Cooperative Research for Hazardous Materials Transportation Defining the Need, Converging on Solutions -- Special Report 283 (2005) / Chapter Skim
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This report, the prod uct of a year-long study by a committee of experts in hazardous materials transportation, research management, risk analysis, enforcement, and emergency planning and response, describes these shared responsibilities and identifies numerous problems that cooperative research can help address. The committee recommends the trial of a national cooperative research program for hazardous materials transportation that will make use of the expertise and perspectives of all those having an interest in overcoming problems and improving capabilities for managing risks, preparing for incidents, and responding to emergencies.
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The focus of the study is on determining whether a national cooperative research program would be a useful supplement to existing research in the hazardous materials transportation field. Four federal agencies with central roles in ensuring the safety and security of hazardous shipments sponsored the study: the U.S.
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The program should be managed and the research conducted in a manner similar to that of coop erative research programs that have proved successful in other fields such as public transit and highways. On the basis of experience with the trial program, the stakeholder panel and the hazardous materials sector as a whole will be in a position to judge the desirability of creating a larger and more lasting national cooperative research program.
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The promise of a cooperative research pro gram is that it will allow such problems to be addressed from a wider range of perspectives. It will allow the consolidation of resources to seek solutions more efficiently, as opposed to piecemeal and duplicative efforts.
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· It should be managed in ways that lead to trusted and high-quality research results, engage stakeholders in all stages of the research process, and ensure widespread dissemination of the research results. The following represents the committee's vision of how a hazardous materials transportation cooperative research program could be financed, governed, and managed.
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In the committee's view, the problems and research needs associated with hazardous materials transportation are at least as complex and numerous as those associated with public transit, which receives federal appropriations for cooperative research on the order of $8 million per year. The committee believes that a cooperative research program comparable in magnitude with that of the cooper ative research program for public transit, on the order of $5 million to $10 million per year, can be justified to ensure the safety and secu rity of hazardous materials in transportation.
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However, experience with existing cooperative research programs indicates that certain key features of a research process will be integral to the success of the pro gram. First, individual research projects should be conducted by con tractors selected on a competitive basis.
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A number of candidate research projects are identified in this report to illustrate research topics that may be suited to a full-scale cooperative research program. A pilot program would need to focus on projects costing between $100,000 and $300,000 and capable of being completed in 12 to 18 months.
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In the end, the value of the research should speak for itself. If the research results from the pilot program are useful, the cooperative research concept can be expected to generate stakeholder interest in pursuing a larger-scale program.
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