原文传递
Undeclared Hazardous Materials: New DOT Efforts May Provide Additional Information on Undeclared Shipments.
| 题名： | Undeclared Hazardous Materials: New DOT Efforts May Provide Additional Information on Undeclared Shipments. |
| 关键词： | HAZARDOUS MATERIALS |
| 摘要： | More than 3 billion tons of regulated hazardous materials (hazmat)-including explosive, poisonous, corrosive, flammable, and radioactive materials-are transported in the United States each year. When these materials are properly packaged, labeled, and stowed, they can be transported safely, but when they are not, they can pose significant threats to transportation workers, emergency responders, and the general public because of the potential for accidents and incidents. Moreover, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the security of such shipments, especially those that can be used as weapons of mass destruction, has attracted the attention of the transportation community, government officials, and emergency responders. In the wrong hands, hazardous materials could pose a significant security threat, and it is likely that terrorists who seek to use hazardous materials to harm Americans would move those materials as undeclared shipments. A good understanding of the frequency and impact of undeclared hazmat shipments is essential to identifying the extent of the problem and developing regulations and programs to mitigate the risk involved. The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requires that we review existing options and determine additional options for discovering the amount of undeclared shipments of hazardous materials entering the United States. To respond to this mandate, this report (1) describes the current federal approach for discovering the amount of undeclared hazmat entering the United States, (2) identifies efforts under way to enhance the existing approach, and (3) determines whether any additional options could be employed. |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
相关文献
- Aviation Safety: Undeclared Air Shipments of Dangerous Goods and DOT's Enforcement Approach. Report to the Congress.
- MULTIOBJECTIVE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SHIPMENTS.
- Defense Transportation: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Improve the Transportation of Hazardous Material Shipments.
- Packaging and transportation manual. Chapter on the packaging and transportation of hazardous and radioactive waste
- Marine Security of Hazardous Chemical Cargo
- Developing and Applying an Analysis Methodology to Identify Flow Generation Influences between Vessel and Truck Shipments.
检索历史
应用推荐
