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WDO Practices: Call Before You Dig

1. In your area, are you aware of an agency that contractors/excavators are required to call prior to digging, so that underground gas, water, and electric utility lines can be identified and avoided?                    
2. Are PMPs that are engaged in the installation of termite bait stations required to call this agency prior to using a gasoline powered auger?         
3. Are PMPs performing liquid termite treatments required to call this agency prior to using a hammer-drill?                  
4. Are PMPs performing liquid treatments required to call this agency prior to trenching around a structure?
5. If the law requires you to call prior to using a hammer-drill or an auger, how often do you comply with the law?      
6. Have you ever damaged an underground utility line while doing a bait station installation?          
7. Have you ever damaged an underground utility line while doing a liquid termite treatment?     
8. Have you ever been asked by a customer to have utility lines marked before before doing a bait station installation? 
9. Have you ever been asked by a customer to have utility lines marked before before doing a liquid termite treatment?
10. Have you ever had a government agency include the requirement in a purchase order or required proof that it was done?
11. Have you ever heard of an underground utility line being damaged by a PMP?
12. Are you aware of any efforts made to exempt PMPs from requirements to call before you dig?