CLASSIFICATION OF FLOATING CHRIS CHEMICALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SPILL RESPONSE MANUAL; FINAL REPT. OCT 84-MAY 88

Physico-chemical criteria were established and subjected to the chemical compounds listed in CHRIS to select those chemicals which are immiscible and float on water. This information was compiled in a menu-driven data base for easy access. As the result of this work, 294 CHRIS chemicals were found to be floaters. A literature review was conducted also to review available spill containment and recovery equipment and techniques for the application toward floating hazardous chemical spills. No single technology or equipment was found to effectively apply for the containment and recovery of spilled floating chemicals. Specific deficiencies and problems inherent in existing technologies were identified. A hazard and toxicity ranking system was developed and applied to the floating chemicals for groupings by degrees of flammability and toxicity hazards. These groupings include highly flammable through noncombustible and highly toxic through non-toxic and the combination of degrees of hazards. (JS)

• Corporate Authors:

  MAXIMA Corp. Environmental Technology Div.

  Oak Ridge, TN  United States 

  Coast Guard

  Office of Research and Development
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Szluha, A
  • MORRISON, A
  • Heckman, C
  • Dalfonso, P
  • Moore, S
• Publication Date: 1989-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 251 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical compounds; Chemicals; Containing equipment; Deficiencies; Flammability; Floating structures; Guides to the literature; Hazards; Literature reviews; Manual control; Physicochemical properties; Ranking (Statistics); Spills (Pollution); Toxicity; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Floating bodies; Recovery
• Old TRIS Terms: Containment(General); Manual operation; Ranking; Response; Spilling
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00666771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-16-90
• Contract Numbers: DTCG23-84-C-20090
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1994 12:00AM