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A Guide for Assessing Community Emergency Response Needs and Capabilities for Hazardous Materials Releases (2011) / Chapter Skim
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... This information will be beneficial in helping you frame the layout of your hazard survey. Hazardous Materials Covered To provide manageable boundaries for the materials covered by this assessment process, this Guide limits the scope of materials to those that are transported commercially under the auspices of the U.S.DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations as found in 49 CFR.
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... The following summarizes the U.S.DOT Hazard Class to Incident Release Type relationship: • Fires (U.S.DOT Classes 1, 3, 4, Division 2.1, and some Class 5, 6, 7, and 8 materials where flammability is not the primary hazard)
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... , the U.S. Coast Guard, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
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... State Emergency Management Agencies Many state emergency management agencies have conducted studies to capture useful information, such as local or regional hazmat commodity flow studies. Entities considering their own commodity flow studies should consult the guidance provided by HMCRP Project 01, "Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Data and Analysis" (Texas A&M University 2010)
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... Hospitals and academic/government facilities Storage facilities/distribution centers/warehouses/tank farms Table 12. Facilities that may contain hazardous materials.
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... These locations include intermodal transfer facilities, rail yards, airports, ports, docks, truck terminals, and major truck stops, as well as rest areas that trucks commonly use. Step 9 Add new rows to the hazardous materials portfolio for each material transported along each transportation corridor in your jurisdiction.
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