{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s6101","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6101.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f6101.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of this chapter are\u2014\n(1) to enhance public safety;\n(2) to protect the environment;\n(3) to minimize risks to excavators; and\n(4) to prevent disruption of vital public services,\nby reducing the incidence of damage to underground facilities during excavation through the voluntary adoption and efficient implementation by all States of State one-call notification programs that meet the minimum standards set forth under section 6103.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s6101.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s6101","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f6101."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this chapter are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s6101/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to enhance public safety;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s6101/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to protect the environment;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s6101/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to minimize risks to excavators; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s6101/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to prevent disruption of vital public services,","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"by reducing the incidence of damage to underground facilities during excavation through the voluntary adoption and efficient implementation by all States of State one-call notification programs that meet the minimum standards set forth under section 6103.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}