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Be aware of pipeline markers in your
neighborhood and at your worksite

For your oaiety, pipellnes are marlred High consequence Areas
by above ground ~‘lg‘ns to provide

an indication of Il'1I;‘l! presence, In accordance with federal regulations,
approximate location, material earried some areas near pipellnes have been
and the name and cumact information designamd 35 Hifih C““*'1“9““9

of the eornpany that operates the Areas For these men, supplemental
P;pai,,.£_ Mmpm may 1,2 mywhm hazard asstegment and preventmn
along the i-iglit-or-way (a strip of land Pmgrarns known as integrity

usually about 7.5 to 150 feet wide that Management Programs have been
cnnlalns a pipeline) or direetly over d9V91DPEd- If a pip-dine Dvmwr has
the pipeline itself. These markers are High Consequence Areas, intorrnation
generally yellow, black and red in color. about these plans may be available
"nie pipeline may not follow a stzalghl Ihmush their cDml>any'~' W»=b»~ile or
coursc between marken. While markers by contacting the operator's corporate
are helpful in locating plpelinea, they offices

do not pmvlde iritorrnation ..-udi as mm b a Wm my D‘ Pmdum
how many plpellnea are below or the rmehn ‘h 1 H‘ (h d_ E
de th at the llnes. The rima iiinetion . 3 "’.“5 ‘ ° °“““ ‘ "

P P . ‘Y miles of plpellncs, everything from gas
°‘ “'99 “‘“”‘”" "' ‘P’ ‘d’“‘“‘Y ““ tor your car to oxygen tor huapllali.
location of the pipeline generally a..- an Many of Mme pmdum can be hgmy
“I” ‘° ‘1‘“§‘ ""}‘° ““5}.“ be "’°""“5 flammable, harmful if inhaled, cause
along the pipeline corridor for another fly“ M ‘kin imlmm M Pombly mm
utility or during the cunalructiun of mfiwl ‘ .

. ty bmallung. some of the
hnmes or buimesaea nearby. You ahuuld mmmlfi mum (am Emmnmgml
1“ “Wm “‘ “W P‘P“"““ ““"““‘ ‘“ dama e Because of these otential
3”“ "K“°"" Y‘“" ““5*“’“‘='-" Wm“ nelglibln/rs to be able to recognize a
down the name and phone numbers i Elm Mk
appearing on the pipeline maxkcrs in P P '
case of emergency
Pipeline mazklsrs are important for
the safety of the general public. it D a
iederal erirne tor any poison to williiilly
detare, damage, remove or destroy any
pipeline flgns or l’|gl'1I-of-\'t’r1y rnarlrer.





















































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