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Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Keywords: hazardous, materials, identificat, special, research, board, shipments, transportation, assessment, information, shipment, emergency, response, committee, national
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 1993-04
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0309054214
ISBN-13: 9780309054218

"TRB Special Report 239 - Hazardous Materials Shipment Information For Emergency Response" examines the feasibility and necessity of a central reporting system and computerized telecommunications data center that is capable of receiving, storing, and retrieving data concerning all daily shipments of hazardous materials, and that can provide information to facilitate responses to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials. Federal law defines a hazardous material as any substance or material in a quantity and form that may pose an unreasonable risk to health, sa