On risks from the storage of hazardous chemicals

The following approach was used to obtain information on storage of hazardous chemicals: (1) The governors of all fifty states were asked for information concerning the means used by the state in regulating and evaluating risks from storage of potentially hazardous chemicals; (2) A brief survey was made of the measures employed in the cities of Los Angeles and El Segundo, California, in regulating the construction and use of facilities to store hazardous chemicals; and (3) Parametric hazard calculations were performed for postulated accidents having assumed population distributions to provide a rough assessment of the potential hazard. A description of the method of surveying the states and the results obtained are given in Chapter II. The results obtained in the survey of Los Angeles and El Segundo are given in Chapter III. The methodology and results of the limited parametric study of potential hazards are reported in Chapter IV. Chapter V includes the computational model used for postulated accidents caused by different chemicals.