Truck transport of hazardous chemicals: 1-butanol. Final report, September 1993-April 1995
The transport of hazardous materials by all modes is a major concern of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Estimates place the total amount of hazardous materials transported in the United States in excess of 1.5 billion tons per year. Highway, water, and rail account for nearly all hazardous materials shipments; air shipments are negligible. Fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, account for about half of all hazardous materials transported. Chemicals account for most of the remainder. This report presents estimates of truck shipments of 1-butanol, one of the 147 large-volume chemicals that account for at least 80 percent of U.S. truck shipments of hazardous chemicals. All of the reports in this series are based on the best available information at the time the research was conducted.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA (United States). John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
- OSTI ID:
- 250410
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-165220/XAB; DOT-VNTSC-RSPA-95-4; CNN: Contract DOT-RS530/P5001; TRN: 61492055
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: See also PB--88-163795; PBD: Sep 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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