2009 - 88th Annual Meeting

Session 217

Issues and Emerging Technologies in Emergency Response to Incidents and Terrorist Threats Against Commercial Hazardous Material Transportation Systems

Monday, January 12, 2009, 8:00 AM–9:45 AM, Shoreham

Paul M. Bomgardner, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, presiding

Note: The session presents a cross section of industry and public-sector initiatives that are addressing ways to better track hazmat loads, provide security and critical information, and enhance emergency response capabilities. Attendees should leave this session with a better understanding of the challenging issues facing the industry in maintaining security for their hazmat shipments while providing emergency responders with immediate access to critical information.

Emerging HazMat Response Management Systems and Technologies

Thomas Moses, Spill Center

Railcar Monitoring and Tracking: Legislative and Industry Initiatives

Don Loftis, Olin Corporation

Safeguards and Security for Radioactive Materials Transportation

Lee Finewood, U.S. Department of Energy

Emerging Technologies: Emergency Response Hindrances or Help?

Timothy Butters, International Association of Fire Chiefs

Session 274

Transportation of Renewable Fuels: Risk and Preparedness in a Changing World

Monday, January 12, 2009, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM, Shoreham

William Stanley Schoonover, Federal Railroad Administration, presiding

Note: The U.S. push to energy independence has resulted in a significant shift in transportation of hazardous materials, with ethanol and biodiesel supplementing oil production in the Gulf region. Understanding the risk profile for transporting these new materials is necessary to make sound public policy decisions.

Defining the Global Landscape

Joan Glickman, U.S. Department of Energy

Emerging Concerns and Issues That May Get Missed in the Rush to Market

Jim Redding, Renewable Fuels Association

What’s the Risk with Ethanol?

Glenn Millner, Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health, L.L.C.

Emergency Response Concerns with Alternative Fuels

Timothy Butters, International Association of Fire Chiefs

AT040 Committee Meeting

Monday, January 12, 2009, 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Shoreham

Mark Lepofsky, Battelle, presiding

Communication and Interpretation of Results of Railroad Hazardous Materials Transportation Route Risk Analyses

Athaphon Kawprasert, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Christopher P. L. Barkan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

A Proof-of-Concept Study for Analyzing Hazmat Transportation Risks in an All-Hazards Environment

Samrat Chatterjee, Vanderbilt University

Mark D. Abkowitz, Vanderbilt University

Poster Session 546

Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Shoreham

Sarah Dammen, ECONorthwest, presiding

Risk-Based Model for Marshaling Dangerous Goods Railway Cars in Rail Yards

Morteza Bagheri, University of Waterloo, Canada

Frank Saccomanno, University of Waterloo, Canada

Liping Fu, University of Waterloo, Canada

Improving the Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Part 1: Experimental Study

Mohamed Mokbel Elshafey, Carleton University, Canada

Ettore Contestabile, Carleton University, Canada

Omar Abd El Halim, Carleton University, Canada

O. Burkan Isgor, Carleton University, Canada

Improving the Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Part 2: Numerical Study

Mohamed Mokbel Elshafey, Carleton University, Canada

O. Burkan Isgor, Carleton University, Canada

Omar Abd El Halim, Carleton University, Canada

Ettore Contestabile, Carleton University, Canada