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Harvard, IllinoisUnion Pacific
Train Derailment
RRT Meeting Thursday, May 1 2008
Jim Mitchell, OSC
History Monday January 7, at
4:00 PM UP Train traveling 37 mph derailed 1.5 miles north of Harvard, IL
Train hit by tornado Twelve cars involved
in derailment
7 empty box cars, 3 auto parts, and 2 tank cars
Tank cars Diethylene
Glycol Ethylene Oxide
Received NRC Report at 7:30 PM
Harvard Train DerailmentJanuary 2008
Response Local Fire and
Hazmat Wauconda, Marengo,
Boon Countryside and Harvard
McHenry County Sheriffs Department
UP CTEH
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
EPA/IEPA Equis Star Shell Chemical Conestoga-Rovers Red Cross
Issues
Diethylene Glycol Tank overturned on bridge leaking
contents into Lawrence Creek Ethlyene Oxide Tank
Damaged on railroad embankment Evacuation in place
Actions
Air monitoring Removed cars Upright DG tank
car Repair tracks and
bridge Assessed EO tank EO tank removal
plan
Sampled Lawrence Creek
Build up embankment
Transport of EO tank car
Diethylene Glycol Tank
DG 100% soluble in water Waked creek looked for fish kill Collected surface and subsurface
soil samples Collected surface water samples Sample field screening i.e., PH,
temperature, conductivity and DO
Ethylene Oxide Tank Continuous monitoring of air, tank
pressure and temperature Rock needed to build up
embankment Tank lifted and placed on trucks Transported 20 miles to Janesville
Wisconsin Speed no greater than 4 miles hour Laboratory analysis for DG
Issues
Degusa refused to take and off load EO
Shell Chemical worked out deal with company in Milton, WI
Pressure drops of EO tank
Slow actions by UP to put tarp over tank
Transportation permits
Two weeks to offload EO tank