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ur House Bill 339 has paged the Senate Flimr. mm to
the work of our member mmpanles and their lobbyists, we
have completed the legislative process. our Bill will next

he on the Governor's desk tor signature. we do not anticipate any

problems.

once rules are written by the Department otconservation and

approved, the ottice tit Pipeline satety will otticially become the

entorcement agency tor the pipeline inrlustry in Louisiana. The

grueling process that took place during the passage of this Bill is

a testament to the hard work of our member companies ancl their

lobbyists

This is but one item on a busy agenda for ZU17. stakeholders across

our state are tortunate to have a board at directors committed to
providing cost ettective solutions tor our members. ]u.~1 as important are the stakeholder groups
like the Dig Law Advisory committee
This group ot stakeholders has proven over and over that they are willing to wurk together to
strengthen our Dig Law, that keeps our communities anrl job sites sater as well as helping to
minimize disruptions to our underground tacihties Joli well done:
You'll notice in this issue one or the tun activities that many ot you participated in again this
year otir banner program.. promoting call hetorc you dig and the dig sately program. we even
selected this y2az’~' ninner to be on our cover. congratulations to all of you who got involved in
2017
The teedliack we receive about the magazine is appreciated we continue to look tor ways to make
it even more intorrnative and relevant to you. Many of our readers tell in that they routinely
utilize an anicle tor their satety meetings or tail gate meetings we are asked trorn time to time
about copying an article fmm the magazine to hand out at ditterent meetings, and the answer is
a resounding ”yes" utilize the magazine and its articles to your lienetit and thanks tor your input.
I also want to take a moment to thank the advertisers in the magazine By continuing to support
the magazine, you keep your name and product in tront of thousands ot inrlividuals who would
be your targeted audience and yust as importantly, your support helps Louisiana all keep its
costs down without compromising either the quality ot the magazine or reducing the number ot
recipients.
Let's all keep working together tor a sater Louisiana!

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