Title: Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Walking the Talk Bob Richard Deputy Associate Administrator
1Office of Hazardous Materials
Safety Walking the Talk
Bob RichardDeputy Associate Administrator
U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationLabelma
ster Instructor Conference
2Lots of changes PHMSA
- New Offices,
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- New Leadership,
- New Approach
3Recurring Themes PHMSA Strategic Plan
- Ensuring Integrity and Reducing Risk
- Partnerships in Solving Problems and Building
Capability and Capacity - 21st Century Solutions Anticipating Technology
- System Performance
4Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA)
- One of the smallest regulatory agencies in the
federal government - Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
- Office of Pipeline Safety
5HMEP Grants ProgramEmergency Preparedness
- 14 Million Per Year
- 2,102,000 First Responders Trained
- 1,800 Fire Service Instructors
- 24,000 CurriculumGuidelines Distributed
- 11,000 Exercises Conducted
- Growing to 28 Million
- Impact, Effectiveness Accountability
6PHMSAs Guiding Principles
- Systems Approach to Problems
- Risk-based
- Data-driven
- Enterprise Solutions
- Higher Expectations
- Stakeholder Inputs
- Innovative Solutions
- Partnerships
- Transparency
- Self-Corrective Behavior
- Model Agency
- Effectiveness
- Responsiveness
- 21st Century Solutions
7Risk-Based Risk as the Foundationfor Focus,
Choices, and Priorities
8Risk As Basis for Decisions
- Risk Analysis and Continual Assessment/Monitoring
of Highest Risks - Rulemaking Priorities
- Safety and Risk Reduction
- Statutory Requirements
- Petitions for Rulemaking from Stakeholders
- International Harmonization
- Regulatory Reform (Simplification)
- Risk-Based Enforcement
- Serious Incidents and Violations
- -High risk-high consequence inspections
- Enhanced modal coordination/shared resources
- Prioritization of Resources
9What We are Trying to Prevent
10Addressing The Highest Risks
- Fire Aboard Aircraft
- Toxic Inhalation Hazards (TIH)
- Rail Tank Cars
- Tanker Trucks Crashes
- Loading/Unloading (Bulk Cargo)
11Other Risk Issues
- Undeclared Hazmat Shipments
- Packaging Failures
- Emergency Response Communications
- New Technologies
- Ethanol
- Fuel Cells Replacing Batteries
- Hydrogen Economy
12How Safe Are We?Data Driven Performance
Scorecard
13Progress Is Slow The Stats are Flat
Progress is Slow The Stats are Flat
14Loading/Unloading Analysis
Bulk L-UL operations in the trucking and rail
modes represent from a third to half of the
overall risk (probability) of serious incidents
in hazmat transportation.
15Six Tank Truck Crashes Every Day
16Enterprise Approach
- Pitch a Big Tent
- Bring All Stakeholders to the Table
- Share Responsibilities
- Tackle the Tough Problems
- Build Partnerships
- Better, More Innovative Solutions
17Current Enterprises
- Lithium Batteries on Aircraft
- Loading Unloading of Bulk Cargo Shipments
- Shipments of Hazmat by Air Air Packaging
- Combustible Liquids
18Loading/Unloading Enterprise
- Best Practices
- Interested Parties Proposal
- Facilitated Workshops
- Refinement of Incident Data
- Broad Stakeholder Participation
- Rulemaking
19Partnerships
- Best Practices for Training of Hazmat Instructors
- Image of the Hazmat Worker
- Impediments to Intermodal Shipping
- Reverse Logistics Undeclared Hazmat
- Certification of Equipment and Personnel --
Compressed Gases - Combustible Liquids
- DGAC
- COSTHA
- VOHMA
- COSTHA
- CGA
- DGAC
20Undeclared Hazmat Shipments
General Public
Industry
On-Line Auctions, Etc.
Reverse Logistics
21New Enterprises
- Electronic Freight Management
- Electronic Emergency Response Guidebook
- Electronic Shipping Papers
- Eliminating unnecessary information
- Packaging Risks
- Open-Head Drums
- Rebottling of IBCs
22Leveraging Electronic Technology
232008 ERG RevisionElectronic Communication to 1st
Responders
- Paper Guidebook
- Electronic Guidebook on a Pocket PC
- 2004 ERGOver 2.2 million copies printed and
distributed free of charge to the Nations First
Responders by the U.S. Department of
Transportation
24Transparency
- Two-Way Street
- Example of Integrity Management
25Integrity Management Best Opportunity to Take
Risk Reduction to a New Level IM is Finding
and Fixing Problems Before They Become Failures
26An Integrity Management ExampleA Supplier of
Chemical Reagents
- Reported to the Company in September 2006The
Largest Number of Reported Incidents of Any
Company in the U.S. - Partnering with PHMSA the Company
- Examined their Packaging Operations in 5
Packaging Centers - Found Improper Settings on Bottling Machines
- Inadequately Trained Workers
- Number of Reported Shipments (Leaking packages)
Dropped in Half by April 2007
27Enforcement Approach
- 1) Rank ordering of enforcement targets
- Risk Categories
- Serious Offenders
- Serious and Undeclared Incidents (Multiple)
- Complaints and Whistleblowers
- Higher Risk Potentially High Consequence
Activities - Utilize data to prioritize and rank companies
- Utilize IT solutions to identify locations and
group the ranked companies for inspection
planning - 2) Enforcement is broader than inspections
- Accident investigations and Emergency response
- Expanding our role to Fitness Reviews,
Partnership Reviews Leverage Training - 3) Coordinating with the Modes
- Includes key partnership efforts
- 4) Evolving-potential high consequence events
28Next Steps
- National Training Qualification Standard for HM
Investigators - Training of 14 new field investigators
- Rulemaking Team to revise Penalty guidelines
- Systems Integrity Safety Program (policy,
protocols, criteria) - Enforcement Authority Rulemaking
- Operational Protocols for new authority
- Lithium Battery Testing Lab
- New strategic approaches to packaging testing at
Tobyhanna Lab
292008 Safety PrioritiesRisk Reduction
- Hazmat Intelligence Portal (Web/Database)
- Standards for Loading/Unloading
- Electronic Freight Management
- Integrity of Rail Tank Cars
- Prevention of Tank Truck Rollovers
- Comprehensive Risk Assessment
- Performance Scorecard/Data
- Integrity Management Pilot Program
302008 Management Priorities Model Agency
- Stakeholder Outreach/Enterprise
- Future of HMEP Grant Program
- Customer Services Initiatives
- Call Center
- On-Line Applications/Approvals
- Emergency Response Partnerships
- IAFC, NASFM, IAFF, NASTTPO
- Enforcement Partnerships
- CVSA, COHMED, Modal Administrations
- Reauthorization
31Hazmat Reauthorization (HMTA) Themes
- INTEGRITY RISK
- PARTNERSHIPS
- TECHNOLOGY
- PERFORMANCE
32Reauthorization Proposed Provisions
- Improve Integrity of the System and Reduce Risk
- Strengthen Incident Reporting Enforcement
- Improve our Capability for Data Analysis and Risk
Assessment (HM Intelligence Portal) - Pilot Program in Integrity Management for Large
Shippers, Carriers, Packagers
33Reauthorization Proposed ProvisionsPerformance
- Apply Uniform National Standards and Reduce the
Regulatory Burden - Looking at Uniform National Standards in the
Handling of Hazardous Materials - Simplify Compliance Requirements Where Safety is
Not Compromised (Finger-print checks)
34Reauthorization Proposed ProvisionsPerformance
- Promote Safety and Efficiency Through Electronic
Freight Management. - Electronic Shipping Papers
- Wireless Communications for Emergency Responders
35Reauthorization Potential Provisions
- Strengthened Partnerships with Federal, State,
and Local Enforcement Officials - Center of Excellence -- Enforcement Training
- Enhanced Enforcement Capabilities of State/Local
Officials
36Reauthorization Potential Provisions
- Anticipate New Technology and Invest in
Technology Development - Research and Development Program
- Anticipate New Technologies
- Ethanol, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen
37Reauthorization Potential Provisions
- Partnerships with Emergency Response Community
- Enhanced emergency response programs
- federal and state partners.
- First Responder Partnerships
- Incident Data and Investigations
38Leadership
- Raise the Bar on Safety
- Set Clear Goals Strategies
- Back Up with Data
- Build Capacity and Capabilities of Our States
and Tribesin Emergency Preparedness Response - Bring in All Perspectives
- Work Hand-in-Hand with Our Partners in the
Federal Family - Make It Happen!
39Issues under review
- Loading and Unloading
- Documentation simplification and EFM initiative
- Air packaging
- Batteries
- Incorporation of special permits into HMR
- Combustible Liquids
- Regulatory relief based on suggestions by
stakeholders (e.g. regulatory relief that results
in eliminating overly burdensome requirements and
enhancing transportation efficiency) - ESC systems for new CTMVs
- Incident Reporting
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40Walk the Talk
41Questions?