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5 Transportation of Chemical Materials
Pages 29-34

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From page 29...
... The shipment of hydro- • An unintentional release of a hazmat or the discharge lysate by rail is potentially an option and will have similar of any quantity of hazardous waste; or risks to the public -- that is, the potential for direct physical • A specification cargo tank of 1,000 gallons or more impact and the potential for release of the hazmat cargo. The containing hazmat either suffers damage to the ladpurpose of this overview of DOT regulations is to introduce ing retention system or requires repair to a system the concepts of a reportable crash, a reportable incident, and intended to protect the lading retention system even the first step of hazard classification that dictates subsequent if no release occurs.
From page 30...
... the level of detail needed to accomplish the purpose of the analysis, e.g., hazmat release as an approHISTORICAL TRANSPORTATION OF CHEMICAL priate consequence or whether dispersion of the released MUNITION MATERIALS hazmat and potential exposure to the public needs to be The anticipated composition of the Pueblo Chemi- considered also, including the appropriate conditional probcal Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) hydrolysate abilities.
From page 31...
... a PCAPP PFD 24852-RD-M5-B04-B0004 and 24852-RD-M5-B09-B0002. b Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility shipment analysis data for shipments between June 14, 2004, and February 9, 2005, provided by Bill Steedman.
From page 32...
... None reported None reported None reported None reported NOTES: n.o.s., not otherwise specified; JPEOCBD, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense; GB, sarin; VX, a nerve agent; HD, distilled mustard agent; TSDF, treatment, storage, and disposal facility; RCMD, Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate. Risks Due to a Heavy Truck Crash Independent of the Cargo Table 5-3 estimates the number of PCAPP heavy truck shipments with onsite treatment of hydrolysate at 176/month.
From page 33...
... the transport of hydrolysate within the State of Colorado." The committee has no knowledge of the specific basis for Finding 5-5. Historically, the risk of hazmat release during the request and believes that the 2003 QTRA and subsequent transportation owing to either a leak due to a crash or a crash hydrolysate transportation safety evaluations are publicly independent leak has been small.
From page 34...
... quantify the overall risk risks of transporting hydrolysate compared with the cargo magnitude of hydrolysate transport to a sufficient degree for independent risks from heavy trucks. The 2008 NRC report regulatory and stakeholder evaluation, and (4)


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