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Research Results Digest 2 December 2011 BACKGROUND The HMCRP is a cooperative research program sponsored by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and administered by the Trans- portation Research Board. It is an industry- driven, applied research program that devel- ops near-term, practical solutions to improve the information used in managing risk asso- ciated with the transportation of hazardous materials. The program was authorized as a pilot program in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) of 2005. The act specified that the program address nine topics: (1) Assessment of opportunities to inte- grate and supplement safety and security measures for hazardous materials transportation. (2) Data on predominant traffic and highway geometric characteristics in large-truck crashes for use in risk analysis. (3) Recommendations for development of conditional release probabili- ties for bulk containers involved in transportation accidents. (4) Development of correlations be- tween incident risks and conse- quences to aid in decision-making models. (5) Development of an environmental hazard assessment system for the transport of hazardous materials. (6) Recommendations for commer- cial transportation-incident and commodity-flow data collection and reporting. (7) Detailed information for conducting hazardous materials commodity- flow studies. (8) National hazardous materials emergency-response capability assessment. (9) Transportation emergency-response guidelines for hazardous materials. Program guidance is provided by a Technical Oversight Panel comprised of a representative cross section of haz- ardous materials stakeholders appointed by the Transportation Research Board. The HMCRP Technical Oversight Panel meets annually to formulate the research program by identifying the highest priority projects and defining funding levels and expected products. Research problem HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM: A STATUS REPORT This is a staff digest of the program and status of the Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program, which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. The program is managed by Crawford Jencks, Deputy Director, Cooperative Research Programs. Individual contract research projects are managed by William C. Rogers, Senior Program Officer. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM Sponsored by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
