Toccoa Natural Gas - Energy Conservation Tips

Call Before You Dig, It's the Law.

What’s Covered
The locate request that you have called in is intended to prevent any harm to your life and property. Among the work types that we suggest calling for include: planting, repairing or replacing utilities (please specify which utility), fences, mailboxes, retaining walls, aerating, sentricon, grading, tilling, using an auger, any mechanized or motorized piece of machinery, etc.

Simple Excavation Safety Steps:

Survey and Mark – Survey the proposed excavation areas and mark the dig sites with white paint
Call Before You Dig – It is the law! At least two working days prior to starting work, call 8-1-1
Wait the Required Time – Allow the damage prevention program the proper time to locate and mark the lines
Respect the Marks – Maintain visibility of the marks and safely follow them when you dig
Dig with Care – Hand excavate within 24-inches of each side of the lines

If Your Equipment Contacts a Gas Line:

Leave equipment; don’t turn off engines or generators
Warn others and leave the area quickly
Do not operate any gas pipeline valves or stop the flow of gas
Leave the excavation open

In a natural gas emergency, call 911

Call 8-1-1 for all locates.

Georgia One Call Center:
1-800-282-7411

North Carolina One Call Center:
1-800-632-4949

We appreciate your assistance by participating in our Damage Prevention Program. By calling your local utility prevention center, you can help us to receive notice when grading, drilling, blasting, or excavation is being done in our specific pipeline area. This area includes parts of Stephens, Franklin, Hart, Rabun, Elbert and Habersham counties in Georgia, plus Macon County in North Carolina.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Process
The process starts once the ticket is sent out to the utility members in your city. Once the utility members have been notified, they will have 48 hours from the next business day to get the locate request ticket marked and/or responded to. A final check for a “positive response” should be done at noon on the legal date you were told. If there are any problems, conflicts, or disputes with responses, call your local utilities prevention center again to re-notify the utility members.

Be Watchful
If you notice someone digging on your property, be sure they have contacted the local utilities prevention center for a “locate request ticket” and the utilities within that area are marked before any digging starts. This is for your own safety.

Consequences:

By not calling, here’s what you could get into:

Personal injury (possible loss of life)
Damage to the environment
Costly property damage
Damage to important utilities that would disable others to make emergency calls or lose the availability of a utility, resulting in costly delays
Expensive repairs, legal problems, and civil penalties

Call 8-1-1 for all locates.





			Call Before You Dig, It's the Law. What’s Covered The locate request that you have called in is intended to prevent any harm to your life and property. Among the work types that we suggest calling for include: planting, repairing or replacing utilities (please specify which utility), fences, mailboxes, retaining walls, aerating, sentricon, grading, tilling, using an auger, any mechanized or motorized piece of machinery, etc. Simple Excavation Safety Steps: Survey and Mark – Survey the proposed excavation areas and mark the dig sites with white paint Call Before You Dig – It is the law! At least two working days prior to starting work, call 8-1-1 Wait the Required Time – Allow the damage prevention program the proper time to locate and mark the lines Respect the Marks – Maintain visibility of the marks and safely follow them when you dig Dig with Care – Hand excavate within 24-inches of each side of the lines If Your Equipment Contacts a Gas Line: Leave equipment; don’t turn off engines or generators Warn others and leave the area quickly Do not operate any gas pipeline valves or stop the flow of gas Leave the excavation open In a natural gas emergency, call 911 Call 8-1-1 for all locates. Georgia One Call Center: 1-800-282-7411 North Carolina One Call Center: 1-800-632-4949 We appreciate your assistance by participating in our Damage Prevention Program. By calling your local utility prevention center, you can help us to receive notice when grading, drilling, blasting, or excavation is being done in our specific pipeline area. This area includes parts of Stephens, Franklin, Hart, Rabun, Elbert and Habersham counties in Georgia, plus Macon County in North Carolina. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Process The process starts once the ticket is sent out to the utility members in your city. Once the utility members have been notified, they will have 48 hours from the next business day to get the locate request ticket marked and/or responded to. A final check for a “positive response” should be done at noon on the legal date you were told. If there are any problems, conflicts, or disputes with responses, call your local utilities prevention center again to re-notify the utility members. Be Watchful If you notice someone digging on your property, be sure they have contacted the local utilities prevention center for a “locate request ticket” and the utilities within that area are marked before any digging starts. This is for your own safety. Consequences: By not calling, here’s what you could get into: Personal injury (possible loss of life) Damage to the environment Costly property damage Damage to important utilities that would disable others to make emergency calls or lose the availability of a utility, resulting in costly delays Expensive repairs, legal problems, and civil penalties Call 8-1-1 for all locates.