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North Dakota 2014 Hazardous Materials Conference DRAFT Agenda
October 29 – October 31, 2014 Ramkota Hotel – Bismarck, ND
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
7:00 am to 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am to 8:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks Governor or Lt Governor
8:15 am to 8:30 am Administrative Announcements Brenda Vossler
8:30 am to 10:30 am West Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Frank Patterson, McLennan County EM
10:30 am to 11:00 am Break – Vendor Area
Break Out Sessions
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Hazardous Materials Update (panel)
Greg Wilz, NDHLS
Dave Glatt, NDDOH Lynn Helms, ND Oil and Gas
Pipelines/PHMSA
Shirley McNew, PHMSA
Break Out Sessions
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Working with the Media (panel) Cecily Fong, NDHLS Media Reps
TRANSCAER Kathy Spilman (Ethanol and Anhydrous Ammonia)
Regional Response (2 hr Session)
Joe Lies, NDHLS IMAT IC
Regional Hazmat CST
(panel & tabletop)
Pesticides/Fertilizers Kent Theurer, ND Department of Agriculture
2:15 pm to 3:15 pm
Working with the Media (panel) Cecily Fong, NDHLS Media Reps
TRANSCAER Kathy Spilman (Ethanol and Anhydrous Ammonia)
Pesticides/Fertilizers Kent Theurer, ND Department of Agriculture
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
NWS Corey King & John Martin (NWS support, Spot Weather Forecasts, Plume Modeling, other tools)
Hazmat Paperwork Rob Knuth, NDFA (MSDS, Manifests, Emergency Response Guidebook, other tools)
Environmental
Impacts/Cleanup Dave Glatt,
NDDOH
Hazmat Mitigation Tim Gablehouse
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm Vendor Sponsored Social
Thursday, October 30, 2014
8:00 am to 10:00 am Lac Megantic Train Derailment Mark Ploen, QualiTech
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10:00 am to 10:30 am Break – Vendor Area
Break Out Sessions
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
ND Department of Agriculture
Eric Delzer, ND Dept of Ag (anhydrous ammonia safety, nurse tanks, emergency response coordination, etc)
Hazmat and Crude by Rail – What Responders Need to Know
Pat Brady, BNSF
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch (Provided)
Break Out Sessions
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm TRANSCAER Kathy Spilman (Oil)
Enbridge Pipeline Art Haskins (oil response, containment, cleanup)
Regional Response (2 hr Session)
Joe Lies, NDHLS IMAT IC
Regional Hazmat CST
(panel & tabletop)
Environmental
Impacts/Cleanup Dave Glatt, NDDOH
2:15 pm to 3:15 pm TRANSCAER Kathy Spilman (Oil)
Enbridge Pipeline Art Haskins (oil response, containment, cleanup)
Aerial Applicators
and Storage Brian Rau, ND Agricultural Aviation Association
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
NWS Corey King & John Martin (NWS support, Spot Weather Forecasts, Plume Modeling, other tools)
Hazmat Paperwork Rob Knuth, NDFA (MSDS, Manifests, Emergency Response Guidebook, other tools)
Hazmat Mitigation Tim Gablehouse
Aerial Applicators
and Storage Brian Rau, ND Agricultural Aviation Association
Friday, October 31, 2014
8:00 am to 10:00 am EPA – Responses to Hazmat Incidents Impacting Water Speaker TBD
10:00 am to 10:30 am Break – Vendor Area
10:30 am to 11:45 am
Casselton Train Derailment (panel)
Paul Laney, Cass County Sheriff Tim McLean, Casselton Fire Chief Dave Rogness, Cass County Emergency Manager Pat Brady, BNSF
11:45 am to 12:00 pm Closing Comments Greg Wilz
