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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