Permitting Hydrogen Fueling Stations (HFS) and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Backup Power for Wireless Telecommunication Sites (WTS) Workshops
Hydrogen permitting workshops have been held in New Jersey, California and Michigan. There have been approximately 125 total participants. Of that number, 38 represented respected building, fire and electrical code officials as well as emergency responders from the aforementioned states. Other participants included policy level code officials as well industry representatives, automakers, and those who work with the codes on a daily basis. The overall goal of the workshops was to raise the comfort level of the code official should they be presented with an application to construct a hydrogen motor fueling station and provide them with the opportunity to articulate codes and standards gaps or conflicts (if any) that need to be addressed.
The agenda included presentations on the workshop’s objectives, background on hydrogen fueling stations and wireless telecommunications sites as well as emergency responder safety and ICC/NFPA pathways.
To download a copy of the Hydrogen Permitting Workshops cumulative report click here.
Final Action Reports:
Teaneck, New Jersey Workshop: May 15-16, 2008
Los Angeles, CA Workshop: August 26-27, 2008
Detroit, MI Workshop: September 17-18, 2008
Ethanol Outreach and Code Review Workshop
On July 1, 2008, NASFM and the US Department of Energy’s BioMass Program held a one day Ethanol Outreach and Code Review Workshop, in conjunction with NASFM Annual conference. This workshop was structured to address the critical issue of stakeholder outreach and emergency responder training related to ethanol. Participants of this workshop included 23 State Fire Marshals and 58 building code and fire officials from areas where ethanol producers, manufacturers or distributors are presently located or where facilities are planned in the near future as well as industry and legal experts.
The objectives of the workshop were to obtain the input of key state and local fire and building code officials on issues facing and concerning the enforcement community and to provide the participants an opportunity to learn more about the legal issues surrounding E85 dispensing units, ethanol manufacturing, and the tools currently available to emergency responders. In that effort, participants were broken down into breakout groups and asked to review “case studies” of facilities that manufacture ethanol that have been converted or are likely to be proposed projects in the near future.
With the help of workshop participants, NASFM, DOE and Industry have gained insight into what steps need to be taken to get relevant information to local code officials, identifying areas of concern in the plan review and issues related to facilities involved in the storage, manufacturing and distribution of ethanol as well how to shape further workshops.
To download a complete copy of the Final Action Report click here.
Past HELP Events and Presentations
Presentations and agenda from the November 6th and 7th, Fall 2007 meeting - Rosslyn, VA.
Hydrogen Fueling Station Workshop - July 10, 2007
This one day workshop was a part of NASFM's Annual Conference held in Atlanta, GA and in partnership with the US Department of Energy
Click here to download the final workshop report.
Agenda and Meeting Minutes from the Summer 2007 HELP Meeting: July 11 - 12, 2007, Atlanta, GA
Summer 2007 HELP Meeting Minutes
Agenda and Presentations from the Spring 2007 HELP Meeting: May 23-24, 2007, Rochester, NY
Spring 2007 HELP Meeting Agenda
Alternative Fuels Case Study: E-85 by Pete Sparber
Connecting the Dots - Consistent Code Interpretations by Paul Buehler
Dimensions of Public Safety Infrastructure for Alternative Fuels by George Miller
FTA Project: Mass Transit Vehicles - Cleaner and Safer by Pete Sparber
Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program by Pat Davis
Project Review and Reathorization by Jim Narva and John Dean
Second Annual HELP Meeting at the U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters in Washington DC: November 1-2, 2006
Second Annual HELP Meeting Agenda
HELP Meeting held in concurrence with the National Association of State Fire Marshals Annual Conference; August 12, 2006
HELP Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico: March 29-31, 2006
The focus of this meeting will be on Emergency Response Training and Community Communications.
October 2005
First Annual Safety Summit
