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Title: 2016 DOT ERGB is released!
Post by: THRAWN on July 06, 2016, 02:08:24 PM
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 (http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Hazmat/ERG2016.pdf)

Title: Re: 2016 DOT ERGB is released!
Post by: Holding Pattern on July 06, 2016, 04:02:09 PM
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.
Title: Re: 2016 DOT ERGB is released!
Post by: THRAWN on July 06, 2016, 04:06:32 PM
Quote from: Starfleet Auxiliary on July 06, 2016, 04:02:09 PM
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...
Title: Re: 2016 DOT ERGB is released!
Post by: Holding Pattern on July 06, 2016, 04:07:58 PM
Ah, found it:

anhydrous trimethylamine.

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html)
Title: Re: 2016 DOT ERGB is released!
Post by: THRAWN on July 06, 2016, 04:14:19 PM
Quote from: Starfleet Auxiliary on July 06, 2016, 04:07:58 PM
Ah, found it:

anhydrous trimethylamine.

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