Countermeasures to Airborne Hazardous Chemicals

Presents a study which reviews the entire spectrum of activities, recommends appropriate action, and gives technical guidance. the information in the book is from Countermeasures to hazardous chemicals, prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, April 1989. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

1. Introduction
2. The Nature of the Threat û Task 1
3. Existing Responsibilities and Instructional Options-Task II
4. 1 Federal Responsibilities
5. 2 State and Local Responsibilities
6. 3 Private Sector Activities
7. 4 Overlaps and Gaps in Responsibilties and Programs
8. 5 Prevention
9. 6 Response Systems
10. 7 Training
11. Technical Options for Countermeasures-Task III
12. 1 Characterization of Emergency Releases
13. 2 Technical Basis for Needed Countermeasures
14. 3 Evaluation of Available Resources
15. 4 New Technical Approaches
16. 5 Methodology for Ranking of Chemical Hazards
17. Introduction
18. Overview of Recent Chemical Emergencies
19. 1 Bhopal Disaster
20. 2 Pemex Disaster
21. 3 Incident at Institute, West Virginia
22. 4 Acute Hazardous Events Data Base
23. Relative Accident Frequencies and Severity
24. 1 Relative Accident Frequency by Sector
25. 2 Relative Accident Severity by Sector
26. 3 Relative Accident Frequencies and Severity by Hazardous Chemical
27. 4 Events Involving Death or Injury
28. Current Responsibilities
29. 1 Prevention
30. 2 Planning
31. 3 Response
32. 4 Training
33. Federal and State Statutes for Hazardous Materials
34. 1 Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1977
35. 2 Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA)
36. 3 Clean Air Act of 1970 and Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977
37. 4 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976
38. 5 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980
39. 6 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
40. 7 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986
41. 8 Occupational Safety and Health Act
42. 9 State Statutes for Hazardous Materials
43. Federal Agency Responsibilities and Programs
44. 1 Federal Emergency Mangement Agency
45. 2 National Response Center (NRC)
46. 3 National and Regional Response Teams
47. 4 Environmental Response Team (ERT) and National Strike Force
48. 5 Environmental Protection Agency
49. 6 Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration
50. 7 U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
51. 8 Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
52. 9 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hazardous Materials Response Branch
53. State of Tennessee
54. Local/Regional Responsibilities û Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee
55. Industrial and Private Initiatives
56. 1 CMC Community Awareness and Emergency Response Program (CAER)
57. 2 CMA Chemical Transportation Emergency Center (CHEMTREC)
58. 3 CMA CHEMNET Network
59. 4 CMA Chemical Referral Center (CRC)
60. 5 Chlorine Institute Emergency Plan (CHLOREP)
61. 6 NACA Pesticide Safety Team (PSTN)
62. 7 Association of American Railroads Field Force
63. 8 Hazardous Materials Advisory Council-Information Services
64. 9 AlChE Center for Process Safety
65. 10 Institute of Hazardous Materials Management
66. Survey of Responsibility Gap
67. 1 Planning
68. 2 Prevention
69. 3 Response Systems
70. 4 Training
71. Survey of Technical Options
72. Characterization of Emergency Releases
73. 1 Characterization of Disaster Level
74. 2 Types and Extent of Response Required
75. Technical Basis For Needed Countermeasures
76. Evaluation of Available Resources
77. 1 Vapor Hazard Control
78. 2 Emergency Equipment
79. 3 Emergency Warning and Evacuation Systems
80. 4 Hazmat Monitoring and Ambient-Air Dispersion Modeling Systems
81. 5 Toxic Gas Dispersion Modeling
82. 6 Hazards Evaluations of Processing Facilities Handling Toxic Materials
83. 7 Emergency Response Information and Data Bases
84. 8 Community and Facility Planning for Toxic Chemical Emergencies
85. New Technical Approaches
86. 1 Prevention of Chemical Accidents
87. 2 Detection and Warning Systems
88. 3 Minimizing Transportation Risks
89. 4 Large-Scale Test Facilities
90. 5 Miscellaneous Countermeasures
91. Methodology For Ranking of Chemical Hazards
92. 1 Toxicity Level
93. 2 Fire and Explosion Hazards
94. 3 Mobility in the Atmosphere
95. 4 Domestic Production/Location
96. 5 Domestic Shipments
97. 6 Overall Rating Procedure
98. Proposed Hazardous Materials Rating System
99. 1 Selection of Hazardous Materials
100. 2 Overall Categorization of Hazardous Materials
101. 3 Results of Material Categorization
102. Summary and Conclusions for Technical Options
103. 1 Characterization of Emergency Releases
104. 2 Technical Basis for Needed Countermeasures
105. 3 Evaluation of Available Resources
106. 4 New Technical Approaches
107. 5 Methodology for Banking of Chemical Hazards 19 References 20 Appendix