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Do you have a natural gas pipeline running through your community?
Do you know the name of your local natural gas pipeline operator?
If yes, who?
Have you heard or seen a message regarding pipeline safety in the last 12 months?
If yes, about how many?
Before today, when was your last contact with someone from the pipeline industry related to pipeline safety?
Do you have the emergency number of the natural gas pipeline operator to call in the unlikely event of an incident or if you need more information?
Have you heard of the Office of Pipeline Safety in the U.S. Department of Transportation?
Do you know what precautions an excavator should take prior to digging, to avoid accidentally hitting or damaging a pipeline?
Are you familiar with the Call Before You Dig process?
How would you rate the adequacy of information you have about natural gas and pipeline safely (e.g., how to recognize a leak, what to do when there is a leak, what first responders should do, etc.)?	About right Too much Not enough
Does your community have an emergency response plan to deal with a natural gas pipeline incident (regardless of whether intentional or accidental)?
Are you aware of any natural gas pipeline incidents that occurred in your community within the last 10 years?
If yes, how many?
What were they?
Have any of your local citizens or businesses expressed concern in the last 12 months about any issue regarding pipeline safety?
If yes, what was it?
Overall, do you feel the natural gas industry has an adequate public safety awareness program?	Definitely yes Pretty much so Not sure Don't know Probably not Definitely not
What county are you responding to this survey from?

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