Connecticut - 2012 State Damage Prevention Program

Main Objective

Under this grant agreement, the CBYD will:

• Support a Damage Prevention Education Program for industry stakeholders
• Support Public Awareness and Stakeholder Education; and
• Foster and promote the use of Improving Technologies

Public Abstract

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 once 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; and
• Element (8): A process for fostering and promoting the sue, 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.