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Hazardous Materials Management Group Who We Are

Hazardous Materials Management Group Who We Are. Jeff Dukes- Manager, Hazardous Materials . Hazardous Materials Management. Prevention. Prevention – Prevent releases of hazardous materials in transportation. Preparedness - Develop internal and external assets for response and recovery.

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Hazardous Materials Management Group Who We Are

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  1. Hazardous Materials Management GroupWho We Are Jeff Dukes- Manager, Hazardous Materials

  2. Hazardous Materials Management Prevention • 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. 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. Preparedness Response UP Hazmat Team Recovery

  3. Union Pacific Managers Hazardous Materials Seattle Eastport Portland Dukes Duluth Twin Cities Pompetti Chicago Omaha Keeling Johnson Thompson SLC Salo Oakland Denver Sekavec Newton St. Louis Villa-Real Heard Moore Bavier Guy LA Memphis Dallas Calexico New Orleans Nogales El Paso Robinson Houston Eagle Pass Lerch Laredo Brownsville

  4. Union Pacific Combination Responders Seattle Eastport Portland Duluth p Koscinski Twin Cities p Chicago Milovanovic p Smith Omaha SLC p Oakland Sachs KC p Denver Grant St. Louis p Bockman p Marquez LA Memphis Dallas Calexico p Estrada p Special Agent-HAZMAT p Tudyk Nogales El Paso p Reeder p Environmental-HAZMAT Houston p Eagle Pass Meza Laredo Brownsville

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

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

  7. ResponseTypes of Responses • Hazardous Materials • Potential HAZMAT Releases • Derailments • Overloads • Damaged Containers • Illegal Dumping • Non-Regulated Material • Response arm of EMG • Fuel/Oil

  8. 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 Response

  9. Recovery • Product/Container Fate • Product Removal/Transfer • Container decontamination/cleaning • Incident Termination • Debriefing • Post Incident Analysis (PIA) • Critique • Required Reporting • Site Remediation/Restoration

  10. Non-accident Releases 764 - U. S. 2002

  11. Accident Releases 31 - U. S. 2002

  12. 2012 Top NAR Commodities

  13. 2012 NAR Top Causes

  14. 201 NAR Manway Causes

  15. Top 10 shipments in Portland

  16. Response – “It all starts here!” UPRR’s Response Management Communications Center1-888-UPRR-COP(1-888-877-7267)For Emergencies Dealing with: • Criminal Activities • Crossing Accidents/Accidents, Not at Crossings • Derailments • Fires • Hazardous Material Spills/Environmental Incidents • Injured Parties/Fatalities • Track Obstructions

  17. Any Questions?

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