Transportation of hazardous materials
Subtitle: toward a national strategy
By: in cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Projects Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Association of Governors Highway Safety Representatives.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.; National Strategies Conference on the Transportation of Hazardous Materials and Wastes (1981 : Williamsburg, Va.)
Series: TRB special report,; 197; Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ;; 197.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Hazardous substances -- Transportation -- United States -- Congresses.
Description: This report presents a summary of the 1981 Williamsburg Conference which developed recommendations for a comprehensive national strategy to provide safe and efficient transportation of hazardous materials and wastes in the 1980's. The conference covered regulation, training, emergency response, legal responsibilities and implications, technological needs and limitations, and risk assessment. The public interest was a prime concern in all the discussions. Vol. 1 describes TRB's role, gives an overview of the problem, and discusses in detail the findings and recommendations that were developed by the TRB Steering Committee. Vol. 2 covers resource papers, reports of rapporteurs and appendixes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Based on the proceedings of the National Strategies Conference on the Transportation of Hazardous Materials and Wastes ... held in Williamsburg, Va., Feb. 17-20, 1981.