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Cooperative Research for Hazardous Materials Transportation Defining the Need, Converging on Solutions -- Special Report 283 (2005) / Chapter Skim
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Study Committee Biographical Information
Pages 144-150

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... Before joining the uni versity in August 2001, he was an executive on loan from Union Pacific Railroad to the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, where he was Assistant Vice President of Communications Technologies and General Manager of the North American Joint Positive Train Con trol Program. He has also served in several positions with the federal gov ernment, including Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator and Associate Administrator for Planning at the Urban Mass Transportation Adminis tration.
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From page 145...
... CP Ships is the parent company of Lykes Lines, TMM Lines, Italia Line, Contship, ANZDL, Canada Maritime, and Cast, which operate fleets consisting largely of containerships. Before attaining his current position in 1995, he was Manager of the Compliance Department, where he was responsible for regulatory compliance in all areas, including the hazardous cargo program.
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From page 146...
... He instructs on cargo tank and enhanced radioactive inspection procedures and teaches at several regional Georgia Public Safety Academies and the Georgia State Patrol Academy. In 2003, he was named Chair of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA's)
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... During his 26 years in the railroad indus try, he has held line and staff positions in industrial engineering, safety, budgets, system emergency operations centers, and hazardous materials. His present responsibilities include hazardous materials transportation training, compliance, emergency response, and risk reduction.
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From page 148...
... He has served on several NRC committees, including the TRB Committee for the Study of the Regulation of Weights, Lengths, and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles, the Committee for Guidance on Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits, and the Work Zone Traffic Control Committee. He was elected to the National Acad emy of Engineering in 2004 and is a member of the 2005 TRB Executive Committee.
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... Veerman is Chief of the Argonne National Laboratory Fire Department, which consists of a professional force of two dozen uni formed personnel responsible for providing fire prevention and protec tion, emergency medical services, and hazardous materials response for the laboratory and surrounding communities through mutual aid. He has served in the department since 1962 and was appointed Fire Chief in 1976.
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