NE 2021 State Damage Prevention Grant

Overview

Main Objective

Under this grant agreement, the recipient will pay for staff and travel costs to staff hours to facilitate, present, and/or participate in:

• Various damage prevention meetings (Element 1),
• Staff costs to provide damage prevention training to stakeholders, including emergency responders (Element 4),
• Conducting damage prevention education to the public and professional excavators (Element 5)

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 1 (Enhanced Communication Between Operators and Excavators): Participation by operators, excavators, and other stakeholders in developing and implementing methods for establishing and maintaining effective communications between stakeholders - from receipt of an excavation notification to successful completion of the excavation, as appropriate.
• Element 4 (Partnership in 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.
• Element 5 (Public Education): A process for fostering and ensuring active participation by all stakeholders in public education for damage prevention activities.

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