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he event was sponsored you call in to west Virginia 311, what Tom Taylor, executive director Df
by Dominion Energy they'll do is eontaet the utility members, wvall, said more west Virginians need
Transmission, Dominion and they go out and meet with the to be aware uf the dangers of digging
Energy west Virginia, eonrraetor and mark out the pipelines it without iirst calling 811 to make sure

Mountaineer Gas and west Virginia 811. we have any. cunditlons are safe

The moek line strike brought iirst "Then it's also to show what would "Calling before you dig is the most
responders and utility personnel, happen if you don't do that. ‘(nu cuuld important thing," Taylor said ”It‘s a
along with cuunty and municipal hit a pipe, and the pipeline zxpludes iree call and a tree szrvlce. ‘(nu really
employees together to expeiienee what and someone cuuld get hurt " ean't aiiord to not :all—wh2Lhez

a gas or pipeline rupture looks like. . . you're digging in your own yard as
This demonstration was designed to ”““‘P K“‘E'“Y' ““ *‘."P"‘Y“ ‘," a homeowner or a contractor or a

. Mountaineer cas, said Friday s event . ,,
show all who may be impacted by a . . . . business.
. was the tirst demonstration of its kind
line strike what will lie expeeted or . . . .
to be held in west virginia west Virginia 811, working to keep

them in sueh an emergency but more W W . . E f H
importantly to learn how to prevent Each year, the state's energy industry d 2’ "g;““‘“S ‘“ T1 ’“'3"5°"““"_“ 
such an D('cun'En(E. holds 17 pipeline satety meetings aerosu a;'3:3;:r§:"l:‘:'f:‘w?";  jm;
Rich swiger, an employee or Dominion ‘he Sm“! K"‘E'“Y Sm‘ possible.

Energy, said the event was meant to ”Ea:l1 one eoyers four or tiye CountlE.s'," P . . L_ h l. 1 d d
demonstrate to the publlc the proper he said. "This is kind of supplemental ‘"“‘*?““ ’ “” E "E" ““ 3‘ °

steps to take lietore digging and what to that lnstead of havin a PowerPoint D‘"“"““" EMS’ T"“"'"“°""“'“' RV“
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volunteer Fire Department and the

"It's to see what can happen if you do Lewis county sheriirs Department. I
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