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Harvard, Illinois Union Pacific Train Derailment

Harvard, Illinois Union Pacific Train Derailment. RRT Meeting Thursday, May 1 2008 Jim Mitchell, OSC. Monday January 7, at 4:00 PM UP Train traveling 37 mph derailed 1.5 miles north of Harvard, IL Train hit by tornado Twelve cars involved in derailment.

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Harvard, Illinois Union Pacific Train Derailment

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  1. Harvard, IllinoisUnion Pacific Train Derailment RRT Meeting Thursday, May 1 2008 Jim Mitchell, OSC

  2. Monday January 7, at 4:00 PM UP Train traveling 37 mph derailed 1.5 miles north of Harvard, IL Train hit by tornado Twelve cars involved in derailment 7 empty box cars, 3 auto parts, and 2 tank cars Tank cars Diethylene Glycol Ethylene Oxide Received NRC Report at 7:30 PM History

  3. Harvard Train DerailmentJanuary 2008

  4. Local Fire and Hazmat Wauconda, Marengo, Boon Countryside and Harvard McHenry County Sheriffs Department UP CTEH Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) EPA/IEPA Equis Star Shell Chemical Conestoga-Rovers Red Cross Response

  5. Issues • Diethylene Glycol • Tank overturned on bridge leaking contents into Lawrence Creek • Ethlyene Oxide Tank • Damaged on railroad embankment • Evacuation in place

  6. Air monitoring Removed cars Upright DG tank car Repair tracks and bridge Assessed EO tank EO tank removal plan Sampled Lawrence Creek Build up embankment Transport of EO tank car Actions

  7. Diethylene Glycol Tank • DG 100% soluble in water • Waked creek looked for fish kill • Collected surface and subsurface soil samples • Collected surface water samples • Sample field screening i.e., PH, temperature, conductivity and DO

  8. Ethylene Oxide Tank • Continuous monitoring of air, tank pressure and temperature • Rock needed to build up embankment • Tank lifted and placed on trucks • Transported 20 miles to Janesville Wisconsin • Speed no greater than 4 miles hour • Laboratory analysis for DG

  9. Degusa refused to take and off load EO Shell Chemical worked out deal with company in Milton, WI Pressure drops of EO tank Slow actions by UP to put tarp over tank Transportation permits Two weeks to offload EO tank Issues

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