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1.1.1 Incident Category
Emergency Response
1.1.2 Site Description
The derailment was located near Livingston, Alabama, 3 miles south of Hennagan Road. Man made waterbodies were situated on each side of the railroad track.
1.1.2.1 Location
North of Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama
1.1.2.2 Description of Threat
On 2/9/2011 at approximately 0628hrs (eastern) a northbound, Norfolk Southern freight train pulling 121 railcars and 3 locomotives and travelling at approximately 17 mph derailed near the "Parker" siding which is located near Livingston, AL. Five of the derailed rail cars carried HAZMAT including 2 ea. chlorine, 2 ea. sodium hydroxide, and 1 ea. turpentine. No HAZMAT was release from any of the five HAZMAT railcars.Nearby surface waters were not impacted by this release.
1.1.3 Preliminary Removal Assessment/Removal Site Inspection Results
Norfolk Southern's dispatch office originally reported that an estimated 5 tank cars carrying hazardous materials were involved, two of which were full chlorine cars and three of which were empty cars of residual sodium hydroxide (2 cars) and turpentine (1 car). EPA telephone duty was initially unable to contact personnel responding in the field. Due to the potential release hazards, EPA Alabama Outpost OSC Ullock was deployed to the event to oversee response operations.
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