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Domestic Transportation of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Ethanol

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This project will focus on the transportation safety issues associated with changes in the long-distance movement of crude oil, natural gas, and ethanol resulting from sharply increased domestic production of these hazardous materials in recent years.

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This project will focus on the transportation safety issues associated with changes in the long-distance movement of crude oil, natural gas, and ethanol resulting from sharply increased domestic production of these hazardous materials in recent years. To inform federal, state, and local officials, the committee will:

• Review and compare the performance of the long-distance modes in safely transporting these shipments with minimal harm to people, property, and the environment;

• Examine the safety risks and assurance challenges arising from changes in the routing, frequency, quantity, and properties of the long-distance shipments;

• Critically review strategies to reduce the likelihood and severity of incidents;

• Examine the resources needed by the emergency preparedness community to plan for and respond to these incidents; and

• Determine whether changes in public policy could reduce the likelihood of these incidents and their adverse safety and environmental impacts.

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Committee Membership Roster Comments

As of January 20, 2016, Mary Lou Zoback was terminated from the committee due to her bias of conflict of interest.

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Micah Himmel

Lead

MHimmel@nas.edu

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