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Title: One States Approach To Obtaining Damage Prevention Legislation
Author: James W. Garrett
Source: American Gas Association 1984
Year Published: 1984
Abstract: Damage by outside forces is a major problem to operators of underground facilities. This is not new -it has been a major concern for a long time. All of us are affected, and all of us look constantly for ways to alleviate this problem. We have established coordinating groups, one-call systems, advertised, met with excavators, and looked at many other alternatives to neutralize the affects of dig-ins. One solution developed has been state legislation. When this is mentioned, it sends chills down the backs of operators. It goes against our very nature. We have always said if the legislators would just leave us alone, we would be a lot better off. I mentioned this not to debate the question of whether damage prevention legislation is good or bad but to point out that when and if we decide legislation is needed, we are not geared to handle the task. 1 could even go further and say we have an inborn contempt for the whole process and want nothing to do with it.

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