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CSX Transportation S. Michael Austin Manager Hazardous Materials

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

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CSX Transportation S. Michael Austin Manager Hazardous Materials

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  1. CSX Transportation S. Michael AustinManager Hazardous Materials

  2. 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 3

  3. CSXT Hazardous Material Managers Ontario Quebec Mike Bethge MA Bill Caton NY MI Tim Mannas CT PA NJ OH DE IN IL Mike Austin MD WV VA KY Jim Briski NC TN SC Harry Hopes GA AL Bill Gleason MS LA Mike Lunsford FL

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Incident Management Preplanning • 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

  7. Advanced Response Programs • TestNET® Air Monitoring • For public and employee safety • 20+ locations • Identical kits and annual training • Equipment based on top 25 rail hazmat shipments • 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

  8. Contractor & Consultant Reviews • 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

  9. 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”

  10. 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

  11. CSX Transportation Security Technology - Network Operation Workstation (NOW) -

  12. Network Operating Workstation

  13. By clicking on the desired train number, detailed information about that train is displayed.

  14. This display is of the standing order of the train. The boxes in maroon are hazardous materials cars.

  15. By pointing and clicking on an individual car box, information on the contents of the car is displayed.

  16. Example of emailed standing order report from Public Safety file.

  17. Training for Emergency Responders Award winning video & workbook based self-training program http://csxhazmat.kor-tx.com Over 60,000 books and videos distributed

  18. Community Awareness Emergency Planning Guide Planning Guide for Communities & Emergency Responders • Over 13,000 distributed • Fire • Police • Emergency Management • Homeland Security • Fourth Edition distributed in Fall 2006 • http://.csxhazmat.kor-tx.com

  19. Challenges – Present and Future • Urban Hazmat Re-routing Initiatives • New Tank Car Designs • Security Initiatives • Enhancing Responder Training • Ethanol Production Surge

  20. 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.

  21. Contact Information S.Michael Austin Manager Hazardous Materials 410-368-4733 (office) Mike_Austin@CSX.com

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