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The leaking tank car on TC-4. [Industry and government response to hazardous material emergencies]

Journal Article · · EPA J.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5746082
Most hazardous waste spills are taken care of by the industries directly involved. U.S. EPA's Emergency Response Program encourages industry and the States to take all possible countermeasures without federal intervention.An example is given of an incident involving a leak of approximately one ton of sulfur dioxide from a tank car in Kansas. What might have been a serious problem was controlled successfully by a railroad environmental emergency response team with no injuries to the team personnel or to the community. (JMT)
OSTI ID:
5746082
Journal Information:
EPA J.; (United States), Journal Name: EPA J.; (United States) Vol. 8:4; ISSN EPAJD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
CHALCOGENIDES
EMERGENCY PLANS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RAILROAD CARS
STATE GOVERNMENT
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TRAINS
VEHICLES