PENNSYLVANIA, July 21 - 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 3,680

critical infrastructure owners throughout this Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, In 2020, despite a worldwide pandemic, the

Pennsylvania One Call System received nearly 1 million

notification requests and transmitted more than 6.4 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 PA 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 Pennsylvania General

Assembly and adopting their own proclamations memorializing

"Safe Digging Month"; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of April 2021

as "Pennsylvania 8-1-l Safe Digging Month" to encourage all

excavators and homeowners of this Commonwealth to dial 8-l-1 /

l-800-242-1776 or click www.pa811.org before planning a digging

project 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 Senate 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.pa8ll.org; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to

the Governor, the Chairman of the Public Utility Commission, the

Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of General Services,

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