RAIL SAFETY/HAZMAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE

RAIL SAFETY/HAZMATEMERGENCY RESPONSE

PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

CHALLENGES

• Preparedness• Mitigation• Response• Recovery

• Derailment• Train vs Train• Train vs Vehicle

CHALLENGES

• Large Quantities of Hazmat in Urban Areas• Unknown Chemicals and Amounts• Resources to Contain and Control• Effective Mitigation

• Natural/Intentional/Technological

• Owner/RP/SME Hours Away• Limited Resources

PAST HISTORY

• Lac Megantic, Quebec 7/6/13• 74 Tank Cars Bakken Crude• Fire and Explosion• 42 Deaths• 30 + Buildings Destroyed

PAST HISTORY

• Graniteville, South Carolina 1/6/05• 2 Trains Collide on Side Track• Chlorine, Sodium Hydroxide, Cresol• 90 Ton Chlorine Tank Rupture• 9 Deaths 250 Medicals• 5,400 Evacuated for 2 Weeks• $30-$40 Million in Costs

PAST HISTORY

• LaSalle, Colorado May 14,• 6 Tank Cars of 100 Car Train Derailed• 1 Car Leaking 28,000 gal• Niobrara Crude• Loaded in Windsor, Colorado• Locals Not Initially Notified

PAST HISTORY

• Alabama• North Dakota • Virginia• New Brunswick• 1272 in 2012 (USA)

FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES

• Products Allowed• Toxins• Poison• Flammables• Corrosives• Explosives

• Quantities Allowed• Transport Vessel

FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES

• Information Sharing• Local Responders

• Training• Local Responders

• Resource Allocation• Local Responders