HAZARDOUS WASTES WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING CONTEXT

In the 1980s hazardous wastes are everyone's concern. For the transportation planner, hazardous wastes have become a significant factor in the location and expansion of roadways and other transportation facilities. In order to examine the issue of potential hazardous waste problems, a preliminary screening study should be undertaken at the initial planning or location study phase. The goal of such a study is to identify the potential for hazardous waste problems with a view to their avoidance, which is the optimal solution from a transportation planning viewpoint. Although the data review and surface field investigation are an important part of a preliminary screening study, they generally fail to address the historic profile of land use adequately. In order to determine the potential of hazardous waste contamination from historic land uses, an important supplemental step in the preliminary screening process is to carry out a computerized aerial photographic (CAP) analysis, which is a powerful tool for looking into the past and has proved to be a very accurate predictor of hazardous waste contamination. When the cleanup of a hazardous waste site becomes necessary, there are two basic components to the design: a remedial investigation and a feasibility study. There are four special features unique to cleanup activities at hazardous waste sites. These include the need for a quality assurance-qualtiy control (QA/QC) program, a health-and-safety plan, an emergency and contingency plan, and an ongoing monitoring program. The extensive requirements of hazardous waste site cleanups only reinforce the need for identification early in the planning phases of a transportation project so that, wherever possible, hazardous waste contamination problems can be avoided.

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• Authors:
  • Weck, Thomas L
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps;
• Pagination: pp 62-67
• Monograph Title: Hazardous materials - transportation, work zone traffic control, and traffic marking materials
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1148
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Contaminants; Hazardous materials; Hazardous wastes; Highways; History; Land use; Location; Transportation planning; Wastes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contamination; Highway location; Site investigation
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; History; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475943
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309046572
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 30 1988 12:00AM