Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee
TEC Materials
Members of the Midwestern Radioactive
Materials Transportation Committee participate in DOE's Transportation External Coordination Working Group (TEC)
to provide input into and feedback on DOE's transportation decisions and plans. Below are supporting materials
for the Topic Groups and Subgroups. This page
was created as a service to members of the
Committee, especially those that serve on Topic
Groups and Subgroups. All of the documents below are informational or draft products and do not necessarily represent
the opinion of DOE or the states.
Click here for the main TEC website, which has meeting and conference call summaries, as well as other official documents.
180(c) Topic Group:
Midwestern representatives: Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin
Status: the
Midwest provided comments on the 180(c) Federal Register notice issued
in July 2007. The Topic Group is currently waiting for DOE to make plans for the 180(c) pilot project.
180(c) Federal Register notice
Midwest Comments on 180(c) FRN
Rail Topic Group:
Midwestern representatives: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska
Status: since September 2005, the Rail Topic Group has been working in subgroups to address specific topics. The subgroups are listed below.
Inspections Subgroup:
Midwestern representatives: Illinois, Ohio
Status: the group finished revising the checklists and reference forms and handed them off to the FRA State Rail Safety Participation Program Managers to revise and implement.
Inspection Checklist and Reference Forms
Intermodal Subgroup:
Midwestern representatives: Missouri
Status: the next conference call is on April 15, 2008 at 1 pm central.
Intermodal Subgroup Work Plan
Intermodal Brainstorming
Lessons-Learned Subgroup:
Midwestern representatives: Missouri
Status: the
group finished the lessons-learned document and
submitted it to the entire Rail Topic Group in
2007.
Lessons-Learned Document
Radiation Monitoring Subgroup:
Midwestern representatives: Illinois
Status: the group met at the February 2008 TEC meeting.
Radiation Monitoring Subgroup Work Plan
Rail Planning Subgroup:
Midwestern representatives: staff
Status: the group finalized the rail planning timeline in August 2006. They will reconvene as needed to review and revise the document.
Rail Planning Timeline
Rail Planning Timeline by Agency
Tracking Subgroup:
Midwestern representatives: Indiana
Status: the
group finalized the tracking recommendations in January 2007. They will reconvene periodically to review emerging technologies and revise the recommendations.
Tracking Subgroup Work Plan
Tracking Outline and Lessons-Learned
Tracking Survey and Technology Demo Evaluation Results
Tracking Recommendations
Tracking Recommendations Appendices
IRRIS White Paper
Routing Topic Group:
Midwestern representatives: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio
Status: the group met at the February 2008 TEC meeting. At that meeting
the group decided to allow the railroads to develop a set of routes from the Standard Problem sites. The group will use the
railroads' set of routes as input into the standard problem exercise.
Routing Topic Group Work Plan
Revised Routing Principles
Definition of 'Suite of Routes'
Revised Standard Problem Exercise
National Routing Example
Security Topic Group:
Midwestern representatives: Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska
Status: the
group is waiting for the revised Information
Sharing Protocol from DOE.
State Regional Group Security Survey Results
Draft Information Sharing Protocol
Tribal Topic Group:
Midwestern representatives: staff
Status: the
last conference call was held on March 12th. On that call, the group agreed to split into subgroups to address specific issues. The status of and documents from
those subgroups will be updated once the information becomes available.
Draft Tribal Involvement Plan
Tribal Topic Group Draft Work Plan
For more information, contact:
Lisa Janairo
last updated:
April 11, 2008
