2016 DOT ERGB is released!

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Just in case you always wanted to know about standoff distances for a spill of methylethylbadstuff....

http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Hazmat/ERG2016.pdf

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Go that way.

How far?

Just... keep going that way.


About 2 years ago we had a truck at the state border that started leaking Bad Stuff. The rerouting directive kept everyone several MILES away.

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Go that way.

How far?

Just... keep going that way.


About 2 years ago we had a truck at the state border that started leaking Bad Stuff. The rerouting directive kept everyone several MILES away.

Pretty common. Those tank sleds hold a lot of goo. The more they carry, the greater the stand off. Few years back there was a derailment that upset the entire region's daily commute for a few days and the clean up, what little there was, took months. Better living through chemistry...

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Ah, found it:

anhydrous trimethylamine.

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html

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Ah, found it:

anhydrous trimethylamine.

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html

Nasty....

The one reader comment on the article did give me a laugh.