Port of Vancouver BNSF Railway Hazardous Material Transportation Preparedness and Response June 4 th, 2013 6/11/2013 1
Hazardous Materials For US Railroads Hazardous Materials Account for: 5% of total U.S. freight rail carloads 5% of tonnage 6% of ton-miles 68% of rail hazmat travels in tank cars 28% on intermodal flat cars; the remainder in covered hoppers, gondolas, and other car types The most potentially hazardous materials, termed toxic inhalation hazards (TIH) are nearly all transported in tank cars. TIH materials constitutes only about 0.3 % of all rail carloads. In 2012 TIH shipment declined about 15% as safer alternatives are developed and transported. 2
Hazardous Materials Transport As common carriers, railroads are required under federal law to move hazardous materials Serious Incidents Virtually all are shipped without incident (99.998%) Hazmat accident rates have declined by 90% since 1980 and nearly 50% since 1990 Moving hazardous materials by rail is 16 times safer than moving them on the roads Railroads incurred 17 fatalities since 1989 while trucks average nearly 11 annually. BNSF had none. 500 Rail and Truck (1989-2006) 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Hazardous Materials Fatalities in Rail Incidents (1989-2006) 0 1998 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Truck Railroad Chlorine Ammonia LPG Ethanol 3
BNSF Hazardous Materials Transportation 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 Number of Shipments 250 200 150 100 50 0 Total Releases 221 195 172 165 216169 144 162 135 105105110 105 112 92 96 99 80 10 23 10 16 17 17 17 14 9 17 21 12 12 15 10 15 8 15 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Non-Accident Accident Trend 2011 Examples of Types of Releases Any identifiable release is reportable under DOT regulations Non-Accident Release Accident Release 4
BNSF Washington State Crude Oil Transportation Currently for BNSF, US Crude by Rail consists of mainly transportation from various Shale oil sources (i.e Bakken, Eagle Ford, Permian Basin etc). In 2012-3,632 shipments of petroleum crude oil (PCO) came to WA State In Q1 2013 over 3,700 of PCO came into WA State BNSF Crude Oil Transport Year LDD SHPMTS RESIDUE SHPMTS TOTAL SHPMTS 2011 38,312 39,514 77,826 2012 152,926 162,678 315,604 % Change 299.16% 311.70% 305.53% 5
Low Pressure Tank Car DOT 111A100W1 Top Fittings Bottom Outlet 6
Preparedness: Community Training Community focus is on training responders and providing interpretative information. Training is available via instructor lead or computer based training. Training topics include: Train list / shipping papers Placards Equipment Incident Assessment Hands-on equipment in field Instructor lead Commodity Flow Study Number of Responders Trained 7
Emergency Preparedness and Planning System Emergency Response Plan Identifies how BNSF responds to incidents throughout our system Includes: LRP s (Local Reaction Plans) LERP s (Local Emergency Response Plans) Notification Procedures Outlines Roles and Responsibilities 6/11/2013 8
Geographical Response Plan Support/Development Water Response Public Plans Northwest (w/ additional quick access reference documents) Coastal Mississippi River Working w/ EPA + others on Plans in ND, MT, WY Rail Specific Kootenai River (MT) Columbia River CCP s Colorado River (CO) Wind River (WY) Middlefork Flathead/Glacier Park In development (MT) 6/11/2013 9
BNSF Company Control Points 10
NIMS Incident Command System BNSF Railway will initiate, manage and maintain a rapid, aggressive, well coordinated, and effective response BNSF hazardous material responders, contractors, operations supervisors and train crews will work within the Unified Incident Command Structure 11
Response: Hazmat GIS 12
Vancouver February 2013 Seattle Whitefish Portland Minot Klamath Falls Billings Hettinger Gillette Mandan Fargo Superior Minneapolis/ St. Paul La Crosse Bridger Jct Alliance Sioux City Chicago Stockton Salt Lake City McCook Ravenna Lincoln Galesburg Denver Superior Kansas City Machens St. Louis Bakersfield Mojave Los Angeles Needles San Bernardino Phoenix Belen La Junta Texline Avard Oklahoma Amarillo City Texico Arkansas City Tulsa Norris Springfield Memphis Birmingham El Paso Sweetwater Haslet Ft. Worth Teague Temple Spring Houston New Orleans BNSF HAZMAT Responder Locations 220+ Responders at 60 Locations 13
Vancouver Seattle Whitefish Portland Minot Klamath Falls Billings Hettinger Gillette Mandan Fargo Superior Minneapolis/ St. Paul La Crosse Stockton Bakersfield Mojave Los Angeles Needles San Bernardino Salt Lake City Air Monitoring Assets CTEH Tac Tox CRA Tier I INet Phoenix Bridger Jct Denver Belen El Paso Alliance La Junta Texline McCook Sioux City Ravenna Oklahoma Amarillo City Texico Sweetwater Avard Haslet Ft. Worth Temple Superior Lincoln Arkansas City Tulsa Norris Teague Spring Galesburg Kansas City Houston Springfield Machens St. Louis March 11 th, 2013 Memphis Chicago New Orleans Birmingham
Seattle Vancouver Whitefish Hazmat Specialized Equipment Portland Pasco Spokane Billings Havre Minot Fargo Superior Klamath Falls Gillette Minneapolis/ St. Paul Alliance Sioux City Chicago Richmond Stockton Salt Lake City Lincoln Galesburg Denver Newton Kansas City St. Louis Rialto Los Angeles = ER Air Trailer = Fire Trailer Type I (Large) Type II (Small) Barstow Flagstaff Phoenix Belen El Paso Oklahoma Amarillo City Ft. Worth Tulsa Teague Springfield Memphis Birmingham = Chlorine Kits = Midland Kits Temple Houston New Orleans February 2013
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