CO 2018 State Damage Prevention Grant

Overview

Main Objective

Under this grant agreement, the recipient will: Support a damage prevention stakeholder conference to educate stakeholders. The project is to fund pipeline safety courses, provide 2019 licenses for the Learning Management System for 1,500 users, conduct statewide 811 public awareness campaigns, and prepare a mandated progress report for the Colorado State Legislature. (Elements 2, 4, 5, 7)

Public Abstract

Under the terms of this grant agreement, the Recipient will address the following applicable elements listed in the approved application, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §60134 (a), (b).

• Element 2 (Comprehensive Stakeholder Support): A process for fostering and ensuring the support and partnership of stakeholders, including excavators, operators, locators, designers, and local government in all phases of the program. (Applicable)
• Element 4 (Effective Employee Training): Participation by operators, excavators, and other stakeholders in developing and implementing 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. (Applicable)
• Element 5 (Public Education): A process for fostering and ensuring active participation by all stakeholders in public education for damage prevention activities. (Applicable)
• Element 7 (Enforcement): Enforcement of State damage prevention laws and regulations for all aspects of the damage prevention process, including public education, and the use of civil penalties for violations assessable by the appropriate State authority. (Applicable)

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