Where Complex Challenges Meet Smart Solutions Technical Services Packaging Transload Transportation

Disposition

Rail Transportation of Radioactive, Hazardous and Non-

RCRA Sediments

PIANC 2012 DredgingSan Diego, CAOct 24, 2012

MHF Services Overview Asset-based,

integrated logistics company formed in 1994

Became a portfolio company of Relativity Capital, L.P., a private equity firm in June 2009

~$55M in private railcars and intermodal container equipment

20 million tons of environmentally sensitive materials moved to date

Service generators and shippers of radioactive, industrial, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste, materials, and by-products

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MHF Services Overview Handle container and

bulk material transfers at permanent and temporary transload facilities

Packaging division designs and manufactures durable and flexible packaging systems for all types of materials

Integrated approach offers improved project safety, efficiency, and lower overall costs

Provide technical services, packaging, transload, transportation, and disposition

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Transportation Services Seamless transportation

services via direct rail or intermodal rail, truck, and marine

Long-standing relationships with Class I, Class II and short-line Railroads

~$55M in private railcars and intermodal container equipment

855 private high-capacity railcars, plus more than 780 standard and specialty intermodal shipping containers

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Packaging Packaging tailored to specific project

needs or manufacturing processes Custom packaging to meet unique

needs Stringent Quality Assurance Durable packaging including custom

and standard intermodal shipping containers, metal containers, drums, boxes, and any package required for shipping

Flexible packaging: Lift Liners™ up to 12 ton capacity Rail Car Liners Container Liners Rail Car and Truck Tarps, Large Component Protective Covers Custom-Sewn Containment Systems

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Transloading Combines efficiencies

of various modes of transportation

Five permanent facilities nationwide

Temporary facilities on-site or at rail junction

Portable ramp Innovative intermodal

applications

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Technical Services Specialize in management

of environmentally sensitive materials

Full project support from waste characterization to off-site shipment

Full project management, field personnel and brokerage services

Recommendations for most cost-effective disposition approach

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Dredging Sediments Removed sediments

are typically impacted with the highest contaminant load, requiring treatment or off-site disposal

Transport of removed sediment is a critical project component

Most sediment is shipped and disposed of as a hazardous waste; transporters must have permits

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Mode of Transportation Truck is the most

common and usually the basis for project estimates and bid specs

Rail transportation is often overlooked

The generator’s site does not need to be directly served by rail

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Rail Advantages High capacity railcars

enable removal of a greater volume of material, while reducing excavation time, public scrutiny, traffic congestion, highway infrastructure damage, and carbon emissions

Rail is 2-4 times more fuel efficient and 3 times cleaner than trucks

Typical railcar can carry more than 100 net tons of sediment, or greater than 4 truckloads

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Equipment Experts identify proper rail

car conveyance methodologies such as low and high side gondolas or container flatcars and supply packaging to meet transit regulations

Different packaging and car combinations accommodate the operational considerations, disposal facility constraints and/or regulatory requirements

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Operational Considerations Is your facility rail served? Does the waste require packaging? What are the loading capabilities at project site? What are the receiving facility capabilities?

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Case Studies

Upper Hudson River Sediment Remediation

TVA Dredging and Fly Ash Removal

New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site

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Upper Hudson River Sediment Remediation ~ 283,000 cubic yards of PCB-

contaminated sediment was removed from a six-mile stretch of the Upper Hudson River during Phase I

MHF provided the following services: Fleet of 450 railcars to support

the project Inspecting and switching of

loaded and empty railcars Testing and inspection of unit

trains prior to departure from the short-line railroad

Inspection, maintenance and repair of the rail yard and rail yard loading area

Repairs on railcars Inspection and maintenance of a

weigh-in-motion scale

Loading and lining gondola railcars

Managing the off-site round-trip logistics of unit trains between the site and the waste disposal facility

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TVA Dredging and Fly Ash Removal MHF supported the TVA’s prime

contractor responsible for dredging and removal of a massive fly ash release

Phase I of the Project involved: Dredging to remove ash from the Emory and

Clinch Rivers Lining and loading railcars Shipping the ash to an off-site disposal facility A total of 414 unit trains of ash were shipped

MHF manufactured 40,000 custom railcar liners to supply loading and shipping operations averaging over 100 railcars per day on a seven day per week basis

MHF provided on-site personnel to train prime contractor in package installation and closing, developed modified designs based on changing waste conditions and load out-processes , and assisted in identifying load-out problems to improve efficiencies

Liners were designed and manufactured in Sweetwater, TN to meet TVA requirements and DOT regulations for the fly ash material

Fly ash at the TVA Kingston site in East Tennessee being loaded into railcars outfitted with MHF custom liners.

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New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site

MHF provides transloading via our Worcester Facility, packaging, and rail transportation of PCB-contaminated and non-hazardous waste from the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site.

MHF transloads 200 to 300 tons per day during the shipping season with an estimated project life of 11 years and a volume of 450,000 tons.

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