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Title: Debate over tank cars carrying hazardous materials

Abstract

U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings in Apr. 1978 generated heated controversy over whether to accelerate the deadline for installation of safety equipment for tank cars carrying hazardous materials. J. King (NTSB) maintained that it would be feasible to order installation of head shields and couplers (required by the Department of Transportation (DOT)) by the end of 1978, rather than the current Jan. 1982 deadline; and demonstrated his point by having two workers install couplers in about six minutes and head shields in 1.5 hr on a tank car model. Railroads have contended that those operations take a day to perform on new cars. According to the agency, a DOT requirement for insulation of tank-car bodies will delay the feasible installation date. According to G. C. Falcone (API), older tank cars require 45-60 days to retrofit. B. Adams (DOT) has opened an official agency inquiry into the deadline issue.

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7141531
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Chem. Week; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 122:15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; RAIL TRANSPORT; RAILROAD CARS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; US DOT; TRANSPORT REGULATIONS; HEARINGS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENGINEERING; LAND TRANSPORT; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; REGULATIONS; TRAINS; TRANSPORT; US ORGANIZATIONS; VEHICLES; 290700* - Energy Planning & Policy- Transport & Storage

Citation Formats

. Debate over tank cars carrying hazardous materials. United States: N. p., 1978. Web.
. Debate over tank cars carrying hazardous materials. United States.
. 1978. "Debate over tank cars carrying hazardous materials". United States.
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abstractNote = {U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings in Apr. 1978 generated heated controversy over whether to accelerate the deadline for installation of safety equipment for tank cars carrying hazardous materials. J. King (NTSB) maintained that it would be feasible to order installation of head shields and couplers (required by the Department of Transportation (DOT)) by the end of 1978, rather than the current Jan. 1982 deadline; and demonstrated his point by having two workers install couplers in about six minutes and head shields in 1.5 hr on a tank car model. Railroads have contended that those operations take a day to perform on new cars. According to the agency, a DOT requirement for insulation of tank-car bodies will delay the feasible installation date. According to G. C. Falcone (API), older tank cars require 45-60 days to retrofit. B. Adams (DOT) has opened an official agency inquiry into the deadline issue.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7141531}, journal = {Chem. Week; (United States)},
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volume = 122:15,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EST 1978},
month = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EST 1978}
}