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•*V' » Page 12 The INDEPENDENT, July 21,1999 Call before you dig; it’s the sensible thing to do With warm weather just around the corner, many gar dening, remodeling and build ing projects will soon be under way. NW Natural urges people to “Call Before You Dig” to pre vent damage and service inter ruptions that can be caused by digging into underground utility lines. Notifying utilities before starting anywork that requires digging is necessary for safety and required by law. The “Call Before You Dig" safety warning applies to any one who may be digging — contractors, excavators or homeowners. Notification is easy and free; all it takes is one call to a notification center at least two full working days be fore excavation is to begin. Af ter the center receives a call, it will alert participating utilities, which will locate and mark their lines with color-coded paint. Anyone who fails to call and damages underground ser vices, can be held liable for all repair costs. More importantly, damage to a gas pipe or an electric cable poses a signifi cant safety hazard. Polyethylene pipe that is widely used for natural gas dis tribution can be damaged by everyday tools like shovels and post hold diggers. It is easy to avoid damages and potentially dangerous situations by calling before digging. Upon notification of pro posed excavation from the no tification center, NW Natural will identify the location of the natural gas pipe with yellow paint. The law requires that anyone digging in the marked area must carefully hand exca vate with a shovel instead of using a backhoe or other pow er equipment, and must take care not to damage the pipe once it is exposed. NW Natural experiences damage to approximately 1,800 gas lines each year that are attributed to excavation. Nearly half of those are caused by an excavator who did not notify NW Natural of their intent to dig. Most of the remaining damages are a result of exca vators who were not careful when digging around exposed lines. The Oregon Utility Notifica tion Center can be reached at 246-6699 in the Portland metro area, 696-4848 in Clark Coun ty, Wash, and 1-800-332-2344 in all other areas of Oregon. Remember, don’t risk dig ging into buried natural gas, water, sewer, telephone, fiber optic, cable television or elec tric lines. Call before you dig. It’s free and it’s the law. From page 2 something in Salem, but most of us prevailed in showing the relationship between our local fairs and the State Fair. As was explained on the floor, provid ing opportunities for kids to participate in FFA, 4-H and oth er similar programs and giving them a chance to display their accomplishments is not always a money-making proposition. For so many, the Oregon State Fair is a culmination of ex tremely worthwhile activities for our youth - as well as some thing we adults appreciate. One of the important issues still awaiting a resolution is the transportation package. Every one agrees that more money is needed to fix and improve our roads. We in District 2 can at test to that with real and ex treme examples! Unfortunately, how to raise those funds and how much to tax is a difficult is sue. We have been dealing with this issue all session and it has changed dramatically and often over the past six months. The balance between taxes on fuel, licensing fees, and the current weight-mile revenues is a tenuous one at best. This bal ance will be determined in the next few days if we are to get a package out at all. I still remain somewhat opti mistic that we will have a budg- et before leaving here so we do not have to have a special ses sion. VIFiCEriT BAKER c o n s T R U C T io n Rep. Elaine Hopson Salem Office: H-376 State Capitol Salem, OR 97310 Phone (503) 986-1402 email .. 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