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2009 Environmental Health & Safety Report
17
Public Health
• Establishing and communicating protocols for handling customers, passengers and
employees who are symptomatic.
• Implementing the Amtrak Serious Communicable Disease Protocol and procedures
for employees interfacing with members of the traveling public who are or become
ill.
• Providing flu kits (sanitizer, gloves, N95 mask) for on-board service employees, to
be deployed at a time determined by the Chief Operating Officer.
• Implementing a Pandemic Leave Policy.
• Determining that current Amtrak cleaning practices using disinfectants for
equipment cleaning are effective against flu viruses, including H1N1.
Amtrak provided seasonal flu vaccines to employees free of charge. More than 4,500
Amtrak employees took advantage of this voluntary vaccination program.
Drinking Water Sampling Program
Although the EPA does not currently have regulations for drinking water for interstate
carriers, during FY ‘09 the EPA initiated work agreements with several U.S. commercial
airlines concerning drinking water regulations and requirements.
Amtrak has been under an operations and maintenance agreement with EPA since 1993,
and the company’ s drinking water sampling programs have long been recognized by EPA
as a model for other companies.
Once the commercial airlines agree to final regulations, passenger rail drinking water
standards are expected to be the next topic for discussion and approval by the EPA. During
2009, Amtrak had discussions with EPA concerning future changes to Amtrak’ s drinking
water sampling protocols.
Integrated Pest Management Program
In January 2009, an Amtrak management team was tasked with developing new pest
management guidelines and conducting the bid process to find a national pest management
partner for the program. The development of specifications and the bid process took several
months with Copesan awarded the contract in May 2009.
During July, August and September, a rollout program was conducted by an
Amtrak/Copesan team at major facilities throughout the system to familiarize participants
with site plans and program requirements. Copesan eventually started providing national
pest management services for Amtrak on Oct. 1, 2009. The integrated pest management
program is designed to maintain a pest-free environment at inspection and servicing
stations, commissaries, maintenance facilities, on rail equipment and at maintenance-of-
way locations along the Northeast Corridor.