Transporting Hazardous Cargo

Paper Summary:

This paper explains the importance of strict control and regulation of hazardous goods and materials given the large number of reported possible infractions relating to the hazardous goods and materials regulations. The author stresses that the FAA acts and regulates in close conjunction with other governmental bodies and agencies. Many of these hazardous substances requiring transportation are fuel, farming and medical applications and materials related to manufacturing, mining, and other industrial uses, which are essential to the running of the economy. The paper relates that the three policy principles of the FAA dangerous hazards policy can be summarized as regulation, research and outreach.

Table of Contents:
Introduction and Overview
Policy, Regulations and Procedures
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Other substances are also referred to according to a four-tier system of identification and regulation. These refer to the identification of certain dangerous goods by name - those goods or materials that are known to be hazardous. The second category is the identification of hazardous materials by hazard class and subdivision. In other words, this refers to certain subdivisions of the classes of dangerous materials that are known to cause fire or explosions. The third level of identification refers to the identification and restriction pf goods according to quantity."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Del Valle C. ( 1997) THE HIGH COST OF SAFETY., Business Week, , 1/13/97, Issue 3509.
• FAA Hazardous Materials Program. Retrieved December 4, 2007, from http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsKey=4210
• Larson R. Hazardous material top priority for FAA: Budget bolstered for more inspectors. The Washington Times: July 16, 1996. Retrieved December 4, 2007, from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56869537.html
• PHSA: Part IV : Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 4, 2007, from http://hazmat.dot.gov/regs/rules/final/68fr/68fr-23831.htm
• Prohibition on the Transportation of Devices Designed as Chemical Oxygen Generators as Cargo in Aircraft; Proposed Rule. Retrieved December 4, 2007, fromhttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2002/02-31255.htm

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