Public Comment. Volume III - Montana Legislature

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tion and operation and maintenance. ..The plans developed
should include- those stipu9a.tions that : would .be
imposed on firms involved in construction of the rail
line. An aspect of such plans would be the emergency
notification procedures, discussed in item (1) above.
Other items that would be included are:
a. Procedures' for reporting. spills.
b. Definition of what constitutes a spill.
c. Methods of containing, recovering, and cleaning up
spilled oil.
d. A list of needed equipment and locations of same.
e. A list of all agencies and management personnel to
be contacted, as in item (2) above.
f. Assurances that techniques and procedures to be
employed in cleanup are representative of the best
technology currently available.
In addition to the items listed here, the stipulations
to be followed during construction would be developed,
in the form of guidelines based on the tasks to be
accomplished by the individual contractors, Among the
stipulations that could be employed are:
a. Care during refueling to guard against overflows.
b. Storage of fuel only..,in metal storage tanks
surrounded by impervious dikes capable of containing
greater than the capacity of the tank.
c. Removal of waste oil to appropriate sites, away
from the ROW,
d. Keeping equipment in good running order and conducting
routine maintenance activities at locations
removed from the ROW,
Specifics of these plans should be discussed and
refined with the appropriate agencies-, and the plans
should be in force at the start of construction,
(5) Toxic Materials Spills, It is not anticipated that the
Applicant will be involved with the transport of toxic
materials. This consideration is included to account
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