Update on Office of Packaging and Transportation Activities

Ashok KapoorSafety Engineer, OPT

Contractors Transportation Managers Association Workshop,

Clear Point , AL July 7, 2015

Overview

• Mission• Core Values• Programs and Activities-Status

• Packaging • TEPP• Order Revision• Defense-in-Depth activities• Operational Tools and Assistance

• OPT Staff

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide guidance, tools, and support for DOE programs and contractors in order to assure safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient transportation of the Department's hazardous and radioactive materials

We work with a wide variety of internal and external entities to assist the DOE sites in accomplishing the Agency’s mission

Our Core Values

• Service (to the public, field, and stakeholders)

• Safety (prevent injuries to our personnel and members of the public)

• Compliance (with regulations and other requirements)

• Security (protect sensitive information and classified materials)

• Efficiency (through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders across organizational lines)

OPT Programs and Activities

Packaging Certification• Certificates of

Compliance• DOE

Exemptions• DOT Special

Permits• Quality

Assurance• RAMPAC

Emergency Preparedness & Outreach• TEPP• NTSF• State Regional

Groups• Tribes• Prospective

Shipment Report• Fact Sheets

Regulations & Standards Support• Domestic

Federal Agencies

• International Community

• Nongovernmental Organizations

• DOE Orders, Policy, Guidance

Transportation Risk Reduction• Motor Carrier

Evaluations• Physical

Protection• Transportation

Compliance Reviews

• Safety Metrics

Program & Site Support• DOE/Contractor

Interfaces• TMC• PMC• EFCOG

• Tender Negotiations

• Automated Systems

Packaging Support to Field Sites

Packaging Certification

• Department-wide program that provides for the

certification of fissile and Type B packagings.• Review and approval of packaging designs

• Issuance of DOE Certificates of Compliance

• Review and recertification of Certificates of Compliance

• Curtails and/or suspends the use of specific packages,

when warranted

• Review and approval of quality assurance programs for

Type B and fissile radioactive material packaging

activities

• In FY-15, work-in-progress- 21 dockets• 21 dockets closed

• 19 new dockets opened

• 11 QA dockets approved

Transportation Emergency Planning and Preparedness (TEPP)

• Provided 183 courses, in 22 different states, with 2958 responders trained

• Participated in a full scale exercise in Andrews, TX

• Participated in the tabletop exercise in Clark county and Nye County , NV

Emergency Preparedness

• Shared Information and collaborated with state and tribal governments, and other federal agencies along transportation routes

• Coordination with DOE program offices, site operations, and impacted states and tribes along transportation corridors

Outreach

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Update on Order Revision

Regulations and

Standards

• Department-wide responsibility for developing and maintaining three transportation Orders• DOE O 460.1D: “Hazardous Materials

Packaging and Transportation Safety”-in RevCom review

• DOE O 460.2B: “Departmental Materials Transportation and Packaging Management”-work-in-process

• DOE M 460.2-1A: “Radioactive Material Transportation Practices Manual”-being incorporated into DOE O 460.2B

• Developing a new Order, 460.3: “Physical Protection of Unclassified Irradiated Fuel in Transit”-work-in-process

• DOE-HDBK-XXX-201X: “Freight Container Handbook”-it will be ready for RevCom review in August , 2015

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Defense in Depth for P&T Activities

Transportation Risk Reduction

• Motor Carrier Evaluation Program (MCEP)• Program has played a vital role in maintaining

DOE’s excellent transportation safety record• DOE recordable accident rate is much below the

Industry (ACC) average rate • As of June 2015, completed eight MCEP reviews• Currently 38 carriers on the list: 31 Active National

Carriers, 6 Active Local Carriers, and one carrier on temporary inactive status

• Transportation Safety and Operations Compliance Assurance Program (TCAP)• Ensures that all packaging and transportation

operations across the DOE complex are fully compliant with all applicable international, federal, state, tribal, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

• Conducted SPRU TCAP in October 2014

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Operational Tools and Assistance

Program and Site Support

• Coordination and Collaboration Across Complex• Transportation Management Council• Packaging Management Council• Energy Facility Contractors Group

• Automated Tools• TRAGIS• RADTRAN• RADCALC • ATLAS• RAMPAC• P&T Wiki

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OPT Staff Contact InformationAskPAT@hq.doe.gov

Ellen Edge, Phone: 301-903-8327 Kriss Grisham, Phone:301-903-8478 Eric Huang, Phone: 301-903-4630 Ashok Kapoor, Phone: 202-586-8307 Prakash Kunjeer, Phone: 301-903-2443 Julia Shenk, Phone: 301-903-1388 (from DOD logistics) James Shuler, Phone: 301-903-5513 Mike Wangler, Acting Director, Phone: 202-586-7976

THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?