Current Hazardous Materials Transportation Research and Future Needs (2012)

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1 1. Introduction This Final Report documents a project to identify current hazardous materials transportation research and future needs. The first phase of the project involved developing the framework for capturing existing research, planned research, and research gaps. It also sets the stage for prioritizing future research needs. The second phase of the project focused on developing a prioritized list of research projects for the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP). The following sections of this report contain the results of the first seven project tasks: • Section 2: lists the research organizations that were identified as potentially sponsoring or conducting hazmat transportation research (Task 1). • Section 3: identifies the recent and planned research projects by organization and includes contact information, context and subject areas, and project descriptions (Tasks 2 and 3). • Section 4: contains future research needs as identified by each organization (Task 3). • Section 5: provides a matrix of research areas by organization (Task 4). • Section 6: documents the gaps and overlaps in the research and provides a list of research needs and project descriptions (Task 5). • Section 7: includes the finalized framework for prioritizing research needs and projects (Task 6 and Task 8). • Section 8: provides a prioritized list of the research projects (Task 9). This report constitutes the second deliverable for Task 10 of the project. 2. Relevant Research Organizations The project team identified the organizations listed in Table 1 as potentially conducting hazardous materials-related research. The list includes organizations identified by the Project Panel in the solicitation and those added by the project team and enumerated in the project’s working plan. Some additional organizations were identified through the interview process or by • Conducting an Internet search for organizations conducting relevant research, • Conducting an Internet search for completed research projects, • Reviewing the HMCRP and other cooperative research program websites to identify organizations performing work that relates to hazardous materials transportation, and • Reviewing the TRB Research Needs Database for organizations performing relevant work. A final step included a conference call with the Project Panel, which generated some additional contacts. Note that Table 1 shows the number of research projects that the project team identified as being relevant to hazardous materials transportation research. While the inclusion of consulting firms in Table 1 may appear duplicative, given that many of the research projects were conducted under contract, they were included because these were organizations specifically identified for an interview to ensure that the project team did not miss any research projects. Projects are only counted once in Table 1, generally assigned to the sponsoring organization. The individual projects and the performing organizations are listed in Table 2 on page 6.

2 Table 1. Relevant Agencies and Research Organizations Relevant Research Organizations Projects Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) 5 Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program, Office of Logistics Management Environmental Management Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 4 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 4 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 14 Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) Maritime Administration (MARAD) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 1 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA) 5 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – Dept. of Labor Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RDT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 8 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline Safety 38 Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) Sandia National Laboratories Savannah River National Laboratory Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) 1 Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) United States Coast Guard (USCG) U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (VOLPE) Academic/Research Illinois Center for Transportation Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Midwest Research Institute National Pipeline Safety & Operations Research Center 9 North Carolina State University Rensselaer Polytechnic University Standing Committee on Transportation of Hazardous Materials (AT040) Transportation Research Board (TRB) 18 Texas Transportation Institute 1 Texas A&M University 2 University of Buffalo 1

3 Relevant Research Organizations Projects University of Kentucky University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 Vanderbilt University 4 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1 International Australia Department of Infrastructure and Transport – Dangerous Goods Policy Unit Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT) 6 Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore’s Hazardous Cargo Section Singapore Civil Defense Force Hazmat Department Transport Canada – Surface and Intermodal Security Directorate 2 Transport Canada – Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate (TDG) 11 UK Department for Transport – Dangerous Goods Division UK Department for Transport – Vehicle Certification Agency - Dangerous Goods Office States California Department of the Highway Patrol California Office of Emergency Services Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Illinois DOT National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL) 1 General Hazmat Council on the Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA) 2 Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC) Shippers American Chemistry Council (ACC) Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) 1 Compressed Gas Association (CGA) Dow Chemical Company E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) 3 Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) 3 National Association of Chemical Distributors Olin Corporation The Chlorine Institute 1 The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) TRANSCAER Insurers XL Insurance Zurich Carriers Air Transport Association (ATA) American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) American Trucking Associations (ATA)