[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-18058]


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[Federal Register: July 26, 1994]


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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

 

Excavation Damage Prevention; Workshop

AGENCY: National Transportation Safety Board.

ACTION: Notice of Workshop; Excavation Damage Prevention.

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SUMMARY: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Office 
of Pipeline Safety of the U.S. Department of Transportation will hold a 
2-day workshop on September 8 and 9 to identify new ideas and 
approaches for preventing excavation-caused damage to buried facilities 
such as pipelines and telecommunication cables. The workshop will be 
held at the Sheraton Washington Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW., 
Washington, DC (202-328-2000).
    The workshop will provide experts from across the Nation the 
opportunity to come together to develop new excavation safety 
initiatives and to identify current accident prevention activities that 
should be expanded nationwide. Participants will consider elements 
essential for operating effective one-call notification systems, 
excavation damage prevention responsibilities of excavators and buried 
facility operators, and ways the States should administer sanctions for 
damage prevention programs.
    The workshop is open to everyone. Representatives from pipeline 
companies, telephone companies, other buried facility operators, 
railroads, excavation equipment operators/contractors, and Federal, 
State, and local public works and government officials are expected to 
attend the workshop.
    Anyone wishing to comment on any aspect of excavation damage 
prevention programs may send this information to Charles Batten, 
Pipeline Division, National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC 
20594. Papers should be submitted with a disk in either WordPerfect 
(5.2 or lower) format or ASCII format. A copy of the workshop's 
proceedings will be prepared and available at a later date.
    Participants may obtain more detailed information or register for 
the workshop by calling Ms. Angela Fenwick at 202/382-0670.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Jackson, Acting Chief, Pipline 
Division, Office of Surface Transportation Safety, National 
Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC 20594, (202) 382-0670.

    Dated: July 20, 1994.
Ray Smith,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-18058 Filed 7-25-94; 8:45 am]
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