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Fw: Ethanol Transfer Station at the Piggy Back Railyard on Metro Road
- To: John Catlett; Robert Rodriguez
- Subject: Fw: Ethanol Transfer Station at the Piggy Back Railyard on Metro Road
- From: Russell Middleton
- Date: 29 Nov 2007 14:58:19
- Bcc:
- Cc:
Is anyone on your staff aware of an ethanol
transfer station on Metro Road? Please advise. (see below).
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Middleton on 11/29/2007 02:56 PM -----
| Michael Farri
11/23/2007 01:39 PM
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FYI ..... Fairfax companies brought
this to our attention at the preplan drill the other day. What direction
do think we should take on this? We probably need to get code involved
in this as well. At this time Capt. Cross and myself will be putting
together a down and dirty plan in case we need to address and incident
at the Metro road area.
Michael Farri
Battalion Chief
Alexandria Fire Department
Work 703-519-2168
Cell 571-238-0985
Michael.Farri@alexandriva.gov
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Farri on 11/23/2007 01:30 PM -----
| Michael Cross
11/19/2007 10:30 PM
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| Ethanol Transfer Station at the Piggy
Back Railyard on Metro Road |
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During the 5001 Eisenhower Ave building
familiarization drill this afternoon, the companies from Fairfax were talking
about an ethanol transfer station that is being built in the CSX piggy
back railyard off of Metro Road. They said that rail cars of ethanol
will be brought to this site in Alexandria, and the product off-loaded
into tucks to be transported to the Newington fuel storage area. According
to the Fairfax group, this site will transfer fuel from rail cars for up
to 40 tractor trailers per day.
It seems that they are aware of this
development because it has an impact on Fairfax's service delivery in Newington
and on the transportation corridor in Fairfax; and, they have been planning
and training for this hazard.
If this development is actually happening,
there are numerous operational issues that need to be addressed:
- The water supply along Metro Rd is very
limited. The distance from the front gate of the rail yard to the
end of the open paved space is about 3,000 feet with no hydrants on the
property. Plus, the closest hydrant is another 400 feet away at the
entrance to the Metro parking lot
- Ethanol burns as a true alcohol fire
(no visible flame, no smoke), which needs additional awareness training.
It is highly flammable with a flammable range of 3.3% - 19%, vapor
density is 1.03 (which is slightly heavier than air), the specific gravity
in 0.8% (which will float on water)
- Spills will quickly enter Backlick Run,
which runs adjacent to the rail yard and abuts Cameron Station, then flows
into Cameron Run to the Potomac River. A large spill could send burning
flammable liquids with an invisible flame and no smoke down the waterway
next the Cameron Station, under Eisenhower Ave and the Beltway.
- A major spill will require a significant
amount of alcohol-resistant foam to be delivered to cover the spill to
prevent a fire. How much foam is needed to handle a spill from a
rail car? Where can we get this amount of foam? How will we
deliver this amount of foam. Where do we get the water necessary
to create the amount of foam needed?
- What is the transportation corridor
from moving the trucks from Alexandria to Newington?
- What contingent plans has Fairfax made
for handling an ethanol related incident?
- How many rail cars of ethanol will be
stored on the property at any time?
- How much water is needed to cool a rail
car of ethanol to prevent a BLEVE should there be a fire impinging on a
rail car?
- What evacuations would be necessary
for a small, medium, large, or catastrophic release spill at this site?
- What training, enhanced equipment or
tools will we be acquiring to be able to be able to handle emergencies
that could arise from having this facility in the City?
Michael
Cross, Fire Captain
Fire Station 208 - C Shift
175 N. Paxton Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
FS208 - (703) 838-4658
Cell - (240) 508-6097
Email - Michael.Cross@AlexandriaVA.gov
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