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		call811.aspx Call Before You Dig What is 811? It is the national Call Before You Dig number that is used to request an underground locate before digging. This three-digit calling code has been mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). One easy phone call to 811 starts the process to get your underground utility lines marked for free. When you call 811, your call is routed to a local One Call Center. Operators will ask for the location of your digging job and notify the affected utility companies. Each utility will send a professional locator to mark your lines. The Call Don't forget the most important first step for any outdoor home improvement project: calling 811 before you dig. When you call before you dig, you'll prevent unintended consequences such as injury to you or your family, damage to your property, utility service outages to the entire neighborhood and potential fines and repair costs. After all, do you really want to be the person who knocks out the neighborhood's cable service during the big game? The Wait You've taken the first step toward safe digging and made a quick call to 811! But what happens next? Most locate crews will arrive to mark your property within a few days, and will make sure you know exactly where to dig - even though the depths of utility lines may vary and there may be multiple utility lines in the same area. Safe Digging Well you called before digging, waited for your lines to be marked, and now it's time to roll up your sleeves and get to work! By now locator crews, possibly from multiple companies, have been to your property and made sure to mark the approximate location of your underground utility lines. Check the area before proceeding with your project. If a utility has not responded, call 811 again to report the problem. Make sure to always dig around the marks, not on them. Some utility lines may be buried at a shallow depth. Time, erosion or root structure growth may shift the locations of your utility lines, so remember to call again, each time you are planning a digging job.


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