Palmetta (SC) - 2010 State Damage Prevention Program

Overview

Main Objective

Under this grant agreement, Palmetto Utility Protection Service will: Develop better training materials and methods for locators, excavators, and utility operators; Attend regional damage prevention coordination meetings;
Improve one-call mapping capabilities, and Redesign the one-call website to facilitate use on mobile devices.

Public Abstract

Under the terms of this grant agreement, the Grantee will address the following elements: Element (4): Participation by operators, excavators, and other stakeholders in the development and implementation of effective employee training programs to ensure that operators, the one call center, the enforcing agency, and the excavators have partnered to design and implement training for the employees of operators, excavators, and locators. Element (5): A process for fostering and ensuring active participation by all stakeholders in public education for damage prevention activities.
Element (8): A process for fostering and promoting the use, by all appropriate stakeholders, of improving technologies that may enhance communications, underground pipeline locating capability, and gathering and analyzing information about the accuracy and effectiveness of locating programs.

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