PRINTER'S NO. 2545
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
300
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, MARSHALL, SANCHEZ, GALLAGHER, HILL-EVANS,
MALAGARI, KHAN, NEILSON, HARKINS, DALEY, JOZWIAK AND HADDOCK,
JANUARY 31, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, JANUARY 31, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of April 2024 as "Pennsylvania 8-1-1 Safe
Digging Month."
WHEREAS, As engineers, designers, excavators and homeowners
work to keep pace with this Commonwealth's unprecedented
economic development, it is important to minimize damage to
underground utility lines, danger to workers, environmental
pollution and loss of utility service to residents of this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania One Call System, a utility
notification center celebrating more than 50 years of continuous
service to this Commonwealth, is key to preventing injuries and
damage when excavating and demolishing; and
WHEREAS, This unique service provides easy, one-call
notification about construction and excavation projects that may
endanger workers and jeopardize utility lines and promotes
workplace and public safety, reduces underground utility damage,
minimizes utility service interruptions and protects the
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environment; and
WHEREAS, This vital service, which began with only six
utility companies in western Pennsylvania and the City of
Pittsburgh, now serves more than 100,000 excavators and 3,600
critical infrastructure owners throughout this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Each year, the Pennsylvania One Call System receives
more than 1 million notification requests and transmits more
than 6 million notifications to its members, providing
protection to utility companies, their employees and customers;
and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's Underground Utility Line Protection
Law, also known as the One Call Act, has been used as a model
for many other states and at least seven foreign countries; and
WHEREAS, Dozens of counties and hundreds of municipalities
are following in the footsteps of the General Assembly and
adopting their own proclamations memorializing "Safe Digging
Month"; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
month of April 2024 as "Pennsylvania 8-1-1 Safe Digging Month"
to encourage all excavators and homeowners of this Commonwealth
to dial 8-1-1 or 1-800-242-1776 before digging in order to "Know
What's Below," avoid injury, protect the environment and prevent
millions of dollars in damages; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives remind excavators
that three business days' notice before digging is the law
because safe digging is no accident and that more information
may be obtained by visiting www.pa811.org.
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