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Midville Derailment

All POL/SITREP's for this site Midville Derailment
Midville, GA - EPA Region IV
POLREP #1
Initial POLREP
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
POLLUTION/SITUATION REPORT
Midville Derailment - Removal Polrep
Initial Removal Polrep

EPA Emergency Response

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Region IV

Subject: POLREP #1
Initial POLREP
Midville Derailment
B4D4
Midville, GA
Latitude: 32.8170432 Longitude: -82.2183323


To:
From: Richard Jardine, OSC
Date: 11/22/2010
Reporting Period: 11/21/2010 to 11/22/2010

1. Introduction
  1.1 Background
   
Site Number: B4D4    Contract Number:  
D.O. Number:      Action Memo Date:  
Response Authority: CERCLA    Response Type: Emergency
Response Lead: PRP    Incident Category: Removal Action
NPL Status: Non NPL    Operable Unit:
Mobilization Date: 11/21/2010    Start Date: 11/21/2010
Demob Date:      Completion Date:  
CERCLIS ID:    RCRIS ID:
ERNS No.:    State Notification:
FPN#:    Reimbursable Account #:


1.1.1 Incident Category - Transportation-related emergency response    

1.1.2 Site Description - derailment in rural georgia

1.1.2.1 Location - Midville, GA

1.1.2.2 Description of Threat - toxic and corrosive materials in damaged tank cars

1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results - visible vapor clouds in close proximity to the wreckage, air monitoring instruments indicating IDLH atmospheres. 


2. Current Activities
  2.1 Operations Section
    2.1.1 Narrative - derailment in rural Georgis loses 38 cars including methyl ethyl ketone and chlorine.  Local government evacuated residents from 25 homes nearby.  Norfolk Southern mobilized RJ Coreman, Hepaco, and CTEH to conduct response activity.  US EPA and GA EPD mobilized to join Unified Command and provide oversight of clean-up effort. 

2.1.2 Response Actions to Date - Assess situation.

2.1.3 Enforcement Activities, Identity of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) - NS has accepted responsibility for accident and have begun to remedy the impact.

2.1.4 Progress Metrics

Waste Stream Medium Quantity Manifest # Treatment Disposal
           
           
           



  2.2 Planning Section
   

2.2.1 Anticipated Activities - clear area to enable response actions, remove viable cars and wreckage, off-load damaged cars, repair rail.  return scene to normalcy.

2.2.1.1 Planned Response Activities

2.2.1.2 Next Steps

2.2.2 Issues


  2.3 Logistics Section
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  2.4 Finance Section
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  2.5 Other Command Staff
    No information available at this time.

3. Participating Entities
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4. Personnel On Site
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5. Definition of Terms
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6. Additional sources of information
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7. Situational Reference Materials
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