The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) submitted a Best Practices Damage Prevention Report to the legislature on December 22, 2000. The Washington State Pipeline Safety Act identified one-call systems as a key ingredient to preventingdamage to underground utilities, including pipelines. Section 16 of the bill directed the Utilities and Transportation Commission to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding one-call systems inthe state. Theirreport contains recommendations regarding minimum standards and best practices for one-call locator services that were derived from a series of stakeholder workshops held in the summer and fall of 2000. The basis for discussion during these workshops was a 1999 report initiated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety, called "Common Ground – Study of One-Call Systems and Damage PreventionBest Practices." The WUTC report may be found on the Commission's website located at: http://www.wutc.wa.gov. Just click on the "Pipeline Safety" tab on theCommission's homepage and then look for the "Best Practices Report" hyperlink.

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