Being Prepared for Emergencies - A Key Component of HAZMAT Transportation
- Office of Packaging and Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
This paper describes the efforts by the Office of Environmental Management (EM) to address need for being prepared to handle hazardous material (HAZMAT) transportation emergencies. Effective notification and reporting requirements are being implemented within EM to identify emergencies, assure appropriate notifications are made, and to assist in preparedness activities with the state, tribal, and local jurisdictions. In conclusion: The Office of Environmental Management will continue to address the preparedness issues from jurisdictions along its transportation corridors. This will be accomplished by providing planning information to the states and tribes on upcoming shipments, providing notification of a transportation incident to assure response assets are available, and continuing to offer the technical assistance and support of the Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21326177
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-10-WM-08490; TRN: US10V0652067542
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM'08: Waste Management Symposium 2008 - HLW, TRU, LLW/ILW, Mixed, Hazardous Wastes and Environmental Management - Phoenix Rising: Moving Forward in Waste Management, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 24-28 Feb 2008; Other Information: Country of input: France
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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