2 . I N T R O DUCTION
Close to 0 million shipments
of hozmdous materials traverse the United States daily}]Jl Hozmot shipments
vary
widely in terms of content, size and weight. The transportation modes at shipping hozwdous motetiolts oaltso voary.
Hazeldous
materials are transported vio highway, roll, air, and waterways, 05 well as by pipelines. According to the FMCSA, roughly 95 percent oft U.S. hozmot shipments arte tronspo•ed by trucks on highways and roaddss.‘.1" Also, slightly more than
half the hozmot tonnage significant
and the efficient, economic passage of the FMCSA and the PHMSA - consider
safety
goods and to be
commerce are high priorities, MDOT and a paramount consideration when it comes
—
to transportation
of —hazardous
materials. Thus, like-0" states
nation,a
in the nation, the State of
Michigan mandates specific
Existing hazardous materials routes were established in Michigan on Nov. 1 4, 1994, and were subsequently reported
to the FHWA on March 8, 1995. All ensuing touting on
designations and restrictions/requirements for transportation o0ft
NRHM in Michigan
have been established in accordance with regulations.
key
objective
of
materials routing that as well as providing include whethet:
this synopsis report is | about | the | process for hazardous |
includes conducting | possible changes, |
to
to
provide
public information
about
the required recommendations
and teloling
evaluating studies
and analyses
relative to to
Current restrictions for
specific hazardous material classes should remain on each of the Four studied routes,
In
summary,
this
synopsis report:
overview existing hazardous materials routing restrictions currently in the state of Michigan, with specificity regarding four restricted hozmat routes in Wayne County,
For hazardous materials routing and MDOT's
“Noatlionoal Research Council, Transportoatlion Research Board. Special Report 283, Cooperrat•ive De•ning the Need, Converging on Solutlions, Washington, DC. 2005.
Research for hazardous Materials Transsppoor•tat•ion:
FR DOC 02-25226, Depptt. of Transporltartion, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administratlion
5U.S. Department of Transportlatiion, Research and Innovative Technology Adminiisttrraat•ion (RITA), Bureau ofTransporntatlion Hazardous Materials Highlightls - 2007 Commoditly Flow Survey, Washington, DC. January 20] I.