Transcript RRTIII_Presentation - National Response Team

CSX Transportation
S. Michael Austin
Manager Hazardous Materials
CSX in America
CSX operates in:
23 states, 2 Canadian Provinces, and DC
700 counties
13,000 jurisdictions
Infrastructure includes:
21,000 route miles
37,000 physical track miles
Bridges, Tunnels, Classification Facilities,
Dispatch Centers, Office Buildings.
Transportation Service Provided:
Coal
Automotive
Grain/Agriculture
Food/ Consumer Goods
Metals
Chemicals
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CSXT Hazardous Material Managers
Ontario
Quebec
Mike Bethge
MI
PA
IL
OH
IN
KY
Jim Briski
WV VA
SC
MS
AL
CT
NJ
DE
MD
Tim Mannas
Mike Austin
NC
TN
Bill Gleason
MA
NY
Bill Caton
GA
LA
FL
Harry Hopes
Mike Lunsford
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CSXT Hazardous Materials Team
 Respond to and abate hazardous
material emergencies
 Emergency pre-planning and EMA liaison
 Training for public agency emergency
responders
 Training for CSX employees and
customers
 New business review and hazard
evaluation
 Regulatory type inspections and
compliance reviews
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Incident Management Preplanning
 Internal Crisis Management Exercises
 External Crisis Management Exercises
 Emergency Responder Training
 CSX HAZMAT Sentinel Program
 Preferred Response Contractor Program
 RATS Environmental Assessment Teams
 TestNET Air monitoring Program
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Incident Management Preplanning
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Transportation Emergency Response Plans for
terminals and line-of-road
Community Awareness Emergency Planning
Guides
Annual planning/training meetings with all
support groups
Incident recovery planning and training
Staged equipment and materials
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Advanced Response Programs
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TestNET® Air Monitoring
For public and employee safety
— 20+ locations
— Identical kits and annual training
— Equipment based on top 25 rail hazmat shipments
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Rail Accident Technical Support (RATS) teams
Four primary support consultants
— Advanced training in rail response
— Available to respond with water and soil testing
equipment
— Can deploy for short or long term events
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Contractor & Consultant Reviews
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Independent Consultant
— Auditing
 Financial
 Operation
 Safety
 Training
— Process Improvement
— Pre-selection Reviews
— Approximately 15 reviews per year
— Adjustments and recoveries are approximately 45% of
consultant costs
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Hazardous Material Safety
99.996 percent of rail hazmat shipments reached
their final destination without a release caused
by an accident.
 Overall hazmat accident rates have fallen 87
percent since 1980 and 34 percent since 1990.
 In 2008, CSXT transported approximately
350,000 carloads of hazardous materials, of
which only 5 spilled any contents due to
derailments. 112 Non-Accident Releases
 Railroads are “Common Carriers”
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Top Ten Hazardous Materials Transported by Rail
•Alcohols, N.O.S (Ethanol)
Class 3
•Molten Sulfur
Class 9
•Sodium Hydroxide
Class 8
•Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Class 2.1
•Sulfuric Acid
Class 8
•Anhydrous Ammonia
Class 2.2
•Chlorine
Class 2.3
•Asphalt
Class 9
•Phenol Solution
Class 6.1
•Phosphoric Acid
Class 8
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CSX Transportation Security Technology
- Network Operation Workstation (NOW) -
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Network Operating Workstation
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By clicking on the desired train
number, detailed information
about that train is displayed.
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This display is of the standing
order of the train. The boxes in
maroon are hazardous materials
cars.
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By pointing and clicking on an
individual car box, information
on the contents of the car is
displayed.
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Example of emailed
standing order report
from Public Safety file.
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Training for Emergency Responders
Award winning video & workbook
based self-training program
http://csxhazmat.kor-tx.com
Over 60,000
books and videos
distributed
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Planning Guide for Communities & Emergency
Responders
• Over 13,000 distributed
• Fire
• Police
Community Awareness Emergency Planning Guide
• Emergency Management
• Homeland Security
• Fourth Edition
distributed in Fall 2006
http://.csxhazmat.kor-tx.com
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Challenges – Present and Future
 Urban
Hazmat Re-routing Initiatives
 New Tank Car Designs
 Security Initiatives
 Enhancing Responder Training
 Ethanol Production Surge
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CSX PSCC
800-232-0144
It’s your community.
Take the time to program our CSXT’s PSCC contact number
into your cell phone. It is our obligation to our company and to
your community to report unusual occurrences.
You never know what you might see on the way home.
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Contact Information
S.Michael Austin
Manager Hazardous Materials
410-368-4733 (office)
[email protected]
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