A bill to improve hazardous materials transportation safety.
Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 and 1989.
Amends the Surface Transportation Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States and political subdivisions for the designation of: (1) hazardous materials transportation routes; and (2) hazardous materials parking sites. Authorizes appropriations.
Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to require registered carriers of hazardous materials to maintain records of the routes followed in the transportation of certain hazardous materials to prepare an annual registration statement. Authorizes appropriations to make emergency response personnel (police and fire fighters) training grants available to States and local subdivisions for FY 1988 through 1992.
Requires the Secretary to establish guidelines for emergency response training programs and to publish emergency response procedures.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a hazardous materials flow study and to report the results of such study to the Congress; and (2) conduct a risks analysis regarding the transportation of high level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel to geologic repository sites and monitored retrievable storage sites and report the results to the Congress and the Secretary of Energy.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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