04-21-2011, 06:53 PM
MM,
It has been a while since I worked for CSX (or for the Fire Department), but I still work in the transportation industry. Your beliefs and expectations are correct. Especially these days (Post 9/11). Every placarded HazMat has to have a manifest, the manifest contains all sorts of information, including volume in gallons. When a HazMat recovery team transloads a liquid load, they have to follow the exact equation you stated.
Either the information presented by whatever media source is skewed, or their is some mis-information being presented.
Matt
It has been a while since I worked for CSX (or for the Fire Department), but I still work in the transportation industry. Your beliefs and expectations are correct. Especially these days (Post 9/11). Every placarded HazMat has to have a manifest, the manifest contains all sorts of information, including volume in gallons. When a HazMat recovery team transloads a liquid load, they have to follow the exact equation you stated.
Either the information presented by whatever media source is skewed, or their is some mis-information being presented.
Matt
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