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Program Purpose
The purpose of One-call Notification programs is to enhance public safety, protect the environment, minimize risks to excavators, and prevent disruption of vital public services by reducing the incidence of damage to underground facilities during excavation. [7302]
Funding
Authorizations are drawn from the General Fund, and require appropriating legislation.
Eligibility
Grants are to be made to States to establish or improve one-call notification systems.
Eligibility for these grants depends on three factors:
(1) appropriate participation by all underground facility operators;
(2) appropriate participation by all excavators; and
(3) flexible and effective enforcement under State law with respect to participation in and use of one-call systems.
A State determines ‘appropriate participation’ by considering the risks to public safety, the environment, excavators and vital public services posed by the excavation activity.
September 14, 1998