Harvard, Illinois Union Pacific Train Derailment RRT Meeting Thursday, May Jim Mitchell, OSC

History  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

Harvard Train Derailment January 2008

Response  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

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

Actions  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

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

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

Issues  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