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 APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A

INVESTIGATION AND HEARING

Investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board was notified on May 12, 1989, of a derailment of a Southern Pacific Transportation Company freight train near San Bernardino, California. The investigator-in-charge and other members of the investigative team were dispatched from the Washington, O.C. office and the Fort Worth, Texas, and Atlanta., Georgia, field offices. Investigative groups were established for engineering, mechanical, operations, human performance, and survival factors.

On May 25, 1989, the Safety Board was notified of a pipeline rupture at the site of the earlier train derailment. The investigator-in-charge and members of the investigative team were again dispatched to the scene of the accident. Investigative groups were established for mechanical, pipeline operations, human performance, and survival factors.

Hearing

A 5-day public hearing was convened in San Bernardino, California, beginning on August 28, 1989. Designated parties at the hearing were the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the Calnev Pipe Line Company, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Research and Special Programs Administration, the State of California (the Public Utilities Commission for the train derailment and the State Fire Marshal's Office for the pipeline rupture),-. the -City of San Bernardino,--the -Brotherhood ..of Locomotive Engineers, and the United Transportation Union. Thirty four witnesses testified during the 5-day hearing.. i