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Spill Response Training

By:NorthWest Response Ltd.

Ray Hollenberg, RPBio.

Overview of Assessment

- Spill AssessmentSourceProductSize / Volume

- Safety AssessmentPersonal ProtectionFire/ Explosive RiskSite Security

Overview of Assessment

- Environment AssessmentAirWaterGround

Chemical Characteristics

- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

- Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Flash Point: The temperature at which a product will emit

sufficient vapours that could ignite. - Gasoline (-40oC)- Diesel (40oC)- Lube Oil (80oC)

- Rule of Thumb - Diesel on WaterEvaporation - into the atmosphereDispersion - over the water surfaceDissolved - into the water column

Legal

- Reportable Spills

Reporting Regulations- Provincial- Federal

- Due Diligence:

Prevention

Impact Reduction

Safety

- Recognizing Hazards

- Buddy System

- Protective Equipment

- Monitoring Equipment

- Site Security

- Decontamination

Initial Action

- Stop the spillAt SourceIf Safe

- NotificationNotify SupervisorNotify PEP

- Contain the spillWaterLand

Field Exercise : Containment Tarp

- Short Term

- Initial Action

- Tarp & Cross Beam

- Narrow Creek / Ditch

Field Exercise : Culvert Block

- Short Term

- Initial Action

- Plywood

Field Exercise : Underflow Containment

- Long Term

- Monitoring

- Ditch / Run-off

- Sandbags, Tarp & Pipe

Field Exercise : Underflow Containment

- 3 Methods

- Vortex Prevention

- Air Trap & Open Vent

Field Exercise : Exclusion Boom

- Containment Booms

- Sorbent Booms

- Logs

- Tarps

Field Exercise : Boom Containment

- Back-eddy Containment

- “J” Containment

- Log Containment

Field Exercise : Land Spills

- Small vs. Large

- Perimeter Assessment

- Recovery Pits

- Interceptor Trench

- Soil Treatment

Disposal

- Burner

- Secure Landfill

- Soil Treatment

Spill Equipment Overview

- Truck Kits

- Shop Kits

- Spill Trailers

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Spill Response Training

By:NorthWest Response Ltd.

Ray Hollenberg, RPBio.