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Minnesota - Minnesota Department of Public Safety - 2009 State Damage Prevention Grant

Overview

Fast Facts
State Minnesota
Project No. 281
Grant No. DTPH56-09-G-PHPS06
Grant Recipient Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety Minnesota Department of Public Safety Central Office, Town Square Building 444 Cedar Street Saint Paul, MN 55101
GOTR
Grantee Contact Info Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety

Financial and Status Data
Project Status Completed
Start Fiscal Year 2009 (01/01/2009)
End Fiscal Year 2010 (12/31/2009)
PHMSA $$ Budgeted $100,000.00

Main Objective

Under this grant award, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety will hire one full time person to perform damage prevention program duties. Duties of this employee will include:

  1. Enforcement action follow-up and collections
  2. In-office investigations and research
  3. Statistical analysis and complaint and incident trending
  4. Court proceedings and conciliations
  5. Compliance monitoring of one-call center operations, frequent offenders, and types of offenses
  6. Rules and law review
  7. Outreach a. Safety presentations to excavators b. Safety & training presentations for operators & locators c. Annual conference with Damage Prevention track d. Safety messages for the general population
  8. Involvement in the regional Common Ground Alliance
  9. Active participation in area Utility Coordinating Committees
  10. Participation in the one-call center Operations and Communication Committees
  11. Participation in locator roundtable and summit meetings

Relevant Files & Links

Final Report

Final Progress Report

Final_Progress_Report.pdf

Contract Documents

Technical Reports and Documents

Mid-term Progress Report

Mid-term_Progress_Report.pdf