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June 12, 2007
Naperville, IL – Nicor Gas continues to fulfill its ongoing commitment of informing the public about Pipeline Safety. Through May the company mailed out more than 2.6 million brochures with information about Pipeline Safety to its customers, as well as non-customers in affected areas throughout its northern Illinois service territory.
The Nicor Gas Pipeline Safety Public Awareness Program is designed to raise public awareness about pipeline safety by explaining how the nationwide network of underground pipelines operates.
The Nicor Gas brochure, “What You Need To Know About Pipeline Safety,” offers information to stakeholders – including the general public, emergency officials, public officials and excavators living and working near local distribution and transmission pipelines – about the presence of pipelines in their community, the role of pipelines in transporting natural gas, the variety of measures Nicor Gas undertakes to prevent pipeline accidents, as well as the management of accidents if they occur. The brochure, also available on Nicor’s Web site www.nicorgas.com, helps the public understand the steps that they can take to prevent and respond to pipeline emergencies.
Nicor Gas is committed to delivering safe and reliable gas service to out customers. To make sure customers are well informed, later this summer, Nicor will again send out another copy of the brochure to its customers.
Promoting pipeline safety requires enhanced communications with the public to increase awareness of pipeline operations and safety issues. The Nicor Gas Pipeline Safety Public Awareness Program has been developed out of a continued commitment to natural gas public safety and in conjunction with The American Petroleum Institute’s Recommended Practice 1162.
Nicor Gas is one of the nation's largest gas distribution companies. Owned by Nicor Inc. (NYSE: GAS) a holding company, Nicor Gas has provided safe and reliable natural gas services for over 50 years. The Company serves two million customers in a service territory that encompasses most of the northern third of Illinois, excluding the city of Chicago. | 
