HAZWOPER: First Responder Awareness

1. HAZWOPER: First Responder Awareness Course NumberNSTC-08 Revised 8-2012

2. Introduction

3. Goal To ensure participants can demonstrate the proper response to releases or potential releases of hazardous substances.

4. Objectives Participants will be able to: • Recognize hazardous substances and the associated risks. • Explain the HAZWOPER First Responder Awareness responsibilities and limitations. • Describe special hazards with DOT-regulated pipelines and the appropriate response to unusual activities in a pipeline right-of-way.

5. What Does HAZWOPER Mean? • HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response • Emergency response is stopping and containing a leak or spill. • The actual clean-up of a spill is a hazardous waste operation. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1200

6. DOT Emergency Response Guidebook

7. DOT Emergency Response Guidebook The ERG is a guide to aid first responders in quickly identifying the specific or generic hazards of the materials involved in an incident and protecting themselves and the general public during the initial response phase. ERG page 356

8. D0T Classes of Hazardous Materials • Explosives (orange) • Gases (green) • Flammable & Combustible Liquids (red) • Flammable Solids (red & white) • Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides (yellow) • Toxic and Infectious Substances (white) • Radioactive Materials (yellow & white) • Corrosives Materials (white & black) • Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials (black & white) ERG pages 4, 6–7

9. DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) Yellow Section — ID Number Index Blue Section — Name of Material Index Orange Section — Guide Number Index Green Section — Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances

10. Sample DOT Placards ERG pages 6–7

11. Using the ERG Look up the 4-digit ID number 1219. What is this product and its guide number? What are its potential hazards? Look up diesel fuel in the ERG and find its 3-digit guide number and 4-digit identification number. What are its potential hazards? Look up ID number 1940. What is this product’s guide number and potential hazards?

12. Clues Exercise • Scenario: You have driven to Pad 15 where you notice colorless liquid leaking from a mobile tanker with this placard. The liquid has pooled up and is beginning to leak off the pad onto the tundra. There is a worker lying on the ground near the spill. No other workers are in the area. • Question: What clues in this scenario will help you identify the hazard?

13. Clues for Recognizing Hazardous Materials • Dead animals or discolored plants • Person down • Unknown spill in area where hazardous materials are used or stored • Numbers, symbols & color on container labels and placards • Information from workers involved in or near the release • Other clues might include a hissing or roaring sound or an unusual odor

14. ERG Exercise Read the situation described in the ERG Exercise Handout and answer the questions by circling the correct answer. When everyone has completed the exercise, discuss the correct answers.

15. Emergency Response Awareness

16. HAZWOPER Standard • This course provides training at the First Responder Awareness Level only. • Other 8–24–40 hour HAZWOPER courses will be required depending on the work assignment. 28 CFR 1910.120

17. Levels of Emergency Response Training • First Responder Awareness (NSTC Unescorted) • First Responder Operations • Hazardous Materials Technician • Hazardous Materials Specialists • On-Scene Incident Commander 28 CFR 1910.120

18. First Responder Awareness Roles & Responsibilities • Recognize the presence of hazardous materials • Evacuate the area • Activate emergency response sequence • Warn others approaching area (site specific)

19. DOT-Regulated Public Awareness Program

20. Public Awareness Program US Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety Regulated North Slope Pipelines

21. Public Awareness Program Objectives • Enhance public safety and environmental protection through increased knowledge of North Slope US DOT-regulated pipeline operations • Potential hazards • How to recognize a leak • If you suspect or discover a leak • How to report a leak

22. Potential Hazards • Breathing hazards • Fire or explosion • Damage to the environment • Injury to plants and animals

23. How to Recognize a Leak • By Sight • Product on ground near pipeline • Dense white cloud or fog over a pipeline • Discolored vegetation • By Sound • Hissing or roaring or other unusual sound • By Smell • Unusual odor such as pungent hydrocarbon

24. If You Suspect or Discover a Leak • Don’t touch, breathe, or make contact with leaking liquids. • Don’t do anything that may create a spark such as use a cell phone. • Turn off motors or ignition sources. • Immediately leave area in an upwind direction. • Warn others! • From a safe location, call to report the leak.

25. How to Report a Leak See back cover of the Environmental Field Handbook

26. Preventive Measures • Inspection and maintenance programs • Automated safety systems for pipeline shutdown • Visual surveillance from ground and air • Internal and external pipeline audit assessments • Stream bank erosion inspections

27. Products Transported Crude oil Some crude oil may contain toxic hydrogen-sulfide (H2S). Crude oil color can vary from yellow to black. There is a fire danger. Mineral oils and some diesel fuels

28. Products Transported Highly Volatile Liquids (HVL) HVL are comprised of products such as ethane, butane, propane, and natural gas liquids (NGL). The vapors are heavier than air. HVL burn very readily and may explode.

29. Pipelines/FacilitiesNorth Slope BP: Badami, Endicott, Milne Point, Northstar, Prudhoe Bay (Oil, NGL and Gas) ConocoPhillips: Alpine Oil Pipeline, Arctic Heating Fuel Pipeline, Kuparuk Oil Pipeline, Oliktok NGL Pipeline Alyeska Pipeline Service Company: Pump Station 1 Area of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

30. Regulated Pipelines/FacilitiesConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. • Alpine Pipeline • 34 miles of 14” elevated pipeline* • Transports crude oil from Alpine to Kuparuk’s CPF2 • Arctic Heating Fuel Pipeline (Diesel Pipeline) • 34 miles of 2”, low-stress, elevated pipeline* • Transports products to Alpine from Kuparuk’s CPF2 *Exception: Colville River HDD Crossing

31. Regulated Pipelines/FacilitiesConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. • Kuparuk Pipeline • 27 miles of 24” elevated pipeline (KPL) and 9 miles of 18” elevated pipeline (KPE) • Transports salescrude oil to TAPS, Pump Station 1 • Oliktok Pipeline • 28 miles of 16” elevated pipeline • Transports NGL from Greater Prudhoe Bay Skid 50 to Kuparuk • CPF2 Divert Tank A • 55,000 barrel crude oil storage tank • Receives sales crude oil from Alpine or CPF2 • Permits oil flow to continue during temporary pipeline prorations

32. Pipelines & FacilitiesBPXA • OT-18 Pipeline • 5.1 mile X 18” elevated pipeline • Transports Crude Oil from • FS1 to FS3 Skid 50 • Northstar Pipelines • 18 mile x 10” crude oil pipeline to PS 1 • 16 mile x 10” pipeline transports gas from PBU CGF to Northstar • Endicott Pipeline • 26 mile elevated pipeline • Transports Crude Oil from • Badami & Endicott to PS1 • GPB NGL Pipeline • 10 mile elevated pipeline • Transports NGL from • CGF to TAPS Skid 50

33. Operator’s name or field Product transported Contact numbers Pipeline SignageConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. It is a Federal crime to willfully deface, damage, remove, or destroy signage.

34. Operator’s name or field Product transported Contact numbers Pipeline SignageBPXA It is a Federal crime to willfully deface, damage, remove, or destroy signage.

35. Pipeline Awareness Program Notifications US DOT-regulated pipelines are located within 50–150 ft. state-regulated rights-of-way (ROW).* Vehicle accidents require notification. Notification is required regardless of the individuals or operating area involved. Report any accidents or leaks. If a vehicle comes into contact with apipeline, turn off the ignition. Do not move the vehicle or introduce any sources of ignition. The pipeline operators will take appropriate actions to protect the public and environment. * Work activities may require advance notification to facilitate coordination with agency officials.

36. Pipeline Awareness Program Contacts

37. Pipeline Awareness Program Contacts * BP ASH, page 7; ASH, page vii

38. Emergency Notification • Call emergency telephone number or radio operator. • Give your name, location, and phone or radio number. • Provide the time and duration of the release. • Provide the name of chemical, if known. • Describe the release scene. • Convey known or anticipated health risks and medical attention necessary for exposed individuals.

39. Emergency Notification Exercise • Scenario: You have driven to Pad 15 where you notice colorless liquid leaking from a mobile tanker with this placard. The liquid has pooled up and is beginning to leak off the pad onto the tundra. There is a worker lying on the ground near the spill. No other workers are in the area. • Instructions: What will you say when reporting this emergency?

40. Emergency Numbers: Where to Look • Refer to the 2010 BP ASH, pages 7-8 and 2010 ASH, pages v-viii. • Refer to p. 1 and the back, outside cover of the 2011 North Slope Environmental Field Handbook • Look for site specific instructions

41. HAZWOPER Standard Summary • First Responder Awareness Level personnel can perform ONLY the following: • Recognize the presence of hazardous materials • Evacuate the area • Activate emergency response sequence • Warn others approaching the area—see site specific policies.