Transportation of hazardous materials
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1986-07-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00457882
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION;NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;NTL-FREIGHT-Intermodalism;NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Hazardous Materials Transportation;
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Abstract:This report discusses transportation of all hazardous materials (commodities,
radioactive materials including spent nuclear fuel, and hazardous wastes) that
travel by truck, rail, water, or air. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)
has identified four paramount policy issue areas for Congressional
consideration: training, federal/state regulations, public information, and
containers. Each of these areas is discussed in the following four chapters:
data and information systems for hazardous materials; containers for hazardous
materials transportation; hazardous materials transportation regulation; and
training for hazardous materials transportation enforcement and emergency
response. The basis for many programs to address these issues already exists,
but lack of communication and integration between and among different levels of
government diminishes their effectiveness. Appendices provide further
information on the following: hazardous waste regulations; U.S. Department of
Transportation inconsistency rulings; emergency response planning; and acronyms
and other references. Report includes a comprehensive assessment of the
regulations, information systems, container safety and training for emergency
response and enforcement for consideration by Congress as it deliberates on
reauthorization of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. The link in
this record leads to a Table of Contents for this document in hypertext that
will allow the user to view in .pdf format the entire document (272p., 12097K)
or selected sections.
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