossing, so please be sure to • Plowing, drilling or backfilling. contact us early to prevent delays. • Clearing or grading. Mobile equipment and vehicle crossings, • Vaccum excavating. must not proceed until the locating and marking of the pipeline, and any required • Vehicles and mobile equipment crossing mitigating measures are in place. the pipeline or within the prescribed area. Please review the DPRs for more Constructing a facility or conducting information, and to make sure the a ground disturbance activity regulations are understood prior to Under the DPRs, if you are planning planning work in proximity to a to construct a facility or cause ground CER-regulated pipeline. The address disturbance across, on, along or under a can be found at the back of this brochure. pipeline, or if you will be conducting any Unauthorized Activity and Administrative ground disturbance activities within the Monetary Penalties (AMPs) prescribed area, you must: Certain contraventions of the CER Act 1 Contact the pipeline company to and its associated regulations, such as the obtain written consent to conduct DPRs, must be reported by the pipeline these activities. company to the CER. Such contraventions 2 If written consent is given, you must can result in the CER imposing financial make a locate request to determine penalties called Administrative Monetary the location of the pipeline. Penalties (AMPs) on companies or The locate request must be made at least individuals when enforcement tools three working days before the day on such as letters, orders or voluntary which the construction or planned ground commitments are not working to prevent disturbance activity is to start. To make the unauthorized activity. request visit ClickBeforeYouDig.com or Unauthorized activities such as: not call your local one-call centre (numbers contacting your local one-call center to provided at the back of this brochure). have facilities located; or, crossing the Construction and ground disturbance pipelinewith vehicles ormobile equipment activity must not proceed until locating for non-agricultural activities are actions and marking of the pipeline and any that could be subject to AMPs The CER Act sets the maximum daily fines of up to possible mitigating factors have $25,000 for individuals and $100,000 for been addressed. companies per violation. Mobile equipment and vehicle crossings More information about the DPRs and Federal regulations also require that any AMPs can be found on the CER website persons or group wanting to operate at cer-rec.gc.ca. vehicles or mobile equipment (including UTV’s and snowmobiles) across a pipeline (outside the travelled portion of a highway Damage prevention 4 (continued)

Safety checklist Step #1: Plan your activity If you are planning to conduct work in the Ground disturbance within 30m of prescribed area, please follow these steps. the centreline If you are planning an excavation within 1 Plan your activity. Identify the location of you work, making the 30 metre (100 foot) prescribed area or sure to look for pipeline marker posts, the ROW, you must notify and receive warning signs or other buried facilities. written permission from Maritimes & Northeast before commencing work. 2 Contact Maritimes & Northeast to obtain written consent. Contact Explosives us to obtain our guidelines for If the work involves explosives, written constructing a facility, conducting a permission must be obtained to blast within ground disturbance activity or vehicle 30 metres, and a detailed blasting plan crossing near the pipeline. Remember, written consent is required for the must be filed with Maritimes & Northeast construction of facilities across, on, as part of the application process. Mining along or under a pipeline; conducting activities within 40 metres of a pipeline ground disturbance activities within the ROW require consent from the CER. prescribed area, and crossing a pipeline with a vehicle or mobile equipment Drainage improvements across the ROW (where no highway or public road exists). If you are planning to improve drainage across or within the ROW, you must 3 Make a locate request. consult with us first. At least three working days before the planned activity is to start, contact Any excavation near the pipeline ROW clickbeforeyoudig.com or contact must be supervised by a Maritimes & Atlantic Dig Safe (you can also contact Northeast representative. Consulting with us directly). us as early as possible regarding your drainage proposal, including installing drain 4 Be on site when underground facilities are being located to be tiles, ditching, grading or deep tilling, will sure you understand the meaning allow us to assess your work and set safe of the markings. work procedures when working within the pipeline ROW or within the 30 metre 5 Review CER requirements. (100 foot) prescribed area. Confirm that any persons or companies hired to do work on your behalf, such For installations across the ROW, written as contractors, are aware of the permission is required. A crossing necessary obligations. application with tile design layout must be sent to Maritimes & Northeast early for our 6 Follow all instructions provided in the authorization, including hand review and assessment. exposing or vacuum excavating the To request written consent, contact us pipe before mechanical excavations within three meters of the pipe and at 1-888-444-6677. notifying Maritimes & Northeast prior Ground disturbance activities within the to backfilling. A Maritimes & Northeast representative must be on site during prescribed area must not proceed until the backfill. locating and marking of the pipeline, and any possible mitigating factors have been 7 Immediately notify Maritimes addressed. Among other requirements, & Northeast if you come into the person must also have written consent contact with the pipe or its coating. Immediately call our 24-hour from Maritimes & Northeast to conduct emergency line at 1-888-444-6677. the activity. 5

Step #2: Written permission Know the code You must receive written permission Colour codes are extremely important. prior to doing any work within Maritimes & While not all facility owners have adopted Northeast’s right-of-way. Ensure that the same coding system, it remains scope of work, appropriate plans, schedule very important that you confirm colour and equipment lists are provided to markings when you see them. Maritimes & Northeast in a timely manner for our review and assessment and APWA (American Public Works preparation of written consent. Association) Uniform Color Code If your scope of work changes, you White—Proposed Excavation must inform Maritimes & Northeast. This includes, but is not limited to: Pink—Temporary Survey changes to scope of work, location, Markings schedule, method of installation, and equipment to be used. We will work with Red—Electric Power Lines, you to issue a revised consent. Cables, Conduit and Lighting Cables Be sure to follow the specific instructions provided by Maritimes & Northeast as part Yellow—Gas, Oil, Petroleum of the consent to conduct activities. or Gaseous Materials

Step #3: Call or Click Before You Dig Orange—Communication, We know that sometimes work needs Alarm or Signal Lines to be done on or near the pipeline. Blue—Potable Water That’s why we are a member of Call or Click Before You Dig, a quick, free and Purple—Reclaimed Water, easy communication service that notifies Irrigation and Slurry Lines member companies of proposed activities so that underground infrastructure can be Green—Sewer and Drain Lines safely marked with flags, stakes or paint before work begins. The locate request must be made at least three working days before the day on which the planned activity is to start. To make the request visit ClickBeforeYouDig.com or contact Atlantic Dig Safe at atlanticdigsafe.com or 1-866-344-5463. The One-Call centre will then inform a Maritimes representative who will come to your jobsite ready to mark the location of the pipeline. You can also contact Maritimes & Northeast directly at 1-888-444-6677. Damage prevention 6 (continued)

Step #4: Be on site Step #5: Review CER requirements Within three working days of placing All persons working on your behalf, your one-call request, an Maritimes & including employees, contractors and Northeast representative will be on-site subcontractors, must be made aware of to locate our facilities, free of charge. their obligations before any work starts. It’s important that you are also on-site Be sure to keep documents with safety when these locates are being done. requirements and guidance on site.

By being on-site when Maritimes & Step #6: Follow all instructions Northeast facilities are being located you Once the location of the pipeline has can ask questions about the markings, been marked, you may be required to answer questions we may have for you, positively identify the pipe by either and plan for any additional measures that hand exposure or vacuum excavating. may be needed. The positive identification zone for For example, you may be required to: pipelines is three metres and a Maritimes & Northeast representative must be present • Hold a pre-job meeting with Maritimes & at the time of positive identification. Northeast to inform construction crews of safe work procedures over or near Once the pipeline has been positively the pipeline. identified, no machinery can be used to dig within five metres of the pipeline, • Erect temporary fencing to shield or any distance underneath the pipeline the pipeline from heavy equipment without the direct supervision of a and be sure that machines follow Maritimes & Northeast representative. designated routes. When you are ready to backfill over or • Build ramps to specifications provided under our exposed pipeline, please call in Maritimes & Northeast’s written Maritimes & Northeast at least one full consent for temporary equipment working day before you cover the crossings in order to cross safely over exposed pipeline. A Maritimes & Maritimes & Northeast’s pipeline. Northeast representative must be on A Maritimes & Northeast representative site during backfill. All work must be must oversee ramp construction. done in accordance with the specifications listed in Maritimes & Northeast’s written permission. 7

Step #7: In case of an emergency Always remember to dig with CARE Any contact with the pipe or its coating must be reported. Immediately notify C all or Click Before You Dig. Maritimes & Northeast at 1-888-444-6677 if you come into contact with the pipe or A llow required time for markings. its coating. Provide adequate notice prior It is important that you know the warning to starting your excavation. signs and how to respond in the event This provides time for companies of an emergency. Please refer to the to accurately locate and mark Emergency Information section of this their facilities in your dig area. guide to read about what to do in the event R espect the marks. of an emergency. Before you begin your excavation, How errors happen walk through the site to familiarize Don’t assume anything. yourself with the markings and the Call or Click Before You Dig location of buried facilities. Confirm that all companies have responded At any pipeline location, appearances can to you indicating they have marked be deceiving. your dig area. • Never assume the location of a pipeline. E xcavate carefully. Wait until the Maritimes & Northeast It is important that you take a representative is on site and the pipe is located and exposed so you know the proactive approach to safety not correct alignment before excavating. only for yourself, but also for your community by initiating the one-call • Never assume only one pipe exists in process and excavating with CARE. an area. There may be other facilities within your work area. That’s why calling or clicking before you dig is so important, as it allows the one-call service centre to notify other member companies who might have underground utilities in the area. • Check for underground utility marker signs. Under no circumstances does the absence of marker signs indicate an absence of underground facilities. Signs, in some instances, may be missing, stolen or vandalized. Should you become aware that any Maritimes & Northeast signs are damaged or missing, please contact us. • Remember that pipelines exist in urban as well as rural areas. When contacting utilities to locate and mark their services on a city construction site, please also contact Maritimes & Northeast. Emergency information 8

Protecting the people, Know the warning signs communities and environment Given our thorough maintenance, testing, near our operations is the most training, monitoring and safety programs, a pipeline leak is unlikely; however, if one important part of our job. were to occur, it’s important that you know the warning signs and how to respond in the event of an emergency or In an emergency if you suspect pipeline operations have Pipelines have been proven to be been disrupted in any way. the safest transportation mode for energy commodities. You might see: While rare, pipeline leaks can happen • Dead or dying vegetation on or for a number of different reasons. near a pipeline in an otherwise Studies have shown that third-party green area. damage is one of the most common reasons for pipeline leaks or ruptures, • Dirt or dust being blown from which underscores the importance of the ground or appearing to be Call or Click Before You Dig programs. thrown into the air. Internal inspection tools are used to detect • Bubbling in wet areas or potential problems with the pipeline which blowing into the air at a pond, enables Maritimes & Northeast to perform creek or river. investigative digs and repair any anomalies. Since some commodities are more • Abnormal turbulence at the flammable than others, a pipeline leak or surface of streams. rupture will have different consequences • Flames, if a leak has ignited. depending on the commodity being transported. Hydrocarbon products such as You might hear: natural gas are very flammable, and can • An unusual roaring, blowing or catch fire from even the smallest spark or ignition source. hissing or loud whistling sound. The gas transported through the Maritimes You might smell: & Northeast system is flammable and • Gaseous or “rotten egg” odour. potentially hazardous and explosive under certain conditions. Possible hazards associated with a natural Responding to Emergencies gas pipeline leak or rupture: Maritimes & Northeast is committed to systematic and effective emergency • Dizziness or suffocation if leak occurs in a management with programs that apply confined space. across the lifecycle of our assets • Ignition/fire if ignition source is present and activities. during leak which may result in burns. We have comprehensive emergency • Potential explosion with the necessary response and preparedness plans that gas to air ratio. meet the strict guidelines set out by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). These • Projectiles ejected from the force of escaping gas. programs are made up of several parts such as plans to respond to incidents and minimize impacts, staff training and public notifications. To learn more about our emergency response programs and to view our Field Emergency Response Plan visit mnpp.com/ERresponse.