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Safety: Always Our First Priority Call Before You Dig! It’s SAFE, it’s FREE and it’s the LAW! You serve an important role in helping to prevent pipeline emergencies! Pipeline damage most often occurs during excavation. Everyone, including you, is responsible to some degree for keeping the natural gas system safe. A big part of that responsibility is to consider where utility lines are buried before you dig. That’s always true, whether you’re a homeowner using a shovel to plant a tree or set a fencepost, or a major contractor using a backhoe to open a trench or excavate to make room for a basement. Steps You Must Take (Call Before You Dig!) Avoid a costly repair bill and, far more important, keep yourself and others safe. 1. Call your state’s one-call center at least two full business days before you plan to dig. This free service will notify all utilities in your area of your plans to dig. The toll-free, nationwide Call Before You Dig number is 811. 2. Within two business days, someone from each utility will arrive at your site to mark the approximate location of buried lines with paint or flags at no cost to you. 3. Dig with care! Lines cannot be exactly pinpointed and the depth can’t be precisely determined. 4. Please use extreme care when digging anywhere near the markings. 5. Call to have the locations remarked for free if the original ones are disturbed or your project will be delayed by more than seven days. (Don’t forget, you need to call at least two full business days before work does begin). Characteristics of Natural Gas Natural gas is a clean-burning, efficient fuel that is colorless, tasteless and lighter than air. It’s also odorless in its natural state. So to help detect leaks, utilities add a foul-smelling odorant to it before sending it to all urban and most (but not all) rural consumers. Natural gas is mostly methane, which has a high ignition temperature and a narrow range of flammability. That said, even the smallest of sparks can cause an explosion if the right circumstances exist. Symptoms of a Natural Gas Leak Black Hills Energy will investigate a suspected gas leak at no charge. Call the 24-hour, toll-free BHE emergency number: 800-694-8989 The following symptoms are representative of a leak, but this cannot be considered a complete list. What you may see: • Unexplained areas of dead vegetation where the surrounding area is green. • A meter dial that continues to move after all natural gas appliances and equipment have been shut off. • Blowing dirt or bubbling water. What you may smell: As noted above, in all urban and most (but not all) rural settings, natural gas utilities add an odorant to the gas. Most people compare the odor to the smell of rotten eggs or another peculiar odor. Regardless, practically everybody agrees that it stinks, which is good. What you may hear: Listen for a hissing, roaring or bubbling sound from the ground or standing water near a pipeline. Pipelines: Efficient, Economical, Safe The Department of Transportation has said that pipelines are the safest way to move natural gas from place to place. In the United States, the many benefits of natural gas energy are delivered from the source to more than 70 million consumers nationwide through a network of more than 2.2 million miles of pipeline. Because gas pipelines are such an important infrastructure, security is always considered. Federal and State governments extensively regulate pipelines with regard to design, construction, operation and maintenance. For safety’s sake, Black Hills Energy regularly patrols its pipelines and follows a carefully planned maintenance and replacement schedule. Our integrity management plan focuses on areas our industry defines Keep our 24-hour emergency service number handy. 800-694-8989. as high consequence areas. These are places people congregate, including playgrounds, hospitals, schools, daycare facilities, retirement homes, churches and correctional facilities. For a one- page overview of our integrity management plan, please go to www.blackhillsenergy.com/pipeline-integrity. Learn More • For a list of natural gas service providers and pipeline operators in your area, visit www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov • Visit the Black Hills Energy website, www.blackhillsenergy.com. • We welcome your call toll-free and 24/7 to our Black Hills Energy customer service team, at 888-890-5554. Dos and don’ts for responding to a potential gas leak • IMMEDIATELY evacuate everyone from the building or area. Leave the door open as you leave. Warn others to stay away. • CALL 911 or the Black Hills Energy Emergency Number once everyone is safely away, using a cell phone or a neighbor’s phone. The Black Hills Energy emergency number is 800-694-8989. • STAY AWAY from the building or area. Emergency personnel will let you know when it’s safe to return. • DO NOT do anything that could cause a spark: • Never touch a phone • Never use a cell phone anywhere near the suspected leak. • Never touch a light switch or other electronic device. • Never open or close windows. • Never start an engine or drive a vehicle. • DO NOT strike a match or lighter. • DO NOT attempt to fix or adjust any gas line or related equipment. Properties of Natural Gas Vapors Health Hazards Fire Hazards Lighter than air Extremely high concentrations may cause irritation or asphyxiation Extremely flammable and easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames. Explosive in enclosed areas
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Safety:
Always Our First Priority Call Before You Dig! It’s SAFE, it’s FREE and it’s the LAW!You serve an important role in helping to prevent pipeline emergencies! Pipeline damage most often occurs during excavation. Everyone, including you, is responsible to some degree for keeping the natural gas system safe.
A big part of that responsibility is to consider where utility lines are buried before you dig. That’s always true, whether you’re a homeowner using a shovel to plant a tree or set a fencepost, or a major contractor using a backhoe to open a trench or excavate to make room for a basement.
Steps You Must Take (Call Before You Dig!)Avoid a costly repair bill and, far more important, keep yourself and others safe.
1. Call your state’s one-call center at least two full business days before you plan to dig. This free service will notify all utilities in your area of your plans to dig. The toll-free, nationwide Call Before You Dig number is 811.
2. Within two business days, someone from each utility will arrive at your site to mark the approximate location of buried lines with paint or flags at no cost to you.
3. Dig with care! Lines cannot be exactly pinpointed and the depth can’t be precisely determined.
4. Please use extreme care when digging anywhere near the markings.
5. Call to have the locations remarked for free if the original ones are disturbed or your project will be delayed by more than seven days. (Don’t forget, you need to call at least two full business days before work does begin).
Characteristics of Natural GasNatural gas is a clean-burning, efficient fuel that is colorless, tasteless and lighter than air. It’s also odorless in its natural state. So to help detect leaks, utilities add a foul-smelling odorant to it before sending it to all urban and most (but not all) rural consumers.
Natural gas is mostly methane, which has a high ignition temperature and a narrow range of flammability. That said, even the smallest of sparks can cause an explosion if the right circumstances exist.
Symptoms of a Natural Gas LeakBlack Hills Energy will investigate a suspected gas leak at no charge. Call the 24-hour, toll-free BHE emergency number: 800-694-8989
The following symptoms are representative of a leak, but this cannot be considered a complete list.
What you may see:• Unexplained areas of dead vegetation where the surrounding
area is green.• A meter dial that continues to move after all natural gas
appliances and equipment have been shut off.• Blowing dirt or bubbling water.
What you may smell:
As noted above, in all urban and most (but not all) rural settings, natural gas utilities add an odorant to the gas. Most people compare the odor to the smell of rotten eggs or another peculiar odor. Regardless, practically everybody agrees that it stinks, which is good.
What you may hear:Listen for a hissing, roaring or bubbling sound from the ground or standing water near a pipeline.
Pipelines: Efficient, Economical, SafeThe Department of Transportation has said that pipelines are the safest way to move natural gas from place to place. In the United States, the many benefits of natural gas energy are delivered from the source to more than 70 million consumers nationwide through a network of more than 2.2 million miles of pipeline. Because gas pipelines are such an important infrastructure, security is always considered. Federal and State governments extensively regulate pipelines with regard to design, construction, operation and maintenance. For safety’s sake, Black Hills Energy regularly patrols its pipelines and follows a carefully planned maintenance and replacement schedule. Our integrity management plan focuses on areas our industry defines
Keep our 24-hour emergency service number handy. 800-694-8989.
as high consequence areas. These are places people congregate, including playgrounds, hospitals, schools, daycare facilities, retirement homes, churches and correctional facilities. For a one-page overview of our integrity management plan, please go to www.blackhillsenergy.com/pipeline-integrity.
Learn More• For a list of natural gas service providers and pipeline
operators in your area, visit www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov• Visit the Black Hills Energy website, www.blackhillsenergy.com.• We welcome your call toll-free and 24/7 to our Black Hills
Energy customer service team, at 888-890-5554.
Dos and don’ts for responding to a potential gas leak• IMMEDIATELY evacuate
everyone from the building or area. Leave the door open as you leave. Warn others to stay away.
• CALL 911 or the Black Hills Energy Emergency Number once everyone is safely away, using a cell phone or a neighbor’s phone. The Black Hills Energy emergency number is 800-694-8989.
• STAY AWAY from the building or area. Emergency personnel will let you know when it’s safe to return.
• DO NOT do anything that could cause a spark:
• Never touch a phone• Never use a cell phone
anywhere near the suspected leak.
• Never touch a light switch or other electronic device.
• Never open or close windows.• Never start an engine or drive
a vehicle.• DO NOT strike a match
or lighter.• DO NOT attempt to fix
or adjust any gas line or related equipment.
Properties of Natural Gas
Vapors Health Hazards Fire Hazards
Lighter than air
Extremely high concentrations may cause irritation or asphyxiation
Extremely flammable and easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames. Explosive in enclosed areas
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Seguridad: Siempre Nuestra Primera Prioridad¡Llame Antes de Excavar! ¡Es SEGURO, es GRÁTIS y es la LEY!¡Usted cumple un papel importante en ayudar a prevenir emergencias relacionadas a las tuberías!
Daños a las tuberías generalmente ocurren durante excavaciones. Cada uno de nosotros, incluyéndose usted, es responsable hasta cierto grado de mantener el sistema de gas natural seguro.
Gran parte de esa responsabilidad es averiguar dónde están enterradas las líneas de servicio público antes de excavar. Ésto es siempre cierto, sea usted un propietario de casa usando una pala para plantar un árbol o colocar una cerca, o un contratista usando una retroexcavadora para abrir una zanja o excavando para hacer un sótano.
Pasos que Usted Debe Tomar (¡Llame Antes de Excavar!)Evite una factura de reparación costosa y mucho más importante, manténgase usted y mantenga a otros a salvo.1. Llame a su centro estatal “one-call” por lo menos dos días
laborales antes del día en que planifica excavar. Este servicio gratuito notificará a todos los servicios públicos en su área de sus planes de excavación. El número gratuito a nivel nacional de Llame Antes de Excavar es 811.
2. En 2 días laborales, alguien de cada uno de los servicios de utilidad pública irá al sitio indicado a marcar, con pintura o banderas y de manera gratuita, la localización aproximada de las tuberías enterradas.
3. ¡Excave con cuidado! Las líneas no pueden ser localizadas con exactitud y la profundidad no puede ser determinada con precisión.
4. Por favor use precaución extremada cuando excave en cualquier lugar cerca de las líneas marcadas.
5. Llame para que le marquen de nuevo de manera gratuita el sitio deseado, si la marcación original ha sido alterada o si su proyecto se va a retrasar más de siete días. (No olvide, usted necesita llamar al menos dos días antes de que el trabajo comience)
Características del Gas NaturalEl gas es un combustible eficiente que quema limpiamente y es incoloro, insípido y más liviano que el aire. También es inodoro en su estado natural. Para ayudar a detectar fugas de gas, las empresas de servicio público le agregan un olor fétido antes de enviarlo a todos los usuarios urbanos y a la mayoria de (no todos) los usuarios rurales.
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El gas natural es principalmente metano, el cual tiene una alta temperatura de ignición y un rango pequeño de inamabilidad. Sin embargo, hasta la más mínima chispa puede causar fuego o una explosión si las circunstancias correctas se dan.
Síntomas de una Fuga de Gas Natural Black Hills Energy investigará una posible fuga de gas sin costo alguno.
Llame de manera gratuita al número de emergencia de 24 horas de BHE: 800-694-8989. Los siguientes síntomas son representativos de una fuga de gas, pero no se considera una lista completa.
Lo que puede ser que usted vea:• Áreas de vegetación muerta, sin explicación, con áreas verdes
alrededor.• Agujas del medidor que continúan moviéndose después de que los
aparatos electrodomésticos y equipos se han apagado.• Tierra que vuela o agua con burbujas
Lo que puede ser que usted huela: Como se dijo anteriormente, en todos los servicios urbanos y la mayoría (pero no todos) los servicios rurales, las empresas de gas natural agregan un olor fétido al gas. La mayoría de la gente compara este olor al olor de huevos podridos u otro olor peculiar. De cualquier manera, todo el mundo está de acuerdo en que el olor apesta, lo cual es bueno.
Lo que puede ser que usted oiga: Ponga atención a un silbido, rugido o un sonido burbujeante proveniente de la tierra o de agua estancada cerca de la tubería de gas.
Tuberías: Ecientes, Económicas, SegurasEl Departamento de Transporte ha dicho que las tuberías son la manera más segura de transportar gas natural de un lugar a otro. En los Estados Unidos, los numerosos beneficios del gas natural son entregados desde su origen a más de 70 millones de usuarios a nivel nacional a través de una red de más de 2.2 millones de millas de líneas de tuberías. Debido a que las tuberías de gas son una infraestructura importante, la seguridad siempre es una prioridad. Los gobiernos federales y estatales regulan ampliamente las tuberías con respecto a su diseño, construcción y mantenimiento. Por el bien de la seguridad, Black Hills Energy regularmente patrulla sus líneas de tuberías de gas y sigue un programa de mantenimiento y reemplazo cuidadosamente planificado. Nuestro plan de gerencia integro se enfoca en áreas que nuestra industria define como áreas
Propiedades del Gas Natural
Vapores Riesgos para la Salud Peligro de Incendio
El gas es mas ligero que el aire
Una concentracion de gas extremadamente alta puede causar irritacion o asfixia
El gas es extremadamente inflamable y un incendio puede ser generado por el calor, chispas o llamas
Mantenga nuestro número de servicio de emergencia de 24 horas al alcance. El número de emergencia de Black Hills Energy es 800-694-8989.
de alta consecuencia. Estas áreas son lugares donde la gente se reúne, incluyendo parques infantiles, hospitales, escuelas, guarderías, casas de retiro de ancianos y centros penitenciarios. Para un resumen general de nuestro plan de gerencia integro, visite nuestra pagina web www.blackhillsenergy.com/pipeline-integrity.
Aprenda Más• Para una lista de los proveedores de servicio de gas natural y
operadores de tuberías de gas en su área, visite www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov
• Visite la página Web de Black Hills Energy, www.blackhillsenergy.com.
• Acogemos su llamada al equipo de servicio al cliente de Black Hills Energy, a través de nuestra línea gratuita 888-890-5554, las 24 horas del día, los siete días de la semana.
Que hacer y qué no hacer al responder a una fuga potencial de gas.• IMMEDIATAMENTE evacúe el
edificio o área. Deje la puerta abierta al salir. Advierta a otros para que permanezcan alejados.
• LLAME AL 911 o al Número de Emergencia de Black Hills Energy, una vez que todas las personas estén a salvo en un lugar retirado, usando un teléfono celular o el teléfono de un vecino. El número de emergencia de Black Hills Energy es 800-694-8989.
• MANTENGASE ALEJADO del edicio o área. El personal de emergencia le dirá cuando es seguro regresar.
• NO haga nada que pueda causar una chispa:
• Nunca toque un teléfono• Nunca use un teléfono celular
cerca de donde se sospeche una fuga.
• Nunca toque un interruptor de luz u otro aparato electrónico.
• Nunca abra o cierre ventanas.• Nunca prenda un motor o
maneje un vehículo.• NO encienda un fósforo o use
un encendedor.• NO intente de arreglar o ajustar
la línea de gas u otro equipo relacionado con el gas.
