Subprocuradur

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Subprocuraduría de Inspección Industrial Dirección
General de Inspección de Fuentes de
Contaminación Dirección de Emergencias Ambientales
Programa Ambiental México - Estados
Unidos Frontera 2012 Respuesta a Emergencias
Químicas Emergencias Químicas Ocurridas y
Reportadas a la PROFEPA en los Estados
Fronterizos, Franja Fronteriza, Franja Colindante
y Ciudades Hermanas de México con los Estados
Unidos (2000 2008)
Baja California
Sonora
Chihuahua
Tijuana, Mexicali
SLRC, Nogales, Naco, Agua Prieta
Las Palomas, Cd. Juárez, Ojinaga
Coahuila
Nuevo León
Tamaulipas
Cd. Acuña, Piedras Negras
Nvo. Laredo, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Matamoros
- Marzo 2010 -
"2010, Año de la Patria. Bicentenario del Inicio
de la Independencia y Centenario del Inicio de la
Revolución"
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EPA Region 6 9 Border Accidental Release
Information 2001 2010
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• NRC BACKGROUND Primary function of the NRC is
  to serve as the sole national point of contact
  for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological,
  biological, and etiological discharges into the
  environment.
• In addition to gathering and distributing spill
  data for OSCs and serving as the communications
  and operations center for the NRT, the NRC
  maintains agreements with a variety of entities
  to make notifications regarding incidents meeting
  established trigger criteria.
• The NRC also takes Terrorist/Suspicious Activity
  Reports and Maritime Security Breach Reports.
• On behalf of DHS and the USCG, the NRC
• Briefs the White House, Office of Homeland
  Security, Secretary of Transportation, and Chiefs
  of Modal Administrations regarding all
  significant transportation emergencies
• Provides information the Coast Guard's Office of
  Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental
  Protection as needed
• Receives and relays reports of incidents
  reportable under the Hazardous Materials
  Transportation Act
• Provides incident reports to various DOT
  agencies
• and provides notification to DOT and NTSB offices
  of transportation incidents that meet certain
  criteria.
• On behalf of other Agencies, the NRC provides
  services to enhance the Federal Response System

• For the EPA, the NRC receives incident reports
  under the FRS which is supported under CERCLA,
  CWA, CAA, EPCRA, and OPA.  The NRC disseminates
  reports of oil discharges and chemical releases
  to the FOSC
• For FEMA, the NRC acts as a 24 hour contact point
  to receive earthquake, flood, hurricane, and
  evacuation reports
• For the NucRC, and DOE, the NRC makes
  notification of all incidents involving
  radioactive material releases
• For DOI, the NRC receives reports of incidents
  involving Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Oil
• For DOD, incidents involving transportation
  emergencies with DOD munitions or explosives are
  referred to the Army Operations Center. Any
  incident involving hypergolic rocket fuels and
  oxidizers are passed to the Air Force Operations
  Center.
• The NRC takes reports on potential or actual
  domestic terrorism and coordinates notifications
  and response with the FBI
• For the DHHS, releases of etiological and
  biological agents are referred to the CDC
• For the FRA, the NRC takes reports of railroad
  incidents involving hazardous materials, grade
  crossing fatalities, and accidents resulting in
  injury or death of railroad employees.
• The NRC is contact point for activation of the
  NRT and provides facilities for the NRT to use in
  coordinating a national response action when
  required.

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NRC Notifications Nationally / EPA (2001 2010)
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EPA Notifications to NRC per Region (2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 (2001 - 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 9 (2001 - 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 Border Area
(2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 9 Border Area
(2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 Border Area --
by Material Type (2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 9 Border Area --
by Material Type (2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 9 Border Area
-- Total Amount Released by Type (2001 2010)
POUNDS
GALLONS
POUNDS
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 9 Border
Area -- Caller Status (2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 9 Border Area
-- Medium Affected (2000 2009)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 9 Border Area --
Source of Release (1999 2009)
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Reported Evacuations(facility or community)

• New Mexico
• DONA ANA (1)
• Texas
• CAMERON (4)
• EL PASO (4)
• HIDALGO (2)
• VAL VERDE (1)
• WEBB (1)
• WILLACY (1)

• Arizona
• COCHISE (4)
• PIMA (4)
• SANTA CRUZ (2)
• YUMA (3)
• California
• IMPERIAL (4)
• SAN DIEGO (7)

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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 Border Area
Counties by Percent (2001 2010)
Other Includes DONA ANA 3 HIDALGO, NM 1
LUNA - 1 OTERO 1 BREWSTER 0
CULBERSON 1 DIMMIT 2 HUDSPETH 1
JEFF DAVIS 0 JIM HOGG 0 MAVERICK 2
PRESIDIO 0 STARR 1 VAL VERDE 2
WILLACY 1 ZAPATA 1 ZAVALA 1
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 9 Border Area
counties by Percent (2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 Border Area
-- by Sister City (2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 9 Border Area
-- by Sister City (2001 2010)
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 9 Border Area
-- by Sister City (2001 2010)
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Subprocuraduría de Inspección Industrial Dirección
General de Inspección de Fuentes de
Contaminación Dirección de Emergencias Ambientales
Emergencias Químicas Ocurridas y Reportadas a la
PROFEPA en los Estados Fronterizos, Franja
Fronteriza, Franja Colindante y Ciudades Hermanas
de México con los Estados Unidos (2000 2008)
Emergencias en las Ciudades Hermanas
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 9 Border Area
-- Top Hazardous Materials Released (2001 2010)
Materials above account for 76 of hazardous
materials released
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 9 Border
Area -- Top Oil / Oil Products Released (2001
2010)
Materials above account for 93 of oil products
released
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NRC Notifications to EPA Region 6 9 Border Area
-- Top Other Substances Released (2001 2010)
Materials above account for 58 of other
materials released
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Subprocuraduría de Inspección Industrial Dirección
General de Inspección de Fuentes de
Contaminación Dirección de Emergencias Ambientales
Emergencias Químicas Ocurridas y Reportadas a la
PROFEPA en los Estados Fronterizos, Franja
Fronteriza, Franja Colindante y Ciudades Hermanas
de México con los Estados Unidos (2000 2008)
Sustancias Involucradas en las Emergencias