This report presents production volumes, storage capacities, shipment quantities, containers used for highway and rail shipments, general commodity flow patterns and disposal sites and capabilities for 12 hazardous materials; an overview of emergency response guidelines and resources available to selected industry groups and state and local agencies; a review of the CHRIS, EPA, AAR, and DOT emergency response systems as they specifically apply to the 12 hazardous materials; a review of 16 NTSB investigated rail and highway accidents involving these hazardous materials; a discussion of six spill scenarios, the philosophy behind their development and their applicability to community planning; a discussion of the USCG HACS, Shell R&D Spills, AF statistical/empirical, DDESB Chemical Hazard Slide Rule and an overview of dense gas vapor dispersion models, the assumptions basic to each and their applicability to transportation spills; criteria which are needed for developing improved and innovative guidelines to mitigate hazards associated with response activities at hazardous materials transportation accidents; and a discussion of state-of-the-art means for physically lifting derailed cars and containers. (Author)
Post Accident Procedures for Chemicals and Propellants
1982
404 pages
Report
No indication
English
Environmental Management & Planning , Transportation Safety , Crisis management , Environmental management , Hazardous materials , Accidents , Management planning and control , Planning , emergencies , Disasters , Spilling , Chemicals , Propellants , Accident investigations , Damage assessment , Land transportation , Vapors , Dispersing , Pollution abatement , Removal , Disposal , Cleaning , Safety , Management information systems , Feedback
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