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Red Devil Lye 2 <br /> Sodium hydroxide 1 <br /> Sulfuric ac~d 1 <br /> Subtotal 72 <br /> <br />Substantial hazmat releases from truck shipments, especially of extremely hazardous <br />substances, may pose a significant life safety risk to workers and nearby residents. <br />Highway transport of hazardous materials also poses a risk of contamination to <br />surface water that provides drinking water to the City of Eugene and to both surface <br />and groundwater that provide ddnking water for the City of Springfield. <br /> <br /> 14.6,2 Rail Shipments <br /> <br />There are 21 railroads currently operating in Oregon, according to 2002 data from the <br />Oregon Department of Transportation website (www.odot.state.or.us/rail). <br />Addresses and contact information for all of these railroads are given on the above <br />referenced website, as are website addresses for several of the larger railroads. <br /> <br />The main railroads serving the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area are the Burlington <br />Northern Santa Fe and the Union Pacific. Representative data on hazardous <br />materials shipments by these rail lines are given in the Regional All Hazard Mitigation <br />Master Plan for Benton, Lane, and Linn Counties (Phase Three, 2002), Tables 5.3 to <br />5.{5. <br /> <br />Substantial hazmat releases from rail shipments, especially of extremely hazardous <br />substances, may pose a significant life safety risk to workers and nearby residents. <br />Railroads often parallel or cross streams and rivers in Lane County. Rail transport of <br />hazardous materials thus poses a risk of contamination to surface water supplies for <br />both Eugene and Springfield. <br /> <br />However, the overall safety record for rail shipments is good. In 2002, the State Fire <br />Marshal's Annual Report of Hazardous Material Incidents does not include any rail <br />events. <br /> <br /> 14,6.3 Pipelines <br /> <br />There are three types of major fuel pipeline systems in Lane County: <br /> 1) the Williams natural gas transmission line which runs from British <br /> Columbia, through Oregon and Washington to California, <br /> 2) natural gas distribution systems run by utilities in most cities, and <br /> 3) the Kinder Morgan petroleum products pipeline which runs from Portland to <br /> Eugene/Springfield. <br /> <br /> For more detailed information about these pipelines see Chapter 6 of the Phase Three <br /> Regional Plan. A brief synopsis is presented below. <br /> <br /> The Williams natural gas pipeline runs through Eugene, with two compressor stations <br /> in the area. The United States Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety <br /> regulates interstate pipelines. USDOT imposes a broad range of standards and <br /> inspection requirements for pipeline design, material specifications, construction <br /> Public Review Draft: October 12, 2004 14-10 <br /> <br /> <br />