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" 'vt: been in business for over shoele when he drives a past inta the for marking their own lines 7 often by
140 years and never hit any ground sa he ean put up a fence! He's using a locate serviee (They are the
underground lines. why should 1 "nut in the eountry" 7 nowhere near a ones with the 'mag|c wands-' 7 graunrl

eall am" rriad nghl-of-way! ”Well, yes 71 think it penetrating rarlar ainang other things )
WE”, be m cm thing’ you M did used to bu: a pasture. so what? 2:’: tu
breaking the law it you don't. in the The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials ’ ’

past 40 years, while yau were busy Safety Administration (PHMSA)
NOT digging into unrlerground utility is a united states Department of mm the law NOW W’, m cm“ and
lines way out there in the country, a Transportation ageney ereated in mm 7 my kgfll‘ As ‘mg fig you don“
tew things were going on: Lines were 2004, responsihletrir developing and (“E “mm 18 mum of the wmde of
being extended iurther and turther entoreing regulatians for the sate, fimhm hm yum? gold

out into the country; never inind sriine mllablz, and envirrininentally sound ' ’

lines- were already out there befom yau operation of the us’ 2.5 million inile "rm insured", you say? No, net for
ever started being an exravator. Na, nat pipeline transpartation. lt oversees the this, you aren't, not it you don't have a
eahle ar phone lines 7 natural gas and natlDn's pipeline inrras-trueture, whieh ticket. Suzpn~2d77

oil pipelines were theie. They added accounts for 64 pereent of the energy I _ 1 , be

the cabin, phune, water and sewer lines eainnnodities eonsumerl in the united “""““°” °°"‘¥’"“‘“‘ _‘_“‘ ‘ 5"“

hm Sum M1 dz u f Lh Om H, I rlenying dr1|m~ for losses tar thrise who

‘ ' " ‘ P ° ° ““ ° “P” ‘“ rlan't call hetore they dig 7 and have
when the i lines were laid the 5“"“Y “"1 ”‘° 0"“ °‘ ""”’‘‘°“‘ the tlcket ta prrive it. They may have
. P "° ' Materials Safety. . — ,

design was to gri through that Pilld last year, but not anymore. why.
eountryside in the most direet way to PHMSA is Federal and is enfnrcmg You have violated the law If you hit a
get their rontents where it needed to underground saicty If your state line 7 let's say you eut a $25,000 iilier
gri No ane eheeked with the eities as to doesn't have penalties within their optie phone line wowl But warse, no
where they might lie expanding aver laws, PHMSA ean and will levy one can call 911, the lire departinent,
the next sin years 7 these were ail and penalties 7 whirh are quite steep, hospitals, rlrietars 7 it's a really bad

gas riperators. They lairl that pipe in lnsuranre never, ever pays fines and thing, learling to all saris of potential
the quirlrest, most direct way possible penalties an has gotten legislation lawsuits someone has to pay for this

7 and they sparerl na expense getting it thraugh that mitigates .s-aine oi these damage 7 but wait: 7 you have a lorate
done, either. penalties for violations, heeause ticket. Fur Wluch you ean thank 311
The V cm ‘mu 1 ‘ _ d k V d" PHMSA is not ofa mind to irirgive a without it, you are on the 11aokfnrALL

> 5 ‘ ‘°‘"‘ W“ ‘ “ °° " iirs-t-time offense. of it. And there is no eoverage anymrire

they eut through areas where ruads M Mm happmcd

would sriineday pass; they ran near Ioe, it almost doc~n'I matter who yau

small triwns whieh would later lieeriine are and what you are rlriing. These 50, Jae 7l know you're a busy rnan,

liig towns and eities Forty years is a days, even a horneowner driving a and yau can’! wait -18 haurs to get a job
long time 7 time for the grriunrl tri move post to put up a fence, or a surveyor moving and all that 7 but 1 Lhmk you
and "walk” 7 inristly tor those pipelines setting s-talees 7 it you puke a hole in the are a smart man, too. 1 Lhmk yau can

to s-hitt, not to be where they were put ground, the law says you HAVE to eall see it isn't warth risleing everything you
long years ago. Thrise rild paper inaps 811 Every time have You didn't make it in -18 hours 7
luol amn’l all that aerurate anymore. “OK” Y“ W use ‘ can 8“ WM but you sure ean lose it river a -18 haur
It's a lot easier to hit a pipeline today are they gunna dc? Haw do they find Yb‘:
than it was back in the day Those whars under where rin gonna dig it from m'dmg to

expanding toims have put pipelines those inaps aren't accuratn? They have

srnaele within their eity limits And some land of 'magir wr1nd’?” You'll sorin be telling your eustomer
over the ears, there have been uite he can’l have it tainarrow. You have to
a few unznown eontraetars wi.§' have Mm“ 3”“ “a” B“ “"1 ‘°‘' “'°‘“ “"‘“‘ rall 811 By the way. loe, he sure to tell
"nicked" a line from time to time. Now Y0“ Want 10 dis. Imr-the Palm any kind your trienrls that times have ehanged
and then, a horneowner gets a real °‘ 5°19‘ ‘“ “W g’°“““‘ ’ Y°“ 1”“ ‘° 7 they'd better rall 311. Their insuranee

wait as haurs while all the lines get an,‘ MP mm mm .
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