CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS: PROCEEDINGS OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE, HOUSTON, MARCH 21-23, 1972

Representatives of government, industry, and educational institutions presented 37 papers at the conference held at the University of Houston. Both in-plant and transportation spills are discussed with emphasis on prevention, development of countermeasures, and restoration. The sessions cover protection of the environment form hazardous material spills, prevention of spills in heavy process industries and in the transportation industry, contingency planning for response to hazardous material spills, containment of spilled hazardous materials, detection and identification of spils, treatment systems for water contaminated by hazardous materials, effects of hazardous material spills on the environment, and ecological restoration of waterways. /EPA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Dallas, TX  United States  75202
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 223 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containing equipment; Countermeasures; Environment; Environmental protection; Hazardous materials; Materials adaptation and use; Oil spill cleanup; Remote sensing; Spills (Pollution); Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Materials control; Oil spill containment; Spillage
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218971
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1972 12:00AM