Tank Car Committee Main Session Agenda and Docket October 15, 2019 Addison, TX MEETING SCHEDULE Wednesday: October 16, 2019 Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel, Addison TX 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Main Session Thursday: October 17, 2019 Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel, Addison TX 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Main Session AAR TANK CAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS Railroads: Affiliation: Chris Machenberg (Chair) CSX Transportation Bruce Siebold (Vice-Chair) BNSF Railway Company Andy Ash Railway Association of Canada Jim Kozey Canadian Pacific Railway Ryan Clark Kansas City Southern Railroad John Birkmann Union Pacific Railroad Anthony Ippolito Canadian National Railway Alvaro Almaguer Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. David Schoendorfer Hazmat Committee Liaison (NSR) Paul Williams Norfolk Southern Railway Joseph Caccamo Consolidated Rail Corporation JR Gelnar ASLRRA Non-Railroad Shippers: Kevin Flahive The Fertilizer Institute (Koch Fertilizer) N. Scott Murray ACC (ExxonMobil Chemical Company) Robyn Kinsley The Chlorine Institute Stoy Taylor U.S. Clay Producers Traffic Association D. Elliot Apland American Petroleum Institute Craig Jorgenson The Sulphur Institute Kelly Davis Renewable Fuels Association Non-Railroad Tank Car Builders: Joe Perez UTLX Tony Sisto GATX Rail Corporation John Byrne RSI AAR Ken Dorsey Association of American Railroads October 2019 Tank Car Committee Main Agenda/Docket 2 MAIN AGENDA Docket Subject Discussant Notes Dorsey & Safety Briefing, Anti-Trust Introductions Machenberg Government Regulation Update FRA/TC/PHMSA/N T59.1 Government Regulations TSB AAR M-1002 Standards T1.1.4 Procedures for Securing Approval Forister Consider M-1003 Recommended T1.3.1 Forister Practice for Sample Plans Review Tank Car Requirements in the T5.32 Siebold AAR Office and Field Manual Operational Effects on Safety Relief T50.57 Schultz Device Performance T59.2.2 TCID Template Review Schultz Review of Volume Determination for T60.17 Hopper Attachment Tank Cars T80.2.4 Welding Task Force Proposals Untermeyer Attachments Proposed Pressure Relief Valve T87.6.1 Requirements for Ethanol and Crude Sisto Oil Tank Cars Develop Standards for Flammable T87.8 Dorsey Liquid Tank Cars (DOT-117) T87.9 TIH Tank Car Transition Plan Ippolito Evaluation and use of Nondestructive T88.1-93 Ronzani Evaluation Techniques T90.39 Rupture Disc Tolerance Requirements McKisic October 2019 Tank Car Committee Main Agenda/Docket 3 T91.2.4 Review Core Elements of Appendix B Dorsey Review Stencil Placement T92.18 Rader Requirements for Tank Cars Review Appendix C for Compliance T92.19 Forister with Federal Regulations Review Appendix D for Compliance T93.20 with Current 49 CFR 180 Inspection Loman Requirements Review M-1002 Appendix E T94.31 paragraph 3.3 Design- Covers for Dorsey Non-Pressure Cars Review Appendix M Material for T95.26.1 Dorsey Tank Car Tanks Review Appendix M Materials for T95.26.2 Loman Service Equipment Retention Interval of Radiographic T100.9.3 Hopper Film Service Equipment Component T100.22.1 Edmonds Tracking- PRV Review Appendix P of M-1002 (Tank T148 Forister Car Committee Procedures) Standing Updates Review Tank Car Elements in T5.31 Siebold UMLER T15.1 AAR Circular Letters/MA &EW Dorsey T55 Service Trials Dorsey Designation DOT130AW For New T79.3.1 Dorsey Car Class Consider New DOT113A90W T79.3.2 Dorsey Specification Recommendation for Revision of 49 T79.37.1 Dorsey CFR Part 179 October 2019 Tank Car Committee Main Agenda/Docket 4 Recommendation of Revision of 49 T79.37.2 Dorsey CFR Part 180 T79.40 Review of the DOT113 Specification Dorsey Consider new steels and modifications T95.7.4 to current steel specifications for tank Hybinette car tank Notification of Tank Car Committee T146.1 Dorsey Meeting Schedule Tank Car Committee Structure and T147 Dorsey Procedures Inter-related Committee Updates Quality Assurance Committee T1.3 Guillen Activities Equipment Engineering Committee T15.9 Saxton Update AAR Hazardous Materials Committee T80.4 Brady Liaison T80.12 North American N.A.R. Program Caccamo T80.22 Asset Health Edmunds & Siebold Tank Car Research Program FRA, TC and T59 Tank Car Research Program RSI-AAR/FRA/TC RSI-AAR Updates Provided October 2019 Tank Car Committee Main Agenda/Docket 5 Government Regulation Update DOCKET T59.1 Government Regulations At the July 2019 meeting, the following are highlights of the presentations. W. Segat provided an update for TC: • Canadian election in October so most regulatory activity is on hold • Beniot Turrcote is the new Director General, Madonna Raddi and Nicholas Roy have also joined TC • TP-14877 has come into forced on July 2018 to the prohibition for the use of non-normalized constructed TIH tanks after July 2nd, 2021. • TP-14877 will transition to CGSB 42147 beginning in 2020 • CSB-43151 has been published for explosives transportation • CSB-4265 is close to being published for intermodal tanks. Shippers will have 6 months to comply after publication. • ERAP standards have been updated. The update clarifies the responsible parties and the minister’s powers with respect to ERAP’s R. Keltz provided an update for FRA: • Karl Alexy has been confirmed as the Associate Administrator for Safety. Refer HazMat issues to Mark Maday. • 2019 OTMAs: Total =3535; OTMA 1= 248; OTMA 2=71; OTMA 3=3216 • DOT will conduct two audits over its delegated authority to the TCC in August and September 2019. Plan is to conduct the audit against published AAR processes and issue a 96 report immediately following. • DOT QA team audited 29 facilities in 2019 YTD. 15 new facilities are a priority. Deviating from car owner QMP instructions, lack of Function Specific Training, and owners not providing all information continue to be issues during facility audits. • Tank car owner audits- 11 YTD 2019, 290 to go for initial. Major findings – no program at all and not plugging OTMA data into their reliability program. • DOT is sharing information quarterly facility and equipment non conformances with AAR/TCC leadership (good progress). L. Majors provided an update for PHMSA: • HM-233- G Rulemaking covering SP conversion. NPRM drafted and is at OMB. • HM-219-C covering the phase out of legacy TIH tank cars and the elimination of the I car is due to be published shortly. At OMB and publish NPRM Fall 2019. AAR/Shipper has commented on the delimiter. • HM-264 covering the transportation of LNG by rail (P-1694). DOT is reviewing 1400 comments and answering questions posed by OMB. FRA wants to have a discussion on operational controls in this rulemaking. October 2019 Tank Car Committee Main Agenda/Docket 6 • DOT has a request to allow DOT class 117 cars to be used for the transportation of elevated temperature material. • DOT is working on a letter of interpretation 18009 on the scope of pre-trip inspections. • Ethanol reclassification – additional chemistry research project (to justify designation). Letter of Interpretation cleared to PHMSA for guidance (AAR petition for recommendation to align with TC. At the April 2019 meeting, FRA gave an update on audit activities for the last quarter. It was noted that DOT had received information that there were over 175 McKenzie 3” vales reported to still be in hazmat service. M. Maday reported that because of internal DOT review and question to the government, a TCC oversight group has been formed in DOT. The group includes members from FRA and PHMSA. It was noted that the TCC delegated authority for certain functions has it roots in the 1927 delegation from the ICC. It was reiterated by DOT that the ultimate responsibility for the condition of a tank car rests with the car owner regardless of what entity owns the service equipment or lining. TC reported that the 2018 edition of TP 14877 was published in Gazette 2 and will come into force on July 2, 2019. TC and DOT are discussing harmonization of requirements for TC/DOT 111 specification cars transporting PG I and II materials other than flammable liquids. Currently TC requires an enhanced 111 class car for this service. Question was asked by TCC Chair - We just heard DOT reiterate their delegated authority to the TCC – this new version of TP-14877 appears to deviate from that. Is there interest or effort at TC to realign and harmonize TP-14877 with DOT delegated authority? TC response - that was not meant to change the intent – if we need to revise the definition, then this can be done during the transition to CGSB. L. Majors (PHMSA) gave the following update; • International harmonization rule NPRM 11/18. • HM-219A petition rule extended service life of TIH cars to 50 years. • HM-233B will included 113 and 130/131 standard. At OST. • HM-219C – TIH tank car phase out. Behind schedule. Working on a NPRM. Scheduled for fall of 2019. Will be in a petition rule. • HM-254 – LNG by rail. NPRM at OST. Part of Executive Order Letters of interpretation – DOT 111 conversion to 117R and minimum thickness Has been reviewed. AFFTAC study on fiberglass insulation. The definition of ethanol is still being worked on. NTSB, P. Stancil, reported the following; Information is available at NTSB website. • New Martinsville, WV-Report published 2/11/19. NTSB report DCA16SH0002. The cause is listed as an undetected preexisting crack which propagated to failure. Insufficient stub sill inspection was noted as a finding. Additionally, the low fracture resistance of non-normalized steel was mentioned. Local post weld heat treatment control was found to be not adequate during a recent repair on the incident tank. October 2019 Tank Car Committee Main Agenda/Docket 7 • Graettinger, IA-March 7, 2017. Report published October 30, 2018. Denaturant is an issue in derailments. The creation of a mixture causes more involved cleanup of a much larger scale. Probable cause of the derailment is reported as broken rail, track maintenance, and FTSS oversight.