Skip to main content

Currently Skimming:

Appendix G - Electronic Database and Report Descriptions
Pages 124-136

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 124...
... . G-1 A P P E N D I X G Electronic Database and Report Descriptions
From page 125...
... The data can be ordered in the form of two CD-ROMs or directly downloaded from the Web site to G-2 Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
From page 126...
... At the state level, incident summaries are refined only by mode to provide number of incidents, injuries, fatalities, and property damage values. Users can employ the search tool on PHMSA's Hazmat Incident Reports Database Web site and state their individual constraints (after selecting a year)
From page 127...
... [and] excludes vehicles owned by federal, state, or local governments; ambulances; buses; motor G-4 Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
From page 128...
... , PHMSA, U.S.DOT. Web site: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/registration "Offerors and transporters of certain quantities and types of hazardous materials, including hazardous wastes, are required to file an annual registration statement with the U.S.DOT and to pay a fee that provides funds for grants distributed to states and Indian tribes for hazmat emergency response planning and training." Any user can search for a company's registration history and view the certificates through the Company Registration Look-Up tool.
From page 129...
... Constraints under the hazmat option include cars carrying hazardous G-6 Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
From page 130...
... Commodity Codes, which are based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) , with hazardous commodity codes Electronic Database and Report Descriptions G-7
From page 131...
... . Web site: http://nationalmap.gov/ G-8 Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
From page 132...
... Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Web site: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm The Web Soil Survey provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey.
From page 133...
... Many of the tables and figures are based on the Economic Census, which is conducted once every 5 years. The most recently published data from the Economic Census are for G-10 Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
From page 134...
... Web site: http://www.bts.gov/programs/freight_transportation/ The BTS Web site provides several publicly available reports for download. They are developed based on individual data sources or databases already discussed and are primarily based on the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey.
From page 135...
... The summary lists vessel company names, contact information, commodities carried, locations of vessel operation, and operating fleet size. Users can identify which companies G-12 Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies
From page 136...
... Also included is a Directory of State Detail Reports, a link to raw data at the significant incident data access, and tables and charts summarizing all reported incidents. Electronic Database and Report Descriptions G-13


This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More information on Chapter Skim is available.