Maria Salgado, Eric Krebill, P.G., and Pietro Tabellione

FDOT Roadway Incident Response & Spill Containment Stand Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Maria Salgado, District Contamination Impact Coordinator, Florida Department of Transportation - District 4

Eric Krebill, P.G., District Contamination Impact Coordinator, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise

Pietro Taballione, Contamination Assessment and Remediation Senior Scientist, AECOM - District 4

The mission statement of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is to “provide a safe statewide transportation system that promotes the efficient movement of people and goods”. This transportation goal may be affected by unforeseen events, such as vehicle crash incidents resulting in the release of fuel or hazardous substances into the environment. FDOT’s incident management program strives to provide immediate response to vehicle crash incidents for traffic management and expeditious roadway cleanup while safeguarding the environment and maintaining the safety of all parties in accordance with Florida’s Open Roads Policy Agreement and Florida Statewide Traffic Incident Management Program Guidelines. FDOT is divided into seven Districts, plus Florida’s Turnpike District. District Contamination Impact Coordinators (DCICs) collaborate with the State Watch Office, FDEP District Office of Emergency Response, counties, internal asset maintenance contractors, contracted contamination assessment & remediation firms, and Responsible Parties for crash incident spill cleanup. Pavement cleanup is generally completed in conjunction with re-opening a roadway to resume normal traffic. FDOT developed an Incidents Response and Spill Containment Standard of Operating procedures (SOP) to properly address roadway incidents. Follow-up remediation of right of way impacts is generally completed in accordance with FAC, Chapter 62-780.500/.525. Means and methods vary to document and keep track of incidents and may include use of a smart phone to fill out a Spill Response Field Report while at an incident scene, which populates a Geographic Information System (GIS) Map, which feeds a SharePoint site.

Maria Salgado, District Contamination Impact Coordinator, Florida Department of Transportation - District 4

Maria Salgado is the District Contamination Impact Coordinator (DCIC) for FDOT District 4. Maria graduated from Florida International University with a BS in Civil Engineering with a specialty in Environmental Engineering. She started her career in the fall of 2000 in a private firm designing Remediation Cleanup systems for contaminated sites. She joined FDOT D6 in Summer of 2008 working in the Planning and Environmental Management Office (PLEMO) as an Assistant DCIC. In 2016, she got promoted to District 4 DCIC. Her role as the DCIC is to ensure the public and roadway construction employees working on FDOT projects are protected from contamination exposure.  In addition to avoid or minimize contamination impacts, her role is to review Project Development & Environmental project for impacts, review contract plans, and perform Level I and II assessment activities during the project’s design phase. If avoidance or minimization is not achieved or possible, Level III Remedial Action activities are performed during the construction phase of the project.  

Eric Krebill, P.G., District Contamination Impact Coordinator, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise

Eric Krebill is District Contamination Impact Coordinator (DCIC) for FDOT/Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise with roadways in 20 Florida counties. Eric is a consultant working for Turnpike under a general engineering contract held by HNTB, and is employed by Terracon Consultants, Inc. Eric has been registered as a Professional Geologist in Florida since 1990 and his primary career focus has been related to evaluation and management of contamination.

Pietro Taballione, Contamination Assessment and Remediation Senior Scientist, AECOM - District 4

Pietro Taballione is a Level I and II Assessments Lead – CAR Senior Scientist at AECOM. Pietro graduated from the University of L’Aquila with a BS in Environmental Science and the University of Miami with a MA in Marine Affairs & Policy. Pietro is an established environmental professional with 19 years of experience in South Florida. He has de facto managed and assisted managing several FDOT contracts including the FDOT Districts 4 and 6 CAR Contracts, FDOT District 6 Environmental Compliance and District 6 Mitigation & Monitoring Contracts. He has authored contamination reports for the FDOT and private clients, including Contamination Screening Evaluation Reports (CSERs), Contamination Technical Memos and Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments (ESA).