CSX Honors SUNPRO with 2007
“Contractor of the Year Award”

CSX has honored SUNPRO with the 2007 CSX Performance Quality Award for Incident Response, at the annual CSXT contractor’s conference in Savannah, Georgia. This annual “Contractor of the Year” award is given to the environmental emergency services contractor who receives the best system-wide score for safety, response, performance, and documentation. SUNPRO received this award in February 2006, as well.  It is a great indicator of SUNPRO's commitment to quality to receive such an honor again.

SUNPRO has been a member of the Emergency Response Preferred Provider Program with CSX Transportation for the past three years, providing environmental services for both planned and emergency response throughout the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley.

In response to receiving the award, Lance Wilcox, General Manager of SUNPRO Emergency Response Services stated, "Providing quality services is an integral part of our core values. We're committed to exceeding our customers' expectations. CSXT has helped to set high standards for the rail industry, and we are honored to be part of their team."

Responding to customer requests for product transfers in the Midwest, SUNPRO has added hi-haz transfer equipment and experienced transfer staff to perform a full spectrum of product transfers, ranging from liquid propane gas (LPG), anhydrous ammonia, chlorine gas, plus all classes of liquids.

The primary application for this specialty equipment, will be to conduct chemical transfers to and from highway tank trucks, railroad tank cars, and fixed facility chemical product tanks, including damaged tanks at those more challenging incident sites.

The Hi-Haz Transfer Unit a 53-foot trailer is self contained for field operations, and is equipped with a complete inventory of pumps, hoses, and fittings, including a Corken chlorine compressor operated by a hydraulic power pack driven by a Cummins four cylinder diesel engine, a Blackmer rotary vane pump and compressor also operated by the hydraulic power pack and a complete assortment of air operated pumps and specialty fittings.

Support equipment includes an on-board inventory of approximately 1000 feet of hose for a wide range of material compatibilities, including jacketed steam hoses for elevated temperature products. The trailer is also equipped with a pipe shop that enables on-site fabrication of pipe transfer systems varying in size from ¼ inch to 6 inches.

Additional equipment includes:

• a high pressure boring machine which is capable of hot tapping both pipes and containers
• an assortment of non-sparking & air powered tools
• leak and spill containment equipment including magnetic tank patches
• a complete complement of air monitoring instruments
• radio communications system
• wireless computer capabilities for on-line research and reference
• an extensive hard copy reference library.

SUNPRO’s experienced transfer teams draw on professional backgrounds from throughout the emergency response, railroad and chemical industries. Their experience is complimented by continuous training and drills that include both in-house exercises, as well as facilities such as the Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) operated by the Bureau of Explosives in Pueblo, Colorado.