Lee Nelson – Director – Ambipar Response Training Center – Ambipar Response

As the director at ARTC Lee Nelson is responsible for the strategy and daily operations of the training center. ARTC operates on a US Department of Transportation facility and offers industrial hazardous materials emergency response training focused on surface transportation and fixed facility incidents. The school aims to further research and techniques that support emerging challenges in the hazardous materials response sector. Areas of focus include lithium-ion batteries, hydrogen transportation, hydrogen carrier molecules, unit trains and firefighting.Lee has 20 years of experience in hazardous materials response in the US and Canada. He has worked for a Class 1 railroad providing oversight and management of its regulatory compliance and emergency response to hazardous materials incidents and transportation. He directed the operations for ERAC which provided emergency response training, planning and hands on mitigation for much of Canada’s oil and gas sector prior to joining Ambipar. He has served on the Association of American Railroads Tank Car Committee, the NFPA 472 committee on hazardous materials response and participated in the development of a liquefied natural gas locomotive fuel project. Throughout his career he has responded to hundreds of transportation emergencies providing stabilization, product transfer, firefighting, vent and burn operations, hot tap services, chemical neutralization and overall management of complex multi-jurisdictional hazmat incidents. Throughout his career he has focused on improving safety and efficiency in emergency response. Not content with status quo this has led to improvements in equipment, process and efficiency.Now that he has returned to his native Colorado, he is looking forward to introducing his children to the Colorado Rocky Mountains where they will spend time backpacking, fishing and exploring.