UPRR s Hazardous Materials Management

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1 UPRR s Hazardous Materials Management SWARS Semi-Annual Meeting October 3, 2013 Tim O Brien Director Hazardous Materials 1

2 2 Union Pacific Railroad Hazardous Materials Management

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4 Hazardous Materials Management The Hazardous Materials Management Group (HMM) is responsible for compliance with the DOT s Hazardous Materials regulations by continuously monitoring the ever changing regulatory climate. Furthermore, HMM aggressively works to prevent hazardous materials releases, actively prepares for response activities, responds as necessary, and works across all departments to recover. UP Hazmat Team Prevention Prevent releases of hazardous materials in transportation. Preparedness - Develop internal and external assets for response and recovery. Response Emergency response to releases to protect health minimize impact and stabilize the incident. Recovery Progress incident to normal operations and to the point where closure work can begin. Prevention Preparedness Response Recovery 4

5 Prevention Inspections Tank car Train Crew Contacts Training Employees Customers Continuous Improvement Industry committees BOE AAR Tank Car Committee Equipment design improvements 5

6 Prevention - Tank Car Blitz Program Concentrated effort Location trends Shipper trends Commodity trends Group effort with outside assistance Regulatory outreach Contractor training Benefits Regulatory compliance Knowledge transfer Release prevention Safety 6

7 Tank Car Inspections Total Inspected and Exceptions % Exception Ratio TCs with Exceptions Inspected TCs

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19 Prevention New Equipment Design 20

20 New Equipment Design 21

21 Preparedness Response Plans HMERP Community-Right-to-Know OPA-90 Training Public Responders Employees Private/Industry Drills/Exercises Commodity Flow Data 22

22 Preparedness - TRANSCAER A voluntary national outreach effort that focuses on assisting communities prepare for and respond to a possible hazardous material transportation incident. TRANSCAER members consist of volunteer representatives from Chemical Manufacturing, Transportation, Distributor, Emergency Response Industries, and government. 23

23 TRANSCAER National Achievement Award 24

24 Preparedness 25

25 Preparedness Assets 26

26 Preparedness Assets 27

27 Preparedness Assets 28

28 Tank Car Safety Course 29

29 Response Safety Employees Community Coordination of Responders Public Responders (IC) Regulatory Agencies Specialized Contractors Response Duties Analyze the problem Plan the response Implement plan Evaluate & adjust 30

30 Union Pacific s Emergency Response Protocol RMCC Hazardous Material Incident Derailment Sideswipe Non-accident release(nar) Hazardous incident is identified by UP Field Personnel Escalate Incident UP Field Management (Dispatcher/Yardmaster/MTO) Escalate Incident Response Management Communication Center (RMCC) Notifies Government Agencies Local ER Responders UP Management Customer Follow Up Exchange information Send Response Team Provide Product Info(MSDS) Recommend Specialized Contractor Reviews Waybill and Notifies Emergency Contact CHEMTREC or Other Listed Agency Notifies and Forwards RMCC Contact Number Customer 31

31 UP Responder Network Mgr, Hazmat Field Env l Manager - Hazmat Special Agent - Hazmat 32

32 UP HM Responders 33

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36 GIS - Incident Locations 37

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38 Incidents by Type (Top 10) 39

39 NAR Non Accident Release Hazmat Ave. 221/yr % Found during inspections

40 NAR by Car Type Other Railcar TOFC/COFC Residue Tank Car Loaded Tank Car

41 NAR by Day of Week % 20% 19% 17% 13% 7% 9% 42

42 NAR by Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 43

43 NAR by State CA TX LA NE IL OR AR KS ID NV AZ UT IA CO WA MO MN WY OK WI NM MT 44

44 NAR by Originating State TX CA LA NE IL KS IA MN ND CO 45

45 NAR by Originating State TX ND LA CA NE IL MN ID NM 46

46 NAR by Hazard Class Last 5 Years Class 3 Flammable Liq Class 8 Corrosive 509 Class 2.1 Flammable Gas 82 Class 9 Misc. HM Combustible Liq Class 2.2 Non Flammable Gas 303 Class 6.1 Poison Class 2.3 Poison Gas Class

47 NAR by Hazard Class Class 3 Class 8 Class 2.1 Class 9 Class CL Class 2.2 Class Class 2.3 Class Year Data 48

48 2012 Top NAR Commodities

49 2012 NAR Top Causes Manway Liquid Valve Vaccum Relief Valve Overload Vapor Valve Frangilbe Disc 50

50 201 NAR Manway Causes 5 18 Nuts not Tool Tight Gasket Deteriorated Gasket Not Aligned 43 51

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73 It s Not Just Tank Cars 74

74 Pinnacle Award Reward Best Practices Annual securement training for loaders Documented loading procedures Recognition program for safest loaders Pre-trip inspection and testing Incident investigation Strategic NAR prevention efforts 75

75 Recovery Product/Container Fate Product Removal/Transfer Container decontamination/cleaning Incident Termination Debriefing Post Incident Analysis (PIA) Required Reporting Site Remediation/Restoration 76

76 UP Recovery Assets Transfer Truck (All Liquids and Compressed Gas Transfer Trailers (Flam & Corrosive Liquids) 77

77 Recovery Assets 78

78 Add Recovery Pictures Here 79

79 Things that make you go..huh? 81

80 Things that make wonder 82

81 Why You Should Ship By Rail 83

82 Things that make you go..uh oh 84

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85 Hazardous Materials Management 87