linn county commodity study overview 2015

8/20/2019 Linn County Commodity Study Overview 2015

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2015Hazardous MaterialsCommodity Flow Study

Linn County, IowaLinn County Local Emergency lanning

Committee


2/16

∗ 1!"# $ Emergency lanning and Community %ig&t$to$'now

(ct )EC%(*∗ Encourage + suort emergency lanning at state and local

le-els

∗ ro-ide t&e u.lic and local go-ernments wit& in/ormationregarding otential c&emical &azards in t&eir communities

∗ Created Local Emergency lanning Committees )LEC* and

tased t&em wit& t&e de-eloment o/ c&emical emergencyresonse lans, w&ic& must re-iewed annually

∗ Linn County LEC includes reresentati-es /rom

∗ Industry, Elected 3cials, Law En/orcement, Fire4EMS, u.licHealt&, Hositals, EM(, and Community rous

6acground


3/16

6acground

∗ Lac o/ udated &azardous material )&azmat* 7ow

data identi8ed as a signi8cant ga in rearednesslanning .y Linn County LEC

∗ Last study comleted 1!!9 : 1!!"

∗ Cooerati-e e;ort wit& %egion # and ones +


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∗ Identi/y tyes and amounts o/ &azmat mo-ing

t&roug& a geogra&ic area∗ Identi/y &azmat routes

∗ Identi/y uni=ue transortation containers

∗ Identi/y ?targets o/ oortunity@ /or otential

terrorists∗ (ssess otential imact o/ &azmat release along

studied routes

∗ IM%AE B6LIC S(FED

urose


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∗ Hels emergency resonders and elected

o3cials identi/y∗ Hig& ris transortation routes

∗ Satial etent o/ otential t&reats

∗ raining + e=uiment needs

∗ %esource allocation∗ re-entati-e measures

∗ rearedness measures

6ene8ts


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ransort Modes

Hig&way %ailroads ieline

I"0HGD0

HGD1HGD151

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Canadianational

Mid(mericanEnergy

(lliant Energyort&ern aturalas

6lac Hills Energy6uceye artnersMagellan ieline


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Mas

HGD %ail ieline


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Mode$Seci8c Concerns

Hig&way∗ reater u.lic eosure otential due

to &ig& ersonal -e&icle tra3c androimity to commercial andresidential occuancies

∗ Gide -ariety o/ container tyes and&azards : secial attention s&ould .eaid to .ul s&iments o/ gaseousammonia, c&lorine, and sul/ur dioide

%ail

∗ Large tan -olumes can =uiclyeceed t&e caa.ilities andresources o/ a community

∗ %ail related c&emicalemergencies can .e di3cult andetremely c&allenging /or myriado/ reasons )un/amiliarity wit& rail

oerations, Jurisdictional issues,direct communication, etc*

ieline∗ Ha-e t&e otential to release t&e

greatest -olume o/ &azmat o/ any o/t&e modes in Linn County

∗ Aulnera.le eosures suc& asoulation centers, sensiti-een-ironmental areas, criticalsystems, and &ig& -alue roerty in

close roimity to ielines s&ould.e identi8ed and lans made toinsure rotection in t&e e-ent o/ arelease


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Hig&way


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HGD Aolumes )2K$&r*


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I"0 :


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∗ !9,000 loads o/ &azmat

annually )",100loads4mont&*

∗ ressurized cars wit&li=uid caacities o/20,000 : K0,000 gallonstra-el t&roug& densely

oulated areas )sul/urdioide, et&ylene oide,ammonia*

∗ Aulnera.ility None 12miles )S2 w4(EL$*

%ail

AEGL-3 is t&e air.orne concentration,eressed as arts er million )m* ormilligrams er cu.ic meter )mg4m*, o/ asu.stance a.o-e w&ic& it is redicted t&at

t&e general oulation, including susceti.leindi-iduals, could eerience li/e$t&reatening&ealt& e;ects or deat&


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rends1!!" to 2015

I"0 ∗ 2K$&r truc count &as

increased ,5K0 :12,!#0 )9*

∗ roane and

corrosi-e loads are&ig&er )2*

otal %ail

∗ Mont&ly &azmat loads&a-e increased 1!00 :"100 )K*

∗ Flamma.le li=uids and

corrosi-es loadscontinue to .e t&e&ig&est -olume &azmat


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∗ %eleases are liely to occur along &ig&wayroutes )most liely I"0* w&ere t&ere is t&eotential /or signi8cant imact on denselyoulated areas re=uiring a well$coordinatede;ort to noti/y, communicate, and rotect t&e

general u.lic∗ (ir.orne release o/ toic su.stances suc& as

c&lorine and sul/ur dioide /rom .ot& &ig&wayand rail transorts could raidly imactt&ousands o/ eole


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Linn County Hazmat eams

∗ Linn County %egional Hazmat eam∗ Hig&ly rained Aolunteers

∗ %esond to &azmat incidents outside o/ Cedar %aids

∗ Provide back-up to the Cedar Rapids Fire

Department’s a!mat "eam∗ (lso ro-ides resonse co-erage to 6enton,

6uc&anan, O Cedar, Clayton, ones Counties

∗ Cedar %aids Fire


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∗ Full study ro-ided to Linn County EM(, Linn County

%egional Hazmat eam, and Cedar %aids Fire

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