Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Toward a National Strategy; Vol 1

TRB Special Report 197: Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Toward a National Strategy; Vol 1 presents a summary of the 1981 Williamsburg Conference which developed recommendations for a comprehensive national strategy to provide safe and efficient transportation of hazardous materials and wastes in the 1980's. The conference covered regulation, training, emergency response, legal responsibilities and implications, technological needs and limitations, and risk assessment. The public interest was a prime concern in all the discussions.

The conference was held under the aegis of the Steering Committee to Develop a National Strategy for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Wastes, whose members were composed of selected members of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Standing Technical Committee on the Transportation of Hazardous Materials. This report describes TRB's role, gives an overview of the problem, and discusses in detail the findings and recommendations that were developed by the TRB Steering Committee.