Safety and Security Risk Management in the Transport of Hazardous Materials

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Safety and Security Risk Management in the
Transport of Hazardous Materials

• Cherry Burke
• DuPont Safety, Health and Environment
  Excellence Center

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Current State of Security Preparedness

• Existing programs provide solid foundation for
  addressing threat of terrorism
• Excellent record for safe transportation and
  response to incidents
• Initiatives in progress to increase security and
  reduce risks
• Range of legislative proposals is emerging

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Existing Programs

• Comprehensive network of regulations
• Strong industry initiatives
• ACCs Responsible Care program
• Company standards and programs
• Emphasis on risk management
• Package design
• Selection and training of carriers
• Emergency response and mutual aid

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Stepped-up Efforts

• Increased security awareness and visibility
• Renewal/revision of written security guidelines
• Background checks, identification systems
• Customer order process/product stewardship
• Evaluation of security risks and mitigation
  options
• Industry, carrier, and government cooperation
• Specific industry association activities

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Distribution Security

• The Challenge

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Plant Site Characterization

• Sites
• Stationary and physically definable
• Basically closed infrastructure
• Fences, gates, guards, alarms
• Fixed location, processes/products, equipment,
  employees, communities, services

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Distribution Characterization

• Distribution
• Dynamic, thousands of transactions
• Basically open infrastructure
• Zero buffer zone
• Varying location, processes/end uses,
  equipment, employees, communities, services

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SITE SCHEMATIC
River
?
Dock
?
Process Unit A
?

RR Gate

Etc.
PV C
Security Gatehouse
?
PV B
Employee Parking Lot

Construction Entrance
PV D
?
Contractor Parking Lot
Turnstile
?
Turnstile
Security Gatehouse



Shipping Receiving
?
?
Main Entrance



Rotating Camera

Highway
Fixed Camera
?
Light
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Terminal
International Border
Intermodal Port
?
?

Process Unit A
?

RR Gate
Etc.
Customs
PV C
Security Gatehouse
?
PV B
Employee Parking Lot

Construction Entrance
PV D
?
Contractor Parking Lot
Turnstile
?
Turnstile
Security Gatehouse



Shipping Receiving
?
?
Main Entrance



Rotating Camera

Highway
Fixed Camera
?
Light
Warehouse
Warehouse
Toller
Transloader
?
?

Process Unit A
?

RR Gate
Etc.
PV C
?
Security Gatehouse
PV B
Employee Parking Lot

Construction Entrance
PV D
?
Contractor Parking Lot
Turnstile
?
Turnstile
Security Gatehouse



Shipping Receiving
?
?
Main Entrance



Rotating Camera

Highway
Fixed Camera
?
Light
Freight Forwarder
Customs
Transport scale 1" 500 miles
International Border
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Security Responsibilities

• Shared responsibility for safe and secure
  movement of goods
• Shipper
• Carriers/other logistics service providers
• Warehouses, terminals, transloaders
• Toll producers
• Suppliers
• Customers
• Partnership critical for safety and security!

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Industry Initiatives

• American Chemistry Council (ACC)
• Responsible Care Security Code Site and Value
  Chain
• Chemical Sector ISAC
• Association of American Railroads (AAR)
• Freight Railroad Security Plan
• Surface Transportation ISAC
• Joint ACC-AAR task force to address interface
  issues

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Industry Initiatives

• American Trucking Association
• Highway Watch program Americas Trucking Army
• Anti-Terrorism Action Plan
• NTTC and NPTC also participating
• Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
  (C-TPAT)

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ACC Security Code

• Security performance improvement using a risk-
  based approach
• Development involved internal and external
  stakeholders
• 13 Management Practices
• Encompasses all chemical company activities
• Site, value chain, and cyber activities

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ACC Value Chain Security Risk Assessment

• Required under new Security Code
• Flexible and systems-oriented
• Framework ACC Distribution Risk Management
  Process
• Prioritization
• Risk review and assessment
• Evaluation and implementation of risk reduction
  options
• Periodic review and updating

Systematic approach to focus activities and
allocate resources for risk reduction
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Distribution Security Risk Management
Considerations

• Risks from terrorism need to be evaluated in
  broader context security and safety
• Risk trade-offs need to be considered can
  inadvertently increase risk to public

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Distribution Security Risk Management
Considerations
Important areas where security and safety risk
management may differ

• Materials of higher concern from safety
  perspective may not be the most attractive
• Intelligence-driven alert levels - and planning
  corresponding escalated actions - essential

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Emergency Response
The number of federal, state, local, and private
entities that may become involved in an incident
are increasing

• Anti-terrorism/WMD
• BioHazard
• Bomb squad
• HazMat

• Fire
• Police
• EMS, hospitals
• Private ER teams

Unified Command System is Critical! You either
control the incident or it controls you
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Pre-Emergency Planning
Needs to consider

• Coordination with involved parties
• Contact info
• Defined lines of authority and personnel roles
• Training
• Communications
• Emergency recognition and prevention

• Safe distances and places of refuge
• Site security and control
• Evacuation routes and procedures
• Decontamination
• Emergency medical treatment
• Emergency alerting and response procedures

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Needs - Emergency Response

• Joint training, planning and drills between
  involved parties
• Getting the right information to the public
• Development of credible sites for information
  television, radio, weather radio, internet
• Use of call-out and related technology to
  activate plans and inform/instruct residents
• Community planning and communication pre-incident

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Summary

• State of the industry positive and improving
• Cooperation between shippers, carriers, and other
  parties crucial to identify and manage risks
• Systematic, risk-based approach helpful to focus
  activities
• Risk trade-offs must be considered
• Proposed research or solutions should be
  carefully evaluated for practical
  application/value