Download or read book Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments Emergency Responders Receive Support But DOT Could Improve Oversight of Information Sharing Report to the Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent rail accidents involving hazardous materials, such as crude oil, have raised questions about local emergency responders’ ability to take protective actions in the aftermath of such accidents. Along with FRA, PHMSA is responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail through issuing and enforcing railroad- and shipper-safety regulations. GAO was asked to review efforts that enhance preparedness for hazardous materials rail accidents. This report examines: (1) the factors selected local emergency planners report affect preparedness; (2) the actions selected railroads have taken to support preparedness; and (3) the actions DOT has taken to support emergency planners. GAO recommends that DOT develop a process for regularly collecting information from state emergency-planning agencies about their distribution of railroad-provided hazardous materials shipping information to local emergency planning entities.
Download or read book Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments written by Susan Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent rail accidents involving hazardous materials, such as crude oil, have raised questions about local emergency responders' ability to take protective actions in the aftermath of such accidents. Along with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail through issuing and enforcing railroad - and shipper-safety regulations. This report examines (1) the factors that selected local emergency planners report which affect preparedness; (2) the actions that selected railroads have taken to support preparedness; and (3) the actions the Department of Transportation (DOT) has taken to support emergency planners. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments written by U S Government Accountability Offi Gao and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RAIL SHIPMENTS: Emergency Responders Receive Support, but DOT Could Improve Oversight of Information Sharing
Download or read book Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-23 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent rail accidents involving hazardous materials, such as crude oil, have raised questions about local emergency responders' ability to take protective actions in the aftermath of such accidents. Along with FRA, PHMSA is responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail through issuing and enforcing railroad- and shipper-safety regulations. GAO was asked to review efforts that enhance preparedness for hazardous materials rail accidents. This report examines: (1) the factors selected local emergency planners report affect preparedness; (2) the actions selected railroads have taken to support preparedness; and (3) the actions DOT has taken to support emergency planners. GAO reviewed laws and regulations and surveyed (1) emergency planners representing 25 counties and 17 states with the highest volumes of hazardous materials rail shipments and (2) all seven Class I railroads and four smaller railroads selected because they operate in the counties where GAO surveyed local emergency planners.
Download or read book Railroad Safety written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current Issues in Rail Transportation of Hazardous Materials written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Department of Transportation s Hazardous Materials Safety Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railroad and Hazardous Materials Transportation Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments a Review of Emergency Response Information in Selected Train Documents Report to Congressional Committees written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In November 2012, a train derailed in Paulsboro, New Jersey, releasing about 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, a hazardous material. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found, among other issues, that the supplemental information in the train's documents on responding to emergencies involving vinyl chloride was inconsistent with and less protective than emergency response guidance in the ERG. Congress included a provision in statute for GAO to evaluate the differences between the emergency response information carried by trains transporting hazardous materials and the ERG guidance. This report examines (1) what emergency response information is carried on trains by selected railroads transporting hazardous materials and how responders use it, and (2) how selected railroads' supplemental emergency response information compares to information in the ERG. GAO reviewed the ERG and other relevant literature and met with DOT and NTSB officials, among others. GAO interviewed all 7 larger Class I railroads and 11 smaller Class II and III railroads that carried hazardous materials in 2015
Download or read book Hazardous Materials Rail Shipments a Review of Emergency Response Information in Selected Train Documents written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 2012, a train derailed in Paulsboro, New Jersey, releasing about 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, a hazardous material. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found, among other issues, that the supplemental information in the train's documents on responding to emergencies involving vinyl chloride was inconsistent with and less protective than emergency response guidance in the ERG. Congress included a provision in statute for GAO to evaluate the differences between the emergency response information carried by trains transporting hazardous materials and the ERG guidance. This report examines (1) what emergency response information is carried on trains by selected railroads transporting hazardous materials and how responders use it, and (2) how selected railroads' supplemental emergency response information compares to information in the ERG. GAO reviewed the ERG and other relevant literature and met with DOT and NTSB officials, among others. GAO interviewed all 7 larger Class I railroads and 11 smaller Class II and III railroads that carried hazardous materials in 2015. GAO compared the supplemental emergency response information with ERG information for 72 frequently shipped hazardous materials from a nonprobability sample of train documents provided by 10 of the 18 selected railroads.
Download or read book DOD Shipment of Toxic Chemicals by Rail and Truck written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Reauthorization of the Department of Transportation s Hazardous Materials Safety Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reauthorization of the Federal Rail Safety Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Training of Workers Involved in the Highway Transport of Hazardous Materials written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current Federal Railroad Administration Safety Initiatives written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Task Force written by United States. Hazardous Materials Transportation Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
