F66344F234828BD7872589F6006ADA69 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For RAILROAD PANEL PRESENTATIONSINTERIM COMMITTEE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEEDate Jul 24, 2023 Location Old State Library Railroad Panel Presentations - Committee Discussion Only Attachment Tag File Name Attachment H http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/CC06B91F3B4A...$File/Attachment H.pdf?OpenElement Attachment H.pdf Attachment I http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/BEF27C158DC3...$File/Attachment I.pdf?OpenElement Attachment I.pdf Attachment J http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/57D122F6C8C7...$File/Attachment J.pdf?OpenElement Attachment J.pdf Attachment K http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/056CC84AFB48...$File/Attachment K.pdf?OpenElement Attachment K.pdf 01:27:12 PM Andy Williams, Director of Public Affairs at BNSF Railway, and Jeff Hankins, BNSF Manager Hazardous Materials, Field Operations, Emergency Responses, introduced themselves and began their presentation. BNSF's presentation is included as Attachment H. Mr. Hankins went over safety measures, statistics on hazardous materials rail transport, BNSF HAZMAT shipments, causes of train accidents (mostly human caused), prevention and reducing risk, Colorado key routes, detector spacing, first responder training, commodity flow studies, incident mobilization, mobilization of pre-positioned hazmat responders, air monitoring assets, training statistics, and AskRail application. 01:41:38 PM Mike Ogborn, Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, introduced himself and began his presentation. Short Line's presentation is included as Attachment I. He discussed the short line connection to the freight rail system, safety items, culture of safety, safety culture assessment model, training programs on HAZMAT and related products, protecting the environment, environmental activities, and some bipartisan options for railroads, labor organizations, and the legislature to collaborate on. 01:54:20 PM Rod Doerr, Vice President and Chief Safety Officer for Union Pacific Railroad, and Nathan Anderson, Senior Director of Public Affairs at Union Pacific Railroad, introduced themselves and began their presentation on Union Pacific's safety performance. Union Pacific's presentation is included as Attachment J and a handout is included as Attachment K. Mr. Doerr showed statistics on railroad safety versus the safety of other industries (with railroad as the safest), technology to create safer networks (including drones, machine visioning, and underground fiber optic sound monitoring), and other methods to keep communities safe. 02:07:36 PM The panel responded to questions from the committee on train length data reporting to the Federal Railroad Administration, fire-fighting resources on the part of railroads, maintenance of accident detectors, the interaction between freight and passenger rail, crew levels, incident mobilization on the Western Slope, tracking of road blockages, and Fort Collins specific concerns about road blockages.
