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NBTA SEMINAR

2012

DAVE INGHAM

NSW EPA

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PART 1 – NSW EPA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATORY PROGRAM

PART 2 – FINDINGS FROM CAMPAIGNS AND EXPECTATIONS OF INDUSTRY

PART 3 – STABILITY CONTROL

PRESENTATION CONTENT

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NSW EPA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATORY PROGRAM

EPA is the regulator for transport of dangerous goods by road in NSW

Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act and Regulation

Roadside compliance campaigns with Roads and Maritime and NSW Police

High Risk Issues and Poor Performers

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NSW EPA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATORY PROGRAM

REGULATORY ACTION TAKEN FOR BREACHES

Vehicles grounded at roadside or improvement notices issued

Investigation into circumstances that lead to breach occurring

Official Cautions

Penalty Notices ~ $2000/$4000 for corporations

Unsafe Transport - $2000 for individual, $10,000 for corporation, imprisonment

Prosecution

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NSW EPA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATORY PROGRAM

HIGH RISK ISSUES

Prohibited routes – Sydney tunnels

Transport of clinical waste

Port Botany

Tanker Vehicle Safety Campaign

Other campaigns planned

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NSW EPA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATORY PROGRAM

PERSISTENT POOR PERFORMERS

Companies demonstrating persistent poor performance/systemic non-compliance

Meetings/liaison with senior management/company directors

Managerial/Directorial responsibility – DG Act S.12

Review of impediments to compliance within company

Regulatory loving!

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FINDINGS FROM CAMPAIGNS AND EXPECTATIONS OF INDUSTRY

RECURRING BREACHES BY BULK TANKERS

TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS – failure to amend documents when load has been discharged “empty” or “residue only”. LPG tankers without printed transport docs

EMERGENCY INFORMATION PANELS – driver failure to change EIP with change of load. Emergency information number not answered

SAFETY EQUIPMENT – missing, not maintained. Fire extinguishers spent, eyewash not filled and ready

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FINDINGS FROM CAMPAIGNS AND EXPECTATIONS OF INDUSTRY

RECURRING BREACHES BY BULK TANKERS

VEHICLE MUST COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 4.4 OF ADG CODE – MUST BE SUITABLE FOR TRANSPORTING THE GOODS. Aluminium tanker used to transport caustic soda. Fuel tanker used to transport corrosives with SG of 1.8

VEHICLE MUST COMPLY WITH CHAPTER 4.4 OF ADG CODE – MUST BE FREE OF DEFECT LIKELY TO CREATE RISK. Major defect involving suspension, brakes or steering or major grounded defect = breach of clause 87 for prime contractor

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FINDINGS FROM CAMPAIGNS AND EXPECTATIONS OF INDUSTRY

RECURRING BREACHES BY BULK TANKERS

Poor maintenance of trailers – especially subcontractors. All responsibilities of prime contractors still apply.

Poor compliance in transport of ISO Tanks on flatbed trucks.

Poor compliance in transport of liquid wastes that are also dangerous goods.

Cracked compartment in B-double fuel tanker – rag placed to absorb dripping fuel. Under investigation.

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STABILITY CONTROL

2011 Coroners Inquest into fatal fuel tanker crash in 2009 near Batemans Bay

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STABILITY CONTROL

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STABILITY CONTROL

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STABILITY CONTROL

One recommendation from the Inquest was that stability control should be fitted to all dangerous goods vehicles

There are various acronyms for stability control:

Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Electronic Stability Program (ESP), Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), Vehicle Stability/Swerve Control (VSC), Active Stability Control (ASC), and Dynamic Stability Traction Control.

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STABILITY CONTROL

The principle is that ESC works in tandem with vehicle air pressures, a lateral accelerometer and the ABS to slow a vehicle approaching a potential rollover state

The EPA at this stage is seeking input from the transport industry and suppliers of this equipment on how it might affect them, what technical issues there are and possible costs

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STABILITY CONTROL

A letter has been forwarded to EPA licensees and to various manufacturers, industry associations etc advising of the recommendation and inviting feedback

A copy is available to anyone who wishes to respond

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