Indiana - Indiana 811 - 2009 State Damage Prevention Grant

Overview

Main Objective

Under this grant award, Indiana 811 will:

1. Continue its excavation quality control program and outreach program to strengthen the Regional Common Ground Alliance.
2. Support a legislative effort, proposed by Indiana 811's Legislative Committee in conjunction with the Indiana Energy Association, by sponsoring stakeholder meetings to discuss proposed changes to the call before you dig law and/or developing educational materials related to the proposed changes. The legislative effort consists of proposed changes to the call before you dig law in Indiana (IC 8-1-26) that could be introduced into the 2009 Indiana State Legislative session. Key changes to IC 8-1-26 are related to the establishment of a seven (7) member Underground Protection Advisory Committee that would oversee an enforcement program.
3. Provide Indiana 811 members with a marketing tool box that can be used to promote a consistent message on 811 and the "Call Before You Dig" process. Member utilities and stakeholders will be able to track their efforts on the existing web based tool (www.onecallmaps.org) provided by Indiana 811. In addition, Indiana 811 will acknowledge public education efforts in their quarterly newsletter.
4. Develop a web-based portal that will be used to provide interactive web-based training that emphasizes Common Ground Alliance best practices. The portal will be developed with a tiered set of training lessons that will start with the basics and increase in difficulty as a trainee progresses through the course. Once a trainee has completed the entire course, he/she will receive a printable certificate as proof of successful completion of the training.
5. Sponsor four (4) quarterly stakeholder events designed to foster the Regional Common Ground Alliance in Indiana.

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