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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />6. Appendices <br />Hazardous materials incidents of varying magnitude have occurred in the Eugene - <br />Springfield area over the last 5 years, totaling approximately 707 incidents. t The <br />number of incidents may increase as the Eugene -Springfield population continues to <br />grow. <br />The Eugene and Springfield Steering Committee listed the probability of a hazardous <br />material incident as `high'. <br />Vulnerability Assessment <br />The Eugene -Springfield areas most vulnerable to hazardous materials incidents are <br />those where materials are transported or stored and any adjacent property. <br />Transportation corridors include the railroads and any pipelines that pass through the <br />cities of Eugene and Springfield. <br />The Eugene and Springfield Steering Committee estimate the vulnerability to <br />hazardous material incidents as `moderate'. <br />Risk Analysis <br />Due to insufficient data, Eugene and Springfield are unable to perform a quantitative <br />risk assessment currently. As data and resources become available an assessment will <br />be completed. <br />Community Hazard Issues <br />What is susceptible to damage during a hazard event? <br />The potential impacts of hazardous materials incidents on the Eugene -Springfield area <br />are summarized below on Table I-2. <br />1 Office of the State Fire Marshal, `Annual Hazardous Substance Incident Report', Hazardous Incident <br />Search, Salem, OR, 2014-2018, https://www.oregon.gov/osp/oropTams/sfm/pages/Hazardous-Incident- <br />Database.aspx (accessed 30 July 2019). <br />6-150 January 2020 <br />